Funcom World Designer, Thomas Wolbekk, who is currently dabbling on the MMORPG, Age of Conan, got up close and personal with MMORPG.com as he gamely talked about his childhood, his first video game, and his influences.

Beautiful and voluptuous babes in video games have always been one of the biggest fantasies of any hardcore gamer.

World of Warcraft (WoW) is definitely the strongest and most successful MMO video game out there today. This is not say though that there is no competition.

We've seen the Conan movie and one thing really bothered us. If you push a large wheel for a couple of years, will it make your body pump up like Arnold's? So far, we've been pushing like crazy and we're still nowhere near the guy's physique.

Eurogamer has considered MMOs as a separate platform from the PC as it is a growing part of the gaming world with each passing year. As a result to WoW's success (read: cash cow), MMOs are popping up like mushrooms.

Assistant Art Director Grant Regan for Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures reveals that the locations in Hyboria are not merely represented by the world design, but are identified as well by the design of the weapons and armor that the opposing forces will use.

Blizzard today announced that sign-ups for the European phase of the World of Warcraft beta program will begin July 5. The European beta will assist Blizzard in testing its infrastructure in the region, as well as finalizing localized versions of the game.

Blizzard Entertainment¿ today announced that World of Warcraft¿ has sold through more than 600,000* units to customers in North America, Australia, and New Zealand. The fastest-growing massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) has also shattered all previous concurrency records in North America, achieving over 200,000 simultaneous players during the holiday period. In the game of World of Warcraft, making World of Warcraft Gold is necessary.

In addition, the six new realms provide gamers who are interested in trying World of Warcraft for the first time an opportunity to do so on equal footing with other players.

Players in Blizzard's achingly popular MMORPG World of Warcraft may have recently been inundated with a new kind of spamming -- or annoying, unsolicited chatter -- in the game's general chat channel.