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by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 29, 2011 8:45AM PDT

Zynga is seeking "between $1.5 billion and $2 billion" as part of an initial stock offering (IPO) that could make the company one of the largest in gaming. Read more

SOE's 'Station Access' subscription granting membership to multiple MMOs is relaunching as 'All Access,' with $10 knocked off the monthly price. Read more

As Interplay continues to battle Bethesda to make a Fallout MMO, a new filing from the faltering publisher dismisses Bethesda's claims that it only ever licensed the name "Fallout" itself, not its post-apocalyptic world. Read more

by Xav de Matos, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 6:15PM PDT

Today's Daily Filter includes dev diaries for Assassin's Creed Revelations, Driver: San Francisco, Back to the Future, Orcs Must Die and more. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 4:45PM PDT

EA has a long way to go before it can convince the masses to switch to its new digital storefront, Origin. It plans on winning gamers through exclusives, like Star Wars: The Old Republic. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 3:15PM PDT

The International Game Developers Association (IGDA) is planning to investigate allegations that employees of Team Bondi were overworked during the development of LA Noire. Read more

by Garnett Lee and Xav de Matos, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 3:10PM PDT

Blizzard has thrown away 10- and 14-day free trials of World of Warcraft and is now offering the base game for free, "up to a maximum character level of 20." Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 1:45PM PDT

Cloud gaming provider OnLive wants to be as ubiquitous as Netflix. And to do so, they're in talks with the console manufacturers. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 12:15PM PDT

Developer Hi-Rez Studios released a new trailer, showing off beta footage of the jetpack-infused gameplay of Tribes: Ascend. Read more

by Andrew Yoon, shacknews.com, Jun 28, 2011 11:30AM PDT

Following E3, various outlets--Shacknews included--are invited every year to vote on the best of E3. After careful deliberation, the winners have been decided! Read more