In side scroller news, and the news comes from Elsword, the free side scroller MMORPG from Kill3rCombo. This week the all new Trapping Ranger joined the ranks as the third new class that has been part of the Elsword Transformation series. This latest class is an upgrade for Rena, making her a highly deadly assassin style character. Rena will now have an all new "fatality" assassination attack that... more.

This week Tribes Ascend from Hi-Rez Studios announced the game of the year update. Available February 15th 2013, players will now be able to pay one price and have access to all weapons, all classes, and all perks. Free players can continue to play and earn their way through the weapons, classes, and perks, but for those looking to jump forward and save some time, a small one time fee of 23.99 Eur... more.

In Twitch chat news, this week Red Five Studios announced that Firefall players can expect the game to come supporting a fully integrated twitch streaming option. Meaning that players will be able to stream live directly through their Firefall account in game. Giving players the ability to not only stream, but also communicate with their viewers using the games exclusive chat integration. This fea... more.

We were told this week that Gunswords, the free turn based PvP title from One Button Studio will start their Beta Bash event. This event will span every Thursday to Sunday and feature new community building activities, in-game rewards that include double GP and Tin, and a live Twitch stream from the Devs that features a Q&A session. The first of these many sessions began on February 14th at 9am Pa... more.

Let's look at some news from Brick Force, the free building block shooter from Infernum. This week the company made a move and struck a deal to have the game added to the Kongregate portal. Brick Force will join the massive number of games already on the Kongregate portal, and take advantage of Kongregate's massive player base. Increasing the number of players creating maps for the game and signin... more.

One of the most asked questions I get is about when games are going to release to the masses. Well this week ChangYou, the company behind Renaissance Heroes, announced that the game is ready to go, and will officially launch on Tuesday February 19th 2013. The game mixes multiple genres in a 16th century first person arena shooter. This launch will make the game live for all players in North Americ... more.

World of Tanks, the free shooter from Wargaming.net, on Tuesday February 12th the company announced the launch of the all new professional eSports league for players of their armored combat arena battle game World of Tanks. The competitive 2013 season will see $2.5 million in prize money, and this bounty is expected to bring quite a few competitive gamers to the regional tournaments. 12th F... more.

Wargaming.net, the company behind the free Shooter World of Tanks, and the upcoming titles World of Warplanes and World of Battleships. The company made big news this week on February 14th 2013, Wargaming announced the acquisition of Gas Powered Games. Gas Powered Gaems is the company behind such titles as Dungeon Siege, Supreme Commander, and the Age of Empires Online title. This acquisition as w... more.

Welcome to the second Free MMORPG Weekly News Episode, covering news for the week ending February 15th 2013. This weeks news covers the latest from games such as World of Tanks, Elsword, Renaissance Heroes, Firefall, Tribes Ascend, Brick Force, and much more. You can read the full news on each of the games in this video by heading over to the MMODen News section. Also, see full videos and trail... more.

Lost Saga, the free action MMORPG from OG Planet, has announced that the game will officially shut down on the OGPlanet servers on February 15th 2013. The publisher seemed to exhaust all options in an attempt to salvage the games service, but in the end the games demise became inevitable. We never know when these games may find new homes in the future, but at this time Lost Saga should be consider... more.