Star Wars: The Old Republic has launched across the globe – with the MMO hoping to overhaul industry behemoth World of Warcraft with a stellar brand. The arrival of SW:ToR is a major shot in the arm for PC gaming, bringing the Star Wars brand to the MMO world for the second time following the innovative but ultimately doomed Star Wars Galaxies. "This is the moment you’ve been waiting... 

Are hits like The Sims Social and (supposedly) SimCity for Facebook on the way not enough? Another EA employee has left the nest to take a crack at social games elsewhere. Relentless Software, best known for the Buzz! quiz game series for consoles, announced that it has hired former EA staffer James Wright as executive producer of its new social games division. “We’re serious about social... 

Sony has apologised to early PlayStation Vita adopters after this weekend’s Japanese launch was blighted by a host of software bugs. The company enjoyed a strong opening weekend of sales, but users have complained of a host of flaws, causing Sony to issue an immediate software fix. Among the faults, shown off in videos users have uploaded to YouTube (see below), including unresponsive touchscreen... 

Your fingers have already scurried across the keyboard to enter “facebook” into that address bar, haven’t they. Oh well, for those still reading this, the new Bejeweled for iPhone and iPad is available for free today (Dec. 19) through Facebook. If your memory is a bit fuzzy from the blitz of Christmas shopping and copious drinking to forget the horror, allow us to explain. Seattle-based... 

Following in the proverbial footsteps of the Kris Kringle Quests in CastleVille, another set of Christmas-themed quests has launched this weekend, also dealing with Santa Claus himself, but this time concentrating on sending presents to friends, rather than crafting so many goodies in the Gift Shoppe. There are 12 Christmas Tree quests in all, but they’re even more limited than the Kris Kringle... 

If you’re still into breeding either Pigs or Sheep in FarmVille, you’ll be happy to know that Zynga has “flipped the switch,” offering users a chance to guarantee their breeding efforts are successful (at least when it comes to passing on the dad’s pattern) in a 100% Pattern Inheritance event. As the name of this event might suggest, you’re looking at just a few... 

It’s going to be a very Michael Christmas in CityVille soon. Zynga recently announced that Michael Bublé will hit the streets of CityVille this month, just before Christmas. The Billboard-topping vocalist has been animated both in-game and for concept art, and we gotta’ give it Zynga’s artists. CityVille Bublé certainly looks the part–he even has the spiked hair. When... 

Following the launch of its first two games — ArtFit and Wild West Solitaire — last month, the social games startup Pangalore has unleashed another HTML5 game. This time, it’s a match-2 puzzler called “POP the CANDY”, which bears a striking resemblance to Wooga’s Diamond Dash after you’ve stripped it of its candy shop setting. But while POP the CANDY shares...