Dragon Age Origins: Awakening, is Dragon Age: Origins' first and only expansion pack. Assuming that you haven't had enough of Dragon Age even after completing all the sidequests and taking all the possible routes, Dragon Age: Origins Awakening (DAOA) is an instant buy for those who want more Darkspawn-slaying action. The game requires you to have the original Dragon Age, so new players cannot skip to this point (then again, they wouldn't understand anything if they did) and will need to purchase the original game to be able to play. So does the expansion carry the same epic feel as the original? Let's see, shall we?

Paragon City is once again at war with beings from another dimension. First it was the Rikti and now this time the invaders look more like us. A lot more like us. Praetoria is a world run by Emperor Marcus Cole. Anyone familiar with popular science fiction will recognize Praetoria immediately. The world is our opposite.

Fantasy Online is a MMORPG game that is reminiscent of old console 8-bit RPGs, more specifically, Final Fantasy (see the connection? Fantasy Online? Final Fantasy-  online?) The game uses the usual route of RPGs, with an unnamed adventurer taking on the world with his uh... bare essentials.

The apocalypse has come and gone, rage-infected monkeys or zombies didn't cause it, it wasn't super-heroes and it wasn't some jumped-up hippy blue dragon. It was caused by Icarus Studios in the form of the game, Fallen Earth, and now we just have to survive it.

Before I start this tour, I would like to state that I am not much of a broswer-game fanatic. It's probably because I feel like I'm playing with an interactive text book that lets me click my way through the pages. Nadirim is a browser-based MMORPG developed by Digital Reality. The game is, by far, what I would call a next-gen browser game, as it caters stunning visuals and innovative gameplay that separates it from its browser-based brethren. When it comes to originality, I personally think that Nadirim has the upper edge over its browser-based kin.

Some games include easter eggs, where a developer, likely out of boredom, includes a little pop culture reference, community in-joke or internet meme into a game. Normally these are out of the way, fun little things that add a little spice to the game world.

Pristontale II: The Second Enigma is the direct sequel to Yedang Online's successful 2001 MMORPG of the same name. Pristontale II continues from its predecessor's lore however significant changes were made both in the game's graphics engine and the game system. The creators meanwhile retained all the game features and systems that players enjoyed in the first game.

Arena Online is a client based MMORPG from the GDTeam and published by Kalicanthus Entertainment.  The game takes place in a world simply called Arena, where three races, the Nordics, the Humans and the Elves are at each other's throats vying for supremacy in a medieval world.

Tis the season of giving. Communities around the world are getting together to show support for causes both local and international. The online community is no exception. For the second year in a row the City of Heroes community is getting together to support some high profile charities. Last year Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth put together Real World Hero after being inspired by comments about how nice the game community is and the various charitable causes they're involved in. I had the opportunity to sit down with Mr. and Mrs. Wentworth to find out more about Real World Hero.

Yet another nostalgic review. Fly For Fun (better known as Flyff) is one of the most famous old school MMOs around. Although the game is old, the servers are still populated. Either it's just the fanbase working or the game really is that damn good (I'd probably go with the latter one). Flyff is a very memorable game for me.

Fairy Story is a fantasy MMORPG that takes place in a world on the brink of destruction. The actual art of the game doesn't really fit the setting. Must it always be cute characters living in a dying world? Anyway, according to legend, these cutesy critters are actually creatures drenched in sin (how could something so cute be this evil? Geez MMO! Stop torturing my mind!). Due to the folly of their ways, the gods were forced to abandon the world, filtering their supposed blessings thus turning it into a dying wasteland. After slowly being consumed by darkness, some of the world's inhabitants started to retaliate to stop the "99th" destruction of the world. The storyline is actually quite generic in my opinion, especially since it proved that all MMO gods enjoy giving up on mankind. Brushing the storyline aside, Fairy Story supposedly has a decent system in store for MMO gamers. The game won various awards in China from what I've heard, so I guess it's safe to expect something good fromit. Let's see what Fairy Story Online has to offer, shall we?