British gamers spent nearly £200 million on MMOs like World of Warcraft according to the latest research. The Today’s Gamers MMO Focus Report by TNS and Gamesindustry.com suggests that 1.5 million people in the UK spend an average of £10.50 a month on massively multiplayer online games. The total of £195 million is more than Germany (£165m) and France (£145m) but a drop in the ocean compared... 

Overlooked by the Wonderland items announcement is the fact that you can now adopt Parrots in Happy Pets through either coins or Facebook Credits, but if you do it via coinage, you have to be at least Level 21. These are the first avian pets available in the game and while we don’t know if they’re airborne-capable, but we’re finding it easy to fall in love with these parrots just... 

The first game containing Ubisoft’s massively controversial new digital rights system, which kicks players out of the game if they lose their internet connection for any reason, shipped last week. Silent Hunter V is just the first of many planned titles to include this ‘feature’, though a recent revelation that it’s already been cracked may throw a spanner in the works. Nonetheless,... 

Microsoft’s Bing debuted last May, and since then, it has marketed relentlessly in an attempt to sell itself as a worthy rival to the Google search engine. Bing’s latest marketing tactic, which was to drive traffic to its official Facebook fan page by offering free FarmVille cash, brought in over 400,000 fans to Bing in one day. The offer has since ended, but Christopher Heine of ClickZ... 

If your PetVille FarmVille collection isn’t complete, there’s no need to fret. Looks like the FarmVille collectibles are making another go-round in the Free Gifts area, so beg, bribe or do whatever you need to do to convince friends to send them to you. Today’s recycled collectibles — the FarmVille Farmer Dude and the FarmVille Mini-Barn — will be available for one day... 

Microsoft has made a small but vitally important step forward in improving the overall tone of the online chat and gaming banter within its Xbox Live community If you have ever played against strangers on Xbox Live then you have most likely been exposed to a whole array of homophobic insults, regularly blasted out by frustrated teens on the gaming service. And while it is difficult for Microsoft –... 

The Mafia Wars Chop Shop overhaul has arrived, which mean that you can upgrade your chop shop to produce car parts every day, which are then used to create new rides for your mafia. Car parts can also be looted while completing missions, and some of the cars will also give you a boost in the stat department, says Mafia Wars moderator Niki King. More details on the new Chop Shop coming soon! What cars... 

The hype and rumours that surround the annual approach to E3 start with a bang today, with rumours that Rockstar is preparing to announce Grand Theft Auto 5 before the show and that Sony is preparing Killzone 3 3D for a Christmas 2010 release. According to sources close to developer Guerrilla, Killzone 3 is set for a Christmas launch complete with Arc (motion control) and 3D support. See more on that...