Dungeon Runners, the heavily satirical hack-'n-slash free-to-play MMO, has gotten even more chunky and delicious with the release of the third "Chunk". The chunk, which is a major content update (in the same fashion that NCSoft's own City of Heroes does Issues) includes all sorts of improvements and benefits for free members and paying members alike. There's a balancing of the PvP system, added membership benefits, new quests and NPCs (of course), and a variety of quality of life enhancements. Overall, it's a very solid addition to the game, and if you play Dungeon Runners, you'll be delighted with the new stuff.

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first, second, third and fourth, so here is the fifth. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you.

Twilight of the Arnor picks up some time after Dark Avatar, and the galaxy is in rough shape. The evil Drengin Empire still maintains major control while the Dread Lords quietly manipulate things from behind the scenes until it comes time to step out with a show of force. Fortunately, all hope isn't lost. The humans located the last of the Arnor, the ancient precursor race that holds the secret to defeating the Dread Lords. While the story might seem like pretty standard for space operas, the expansion delivers plenty of fantastic gameplay improvements and tweaks to make it compelling and keeps Galactic Civilizations II placed among the best strategy games around. Conquer the galaxy after the jump

Electronic Arts isn't a stranger to putting in-game ads in their games but for their latest PC expansion pack for The Sims 2 they went and made a deal to put the ads in the game's title as well. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff, due out on June 23, lets the best selling Sims characters shop and use products from the home furnishings of the Swedish-based retailer.

Yes, now you can put in the trademark sofas, beds, tables and more furnishings from the iconic store into your Sims enviroment. You can bet this latest expansion will show up quickly in the top 10 best selling PC games list as most Sims expansion packs tend to do. The Sims 2 IKEA Home Stuff will be priced at $19.99.

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first, second, and third part of our guide, so here is the fourth. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you.

Vivendi Games, owners of the World of Warcraft franchise, have released their earnings statement for the first quarter of 2008, stating it was a 'Very Good First Quarter'. Specific financial information follows, including the admission of €5.3 billion in revenue, an increase of 5.2% compared to the same time last year.

However, in an almost casually-mentioned fashion, the press release states "Blizzard Entertainment's second expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, is scheduled to be released in the second half of 2008." This appears before Blizzard has made any official announcement of the expansion's release date.

The Vivendi-Activision merger is still scheduled to be completed by the end of June.

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first and second parts of our guide, so here is the third. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you.

Flying Lab Software's MMO Pirates of the Burning Sea has been online for a few months now but very soon players in the game will be able to choose what type of pirate he or she can play in the game. The upcoming 1.4 update will actually split the current Pirate nation faction into two groups.

One group is the Cutthroat; they are basically the typical nasty and dirty types that have been promoted in so many movies; they will steal ships and engage in combat quickly. The other type of pirate is the Buccaneer. They are being designed as more of a suave type of character who can help others out rather than just be a loner. They are also being designed as being more of an advanced type of character with a recommendation that they be played by experienced players of the game. The 1.4 update will also include new missions, skills and other new content. It's currently in testing but there's no word on a release date.

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. We have already given you the first part of our guide, so here is the second. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you.

Welcome, Herr Doktor. No doubt you have at least sampled the waters of the new TF2 update, resplendent in it's new content. However, you are not concerned over the new Gold Rush map, or the new Payload gametype. No, you are most likely aiming to obtain your überweapons: the Blütsauger, Kritzkrieg, and Übersaw. Unfortunately, you have to complete the many new medic achievements, ranging from the incredibly hard to the very simple. Thankfully for you, Herr Doktor, we have compiled a guide to acquiring those achievements in the easiest way possible. Keep this in mind the next time we proclaim our love for you.

So little has changed in recent months -- The Sims 2 and World of Warcraft still completely dominate PC game sales. Sure, now and then something usurps them for a short time, but they always come back. The top 10 PC games in the NPD sales report released this past week:

1. The Sims 2 Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff Expansion Pack
2. The Sims 2 Double Deluxe
3. The Sims 2 FreeTime Expansion Pack
4. World Of Warcraft: Battle Chest
5. World Of Warcraft
6. Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
7. Sins Of A Solar Empire
8. World Of Warcraft: Burning Crusade Expansion Pack
9. Assassin's Creed: Director's Cut Edition
10. Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six: Vegas 2

That makes four years that The Sims 2 and World of Warcraft have been fairly consistently pwning the industry. The only other PC exclusive on the list is Ironclad/Stardock's runaway 4X RTS hit Sins of a Solar Empire. The others -- Call of Duty 4, Assassin's Creed, and Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 -- are multi-platform titles. WoW's position is no surprise, given the NPD's research with regards to online game revenues. The Sims 2's domination of the charts, however, speaks to a vast, silent market of gamers to whom hardcore games like Rainbow Six don't appeal.

World of Warcraft players heed our call. Blizzard dropped a ton of new information regarding the highly anticipated WoW expansion, Wrath Of The Lich King.

Probably the most exciting news outlined for fans of the MMO is the reveal of new details for the Death Knight hero class. Players who ding level 55 will be able to create one Death Knight hero per realm per account and signs point to the class still being available for all races; Worldofwar.net was shown Tauren, Dwarf, Gnome, and Orc Death Knights characters. The information for the new hero class doesn't end there as our sister site, WoW Insider, has the skinny on the Death Knight's rune system, role and abilities.

Other additions to the expansion include scalable party dungeons and the new backend system of the 5-man dungeon heroic mode. WoW Insider also has a breakdown of GameSpy's preview of new areas and quests in Wrath Of The Lich King, which include an aerial gondola, a huge sea battle, and apparently an archaeological expedition where you'll be able to fly planes.

Lead designers Jeff "Tigole" Kaplan and Tom "Kalgan" Chilton also dropped new information in an interview with Curse on the upcoming expansion as well as co-lead design J. Allen Brack in an interview with Gamespy. Both interviews covered such hot topics as Wraith's split raid system, flying mount level changes, feedback and much more. Kaplain and Chilton also presented details which outlined some of Wraith's new areas and changes to the original quest.

So WoW fans, that enough news for you in one day?

Well that didn't take long did it? Following a massive public outcry earlier this week, BioWare and Electronic Arts have caved in and eliminated the need for people who purchase the upcoming PC version of Mass Effect to validate their copy via a Internet connection every 10 day. The official announcement came, as usual, from BioWare's official forums.

The developer's community manager Jay Watamaniuk stated that after listening to the many messages on their forums protesting this move, they decided to change their minds "to ensure we are delivering the best possible experience" for their fans. The game will only ask for an Internet connection if the user chooses to download any patches or additional content such as the free Bring Down The Sky expansion. Hopefully this will be a good compromise for people who were concerned about this type of copy protection.

Earlier this year publisher CDV shipped out the North American version of Sudden Strike 3, the World War II RTS title from developer Fireglow Games. Now the developer has announced plans to release a free downloadable expansion for the game sometime near the end of May. According to a press release from the developer you can expect to get three new single player missions in the expansion (two of them will form a mini-campaign) as well as two multiplayer maps. One of them will support up to four players while the other will feature six player support.

That's not all fans of Sudden Strike 3 can expect from Fireglow this month. The developer also announced they will release the map and mission editor for the game later in May allowing folks to make new single and multiplayer maps of their own. Fireglow also plans to release a number of video tutorials to make the process of learning the map editor easier. Specific release dates for the expansion and editor were not announced.

Remember all those issues PC players had with 2K Games' use of Internet registration with BioShock? Well, get ready for Round Two. BioWare has confirmed via a post on their official message boards that their upcoming PC port of their sci-fi RPG Mass Effect will also require players to have an Internet connection when it is released later this month.

To be fair the game's system requirements do have an Internet connection feature (likely so that people can download their free Bring Down The Sky expansion pack) so people who want to buy the game will be forewarned. But BioWare Community Communications Coordinator Chris Priestly lays down the law to gamers asking about the requirement in his post. He states that players can install and play the game immediately but that after 5 days it will automatically try to register the game if you are connected to the Internet. If you happen not to have that connection it will allow you to keep playing the game for the next 5 days, asking you to register each time you boot up Mass Effect. After 10 days it will no longer allow you to play the game until you are connected to the Internet. Priestly states, "Once you reconnect to the internet and try to play, it will re-validate and you can play as normal for another period of 10 days as before."

Naturally this bit of news has generated a ton of responses from gamers to the message boards, a lot of which have been unfavorable to this move. BioWare technical director Derek French has been answering these gamers' inquiries so if you have any issues you can check out his responses on the thread.