A too high priced but fun MMOG, this is what Yahoo Games reviewer Mike Smith thinks about Auto Assault.

In the poll we proposed to our readers last month, at the question "AFK Macroing: is it cheating or not?" 61.1% answered "Yes".
Following the suggestion of one of you, we proposed a second poll on the topic: If somebody would show you how to macro, would you do it? Almost 60% ansered yes.
Next question could be, is AFK macroing like cheating also when the macroer is you? :)

Eric Heimburg, senior systems designer on Star Trek Online, talks about the game economy in a recent dev blog. "First off, will the game have an economy? We've heard the community ask this question several times, and the answer is yes. The Federation has a thriving economy, with major financial institutions (such as the Bank of Bolias) keeping trade running smoothly".

Minions of Mirth received an important update today. The version has been nicknamed Poisonous Edition since it introduces 50 new poisons, but players will find also a lot of new class specific equipment, the beginning of an Epic quest togheter with the usual fixes and tweaks.

Battleground Europe, or World War II Online for the old players, begins its 30th campaign. The last one was won by the Axis.

PortalsNetwork is hosting a new contest in which you can partecipate just by filling a very short form to win one year subscription to a MMORPG of your choice. To enter the contest you need to register yourself to the web site and wait for the drawing on April 30th. For more information check their website .

The 14th of March we published a press release from Bioware on which they where announcing the beginning of a recruitment process for the development of a MMORPG. Firingsquad now had an interview with the co-CEOs of the company to ask for more informations.

Here are the results from our latest poll. We asked our readers what they do think about AKF macroing in MMORPG, and it seems like most of them think that practicising it is like cheating.

UPDATE: The user LMNOP on Digg suggested us a followup to this poll. Great idea. Thanks!

DOC published an update on the production state of patch 1.23. The new stuff in this patch is mainly new towns and "large industrial and emotional center for each country". Previous production updates also said something about better graphics, but sadly I wouldn't expect too much.