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NCsoft today announced new Account Services and a Referral Programs for players of Lineage II. Players will finally be able to get that sex change for their favorite character and join friends on a different server:

New Account Services with transaction fees are available to all Lineage II players: Name Change, Gender Change and Character Server Transfer. Name and Gender change services have gone live today. Character Server Transfer service will be live in a few weeks. These new account features are our promise to exemplify our commitment to improve the Lineage experience.

For more information about the Account Services, click here and for more about the the Referral programs, click here.

EA Mythic is performing an analysis of the Realm vs Realm conflict that fuels the gameplay of Dark Age of Camelot. Players will have a chance to participate in this analysis by answering a new poll that may well have an impact on the future of the game's central conflict. The poll is as follows:

The Dark Age of Camelot team is currently going through a detailed analysis of New Frontiers. Please select the option that best describes your feeling about the New Frontiers territory:

• I do not wish to answer this poll.
• New Frontiers is just fine.
• Keep New Frontiers, but reduce the size of the region.
• Keep New Frontiers, but cluster it across all servers.
• Get rid of New Frontiers. I want a new area, smaller than New Frontiers but larger than a battleground.
• I don't care what the territory is; just give me more things to do while I'm there.
• I have no preferences with regard to the RvR territory.
• I do not see my option on this list.

All current Dark Age players can hop in-game to answer this poll.

A new documentary, titled Second Skin, is all about virtual worlds and gamers. EverQuest 2 is one of the games featured in this film.

Here's the trailer to a new movie, Second Skin, a documentary about virtual worlds and the gamers who play them. EverQuest II is one of the main games the film documents, including an interview with Scott Hartsman, a trip to Fan Faire and in game Machinima. It's just been completed and is in the final round of SXSW (they're saying it has an extremely good chance of getting in- official announcement Feb 5th) where it might premiere. The filmmakers are in talks with HBO and The Sundance Channel about distribution, and are waiting to talk to theatrical distribution companies at the festival.

You can view the trailer here.

FiringSquad.com confirmed today through Pete Hines that Bethesda Softworks, the official licensee of the Star Trek game franchise, and sister company Zenimax Online Studios are not interested nor pursuing the Star Trek Online IP:

Hines [...] stated that Bethesda Softworks's sister company, the new MMO based developer ZeniMax Online Studios, will not be taking over the development of Star Trek Online, the long-in-development MMO that has recently been let go by its now former developer Perpetual Entertainment. Hines told us, "I don't believe that is anything that we or ZOS is interested in or actively pursuing."

The fate of Star Trek Online is still a mystery with Cryptic Studios hiring ex-Perpetual employees minus the STO license.

Yahoo! has a Reuters article on the rebirth of obscure actors through video games. It provides some insights into the world of voice acting.

Terrence Carson, one of the stars of the 1990s sitcom "Living Single," now voices Kratos, the main character in Sony's hit PlayStation franchise "God of War."

Character actor Michael Ironside has lent his distinctive voice to the UbiSoft franchise "Splinter Cell," playing the ruthless secret agent Sam Fisher.

Marty O'Donnell, audio director at Bungie Studios, which created "Halo," said he stumbled across David's distinctive voice when listening to a documentary the actor was narrating, and knew he was perfect for the Arbiter.

Read it all here.

SOE CEO John Smedley will keynote the ION Game Conference in Seattle this May. Formerly known as OGDC, this conference is one of the few MMO dedicated events and is in its second year.

More after the leap.

John Smedley the President of Sony Online Entertainment is set to deliver the first keynote speech at the upcoming ION Game Conference. The conference will take place between May 13-15 at the Marriott Waterfront Hotel in Seattle. Smedley is expected to discuss the past, present and future of Sony Online Entertainment as well as that of the general MMO industry.

For the full release click here or click Read More below.

Spelbutiken has posted the contents of the Collectors Edition Warhammer Online. Some great stuff, both in game and out.

Collector's Edition content:

* In-Game:
o 12 exclusive quest (two for each army)12 exclusive quest rewards (one for each quest)
o 12 exclusive character heads
o Special player title
o 30 days of free game play
* In-Box
o Game on 2 DVD
o Manual
o Exclusive Mousepad
o WAR Graphic Novel
o Art Book/Atlas
o Exclusive Warhammer Miniature
War is everywhere in Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning (WAR), the new MMORPG from the creators of Dark Age of Camelot. Based on Games Workshop's popular Warhammer fantasy war game, WAR features next generation Realm vs. Realm (RvR) game play that will immerse players in a world of perpetual conflict.

Hopefully the US version will give out the same. You can't beat getting in game swag, and a graphic novel.

You can see the source over at spelbutiken.

Edit* James from EA Mythic has spoken out on this issue.

Hey folks,

Until EA Mythic and GOA announce anything concerning the Collectors Edition everything is speculation

Glad to see the excitement to find out though!

So take this with a grain of salt.

K2 Network has founded "GamersFirst.com", a brand new portal that unifies all their free-to-play MMORPGs. The site offers both a single login and a single currency to players.

Read about it after the jump.

Meet the classes in 'Age of Conan'!

More tasty tid-bits from the 'Age of Conan' Collector's Edition art book preview CD given to all those that attended the community event in Oslo on January 18.

Here's an hors d'oeuvre:

Pay a visit to the Renders section of the screenshots page to see the rest the images.