Massively Multiplayer Gaming News for this week includes:- Salaries of US-based game developers- Pirates of the Burning Sea reduces server count- EVE Online client code is leaked and posted- MMO games didn't make the top 100 list in past 12 months- 4 MMOs that should have been great- Vanguard update 5- 5 Problems with WoW- SOE Fan Faire 2008

Soon you'll be able to fill a harddrive with mini-casts.  Here's another short blast of MMO news.- CCP thinks virtual currency sellers are big meanies- Crime doesn't pay, but damned if it ain't attractive- CoHPodcast.com drops in a comment (visit them!)- Random words strung together regarding Warhammer 40K- MMOGChart data is sorta depressing

Topics for today's mini-cast:- Games for Windows Magazine goes green- IGE led out to the Everglades and left as gator-bait- THQ claims World of Warcraft is so last year- RF Online hates Asia (and Maple Syrup)- Free-to-play game icons give each other backrubs

The 2nd Mini-cast of the week has arrived right on schedule:- It's a really big fracking book, thanks Ethic!- 2 MMOs, 2 MMO Engines, 2 decades of dev - Zero results- "MMOs Killed the RPG-star"- Blizzard invented everything- Hey Rabbit, those MMOs are for kids!

VirginWorlds goes mini once again as show #110 kicks off another week of mini-casts.  Why?  We're not telling.But as usual, Brent can't say anything briefly and this not-as-mini-as-it-was-supposed-to-be-cast turned into a slightly longer affair.  Topics:- Champions Online- Multiverse get voice and a corporate focus- Barbie > Thrall- Port that avatar!

For the first time in many weeks, a regular old-school MMORPG news episode has arrived.  Here are the topics for this week:- IMGDC 2008- SOE Drama- Lord of the Rings Online Expansion- Shadowbane Reboots!- The Agency- Tom Clancy MMONew Members:robin - Addicted Gamer Sponsor & Elite Memberrevren - MMOG Nation Broadcast Sponsorhaulboss - The Drone Bay SponsorRigaMortis - The Drone Bay Sponsorted - VirginWorlds Supporterrpgobjects - VirginWorlds MemberJaks - VirginWorlds Membercitadelli - VirginWorlds MemberWolfenhex - VirginWorlds MemberStErroneous - Warp Drive Active & Drone Bay Sponsor

And now, the final segments from GDC 2008. You thought it would never end, but this is it. Tune in.

- Vivox integrating with SOE

- Multiverse making great strides

- Exanimus is one creepy MMO

- You want to hear about Spellborn!

- Raph Koster inspires us all

Enjoy.

Show #107 contains still more material from GDC 2008!03:04 - CCP Interview [eve-online.com]14:37 - LiveGamer Interview [livegamer.com]Enjoy!

Podcast #106 serves up Wednesday's coverage of GDC 2008.  Here is the line up in this podcast:00:01 - Intro01:06 - Meghan 'Patience' Rodberg, Lord of the Rings Online06:31 - Kate Paiz, Senior Producer, DDO12:53 - Brent's Recap of Jeffrey Steefel's Lecture23:01 - Scott Hartsman loves podcasts24:15 - Your PlayXpert questions answered by Charles Manning30:54 - Lee Hammock guides a Fallen Earth tour38:30 - Brent recaps NetDevil's MMO dev philosophies51:15 - Trina from GamingAngels says 'Hi'Enjoy, much more to come.

Day one of GDC 2008. All about Funcom's Age of Conan and a new kind of very massive game, Warbook.  Enjoy.  Much more to follow.