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That Kickstarter Shadowrun game has some unexpected competition on the horizon.

CD Projekt Red has enjoyed a tremendous amount of success with its popular Witcher RPG series and fans have been clamoring to find out what the Polish studio’s next venture would be. Although most thought it likely that the team was working on a third entry in their tent-pole franchise, CD Projekt Red has revealed via its live Ustream summer conference its new game; an adaptation of the Cyberpunk pen-and-paper RPG.

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Something massively multiplayer this way comes.

[UPDATE] Bethesda Softworks has released the teaser trailer which is included below.  The original story as reported yesterday follows.

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Didn't you know that you can only knock out your opponent to win an MMA match?

If you’re going to create a game based on a specific sport, you usually want to make sure it’s replicated properly. Real MMA matches revolve around brutal submissions and painful, high intensity fights, but this is not the case with Supremacy MMA Unrestricted. Here, things are slow moving and tap-outs are impossible, as you merely chip away your opponent’s life bar until you knock them out. Furthermore, despite the varying disciplines of the sport, each and every fighter plays nearly the same, with the exception of grapple-based fighters who are at a distinct advantage. With its inaccurate portrayal and unbalanced roster, you’ll quickly find that Supremacy MMA Unrestricted is not only a bad MMA game, but a bad fighting game as well.

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Shut down will impact titles featuring online pass.

EA recently published a list of service updates, indicating an April 13 2012 termination date for online functions of several games.  EA has cited the usual reasons for server shut down, such as lack of customer interest in the titles, and the desire to free up staff stuck supporting unpopular games.  While this may not seem particularly newsworthy, several titles on this list are on servers supported by EA’s infamous “online pass” feature, which charges second hand users an additional fee to use online, server hosted content.

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The 3.0 Update brings a new business model

NCsoft's MMO Aion is going free-to-play this Spring. Although already announced in Europe, this is news to American players. The upcoming 3.0 update, entitled Aion Ascension, will introduce the new business model. The free-to-play model won't limit the areas players can visit or classes available, unlike most free MMOs.

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