The leading provider of multi platform online game engines and services, Exit Games,  announced today that Photon, which is its network engine, is selected by Bigpoint to power the online features of The Mummy Online. The Mummy Online is a MMO based on the film franchise “The Mummy”.

The Mummy Online Massively Multiplayer Online Game is developed by a studio led by Jesse Schell, Schell Games, with Unity Technology.

“Bigpoint is quickly becoming one of the leading publishers of licensed games, enjoyed by over 130 million users around the world.

One of the global market leaders in the Massively Multiplayer Online Game based on Browsers, Bigpoint, announced that it is going to be developing a new browser-based Massively Multiplayer Game which is going to be based on “The Mummy” Movie franchise by Universal Pictures and entitled “The Mummy Online”. The game will be only available online at the developer’s website, bigpoint.com, and is expected to be released in the winter of this year.

Players will be able to play the Action Role-Playing Game ‘The Mummy Online” free of charge. They will take on heroic roles and witness adventure elements inspired by the actual films.

The leading publisher of free to play online games, Gala Networks Europe, revealed new details about their new expansion titled “Babel” for their browser-based game Castle of Heroes.

The Babel expansion will introduce new buildings with special bonuses available to the heroes who will conquer them. Brave players who are willing to defeat the Ivory Tower defender will be rewarded with a constant stream of experience points. Those of you who gain control of the Merchant Market will be able to obtain plenty of gold, while the others of you who conquer the Dwarf Mine will gain a lot of ore supply. The resources obtained can be put to good use in the game itself.

Lords Online reached one million registered users two months after the opening of the 9th server. The game is expected to attract many more players, because IGG has announced a new initiative with Facebook. The Lords Online Team has announced that every player who has a Facebook account can log into Lords Online without registering a separate account for the game.

An application will be plugged into the Facebook interface on 19th March to allow players to log directly into Lords Online. Players only need a single Facebook account to be able to start playing the game.

The game development studio and online publisher that develops innovative cross-media properties, Heatwave Interactive, announced today that the open-beta of its social hip-hop lifestyle game is now live on the web and Facebook. The game is titled Platinum Life: Web Edition and can be found on platinumlife.com.

Platinum Life: Web Edition allows the player to interact with the hip-hop universe as he tries to make the transition from an independent musician to a superstar celebrity. Players can work their way from playing shows at a local bar to selling out world hits while they climb the ladder to fame. Along the journey, players will encounter some of the biggest stars who will help them break into the big time.

Studio Sodigital released a demo version of their Flash-technology-Based Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game which has been in production for almost two years. The game is titled Gilfor’s Tales, and as a browser-based game, it does not require any proper installation of any additional software besides adobe flash plug-in for the browser. Gilfor’s Tales can be played from anywhere, and on any operating system using any browser with the Adobe Flash Plug-In.

Gilfor’s Tales has often been described as graphically the best browser-based flash game in existence. The game is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game in the tradition of the best Role-Playing Games like Baldur’s Gate and Diablo.

IGG’s brand new server for their game Freesky Online will be soon up with tons of new upgrades and content. The Gauntlet server will be online at the end of this month and will offer Freesky Online players a fairer and better battlefield to explore. This new server will narrow the gap between advanced and other players that are behind them in a matter of experience and skill in the game.

This new world of The Gauntlet is going to be filled with magic and excitement. These players who never purchased items in the Item Mall will really find it easier than before to compete, as the number of advanced items which are sold in this Item Mall will be extremely limited, thus closing down the gap between the advanced and weak players.

Nexon America has opened twenty four hours, seven days a week service for its Online Card Game based on MapleStory.

The MapleStory-Themed Online Card Game is called iTCGOnline and it is a browser-based web-game which requires no download to play.

The only thing that players need to do in order to play iTCGOnline is to sign up for a Nexon Passport.

Every new player will receive a free and customizable starter deck.

Nexon America announced that they are opening up the beta phase for their online card game iTGC Online on 20th January (today). Initial playing time is set from 10 AM to 6 PM Pacific Time.

iTGC Online is based on the popular massive multiplayer online game MapleStory from Nexon, and it is also their first browser-based web-game that does not require download to play.

Players will be able to choose one of the four MapleStory classes that are currently available as their main character, including Magician, Bowman, Warrior and Thief.

One of the largest independent game developers in the United Kingdom, Jagex Games Studio, announced today the release of their first third-party game War of Legends. Jagex Game Studio has developed over forty free-to-play games, and today, War of Legends is going to join their collection. The game will be available for play from today. Players can register for free at their site.

War of Legends is a Real-Time Strategy Game which is based on the Chinese Myth Law. Players pledge their support to the incumbent and unscrupulous King while living out of the ancient legend.

Developer based in Dallas Blockdot has released “TAGR” game for the Microsoft Office. “TAGR” is an entertaining game that challenges its players to think up describing words of the images they see.

In “TAGR”, players have three minutes to scroll through as many images they can. Type in the words you think of as you see each picture and you will score points based on how many other players have used your word. The more times your word has been used by other players, the more point you will earn. After the game finishes, all registered players can post their scores to daily, weekly, monthly or “all time best” scoreboards.

The IGG Team has released a brand new add-on for the Closed-Beta version of Lords Online, which has been open for almost a week, and it’s getting nice reviews. The Add-On improves the bonus effects and spells and includes the unique troop formation attack plus many more enhancements. This is going to be the biggest update to the game since its alpha test.

Alliance Technology is very important in order to effectively transport resources into the military power. Players have to choose which alliance to join in Lords Online, after which the alliance leader levels up technologies for the other alliance members, while each member receives some bonus.