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Sony Online Entertainment has announced the release of a new content patch for Free Realms with a distinctly nautical theme. The main feature of the expansion is the Pirate's Plunder minigame (for members only), which pits up to six players against each other in a frantic battle on the high seas. Other new features include new pirate-themed items (including housing items), freestyle wearables, new tiger, pegasus, and unicorn pets, and new Marketplace items.

The fourth content update for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited will be released soon. In anticipation of the event, Turbine has released several screenshots from the new expansion, which you can view after the jump:

Realtime Worlds, the leading British independent video game developer behind APB: All Points Bulletin, has today laid down the law to all wannabe Criminals and Enforcers looking to get hands-on with APB during the third and final closed beta session. With the beta test already underway, gamers are required to sign up at www.apb.com/beta-application where lucky applicants will gain early access to the vibrancy and violence of gangland San Paro.

CCP Games has revealed the latest trailer for Eve Online's next expansion, Tyrannis. The video asks the question, "Will you rule with benevolence...or ruthless tyranny...once all these worlds are yours?" amidst the stunning backdrop of Eve's planets and starships. As indicated by the question and the name of the expansion, Tyrannis will likely take Eve's corporate empire-building to a new level and offer the choice of whether one becomes a benevolent or ruthless dictator.

Mythic Entertainment recently announced that the Dark Age of Camelot European Account Center has been updated and all former GOA European subscribers can return to update their account information and activate game time cards available through the EA Store. Billing for Dark Age of Camelot will resume on March 25th and consumers can visit http://common.ea-europe.com/eastore/DOAC_time_cards/doac_1month.html to purchase game time in advance of the billing reactivation.

The road goes ever on

And by road, I mean, “ill-defined path through Ashenvale.”

Wow, where does the time go? It's hard to believe that it's already been 11 years since EverQuest first opened its servers to the world, and the game is still going strong. Having recently released the 16th expansion, Underfoot, in December, players will want to log in to participate in the latest round of activities celebrating this magnificent birthday.

So what's going on in-game? Well, there are three special in-game events going on right now, catering to all types of players.

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If you haven't checked out the past three issues of Beckett Massive Online Gamer, you're missing out on a terrific resource for anyone with an interest in getting an education for and finding a career in the gaming industry. Starting with issue #22 (Jan/Feb 2010), MOG has launched the Career Quest Guide, a series of articles dedicated to helping people find the right colleges for gaming education.

The much-anticipated State of the Game address for Dungeons & Dragons Online: Unlimited by Executive Producer Fernando Paiz was posted today. Parts of the announcement were what we were expecting, such as thanking both the veterans and the new players who have supported DDO Unlimited. But that wasn’t all. Check out a quick rundown of the highlights after the jump:

With 425 characters from 375 games, spanning decades of gaming history, you'll be hard-pressed to identify every character in this collage. According to the creator:

This design is the result of 8 months of work, and more hours carefully cutting out characters than I care to remember. All artwork used here is from the developers or official promotional material. That way it stays closest to the original as possible.