In my first article from the Develop conference I spoke about the WMD portal and how the gaming community can get involved in the development and investment of games rather than just being a consumer. In the second article of this series Ill take a look at “Ethics and Designing Addiction in games”.

The resident clown on the Muslim Gamer Forums recently transitioned from his beloved PS3 console to his shiny new PC. What we like to call a revert gamer around this here PC town. So we put the challenge out to him to keep us updated as to what it was like to go from a controller to WASD. After much waiting, its finally here. The first installment and published article from our 16 year old Saudi clown, AhmadSA’s Journey…

Minecraft fans will be aware of the door glitch that is affecting the game but good news awaits. The 1.2 updatewill fix this and and add new features to the game.

THQ is in a lot of trouble lately. Dropping share price, lay offs, revenue drying up. Last month, a group of anonymous current and ex-employees published an  open letterdirected at THQ’s board of directors. They named and shamed the board and  singled out the heavily invested yet massive failure of a game uDraw as a key reason for the recent lay-offs.

After the success of Free to Play across the MMO world it looks like more and more are willing to try their luck witht he same strategy. Which is fine by me! Blizards Warcraft is free to level 20, Mythics Warhammer is the same and now you can add Rift to the list too.

Please welcome the newest social netwroking, casual gaming, cross platform, yes we are trying that thing too site… GFACE! Crytek are dipping their feet into the world of social networking.

BioWare producer Mike Gamble recently spoke with Eurogamer about the pressure placed upon their team to deliver a satisfying ending to the game.

We just got an email from Chris at Unkown Worlds letting us know about a new trailer they have released for Natural Selection 2. Its in regards to their new patch “Gorilla” which refers to the 5th and final alien being released.

According to the official site, your date with Gotham City Impostors is (almost) here!  The very cool looking game which will be available on Windows PC, the PlayStation Network and Xbox LIVE has set a date, albeit slightly different for each.

The Total War franchises latest addition, Shogun 2, has the new Fall of the Samurai stand alone expansion coming up soon. To get you excited about it they have releases some new screenshots too. Pics and some details after the jump..

EA has just put out a press release around Origins achievements. While the numbers do look impressive, the release is more aimed at their non gamer shareholders as anyone that is gaming aware can easily dig deeper into the presented numbers.

The devs over at Semaphore have recently released a new trailer for their upcoming title “Unearthed: Trail of Ibn Battuta”. Unfortunately there isnt much in the way of  information int he new video as it is more about the supported languages, which it has many.

NCsoft and Paragon Studios have just announced the upcoming launch of City of Heroes Issue 22: Death Incarnate. As the first major free update to City of Heroes Freedom since launching as a successful Free-To-Play title, Issue 22: Death Incarnate introduces a massive amount of new content including new powers, costumes, VIP-member content and endgame trials.

Frozenbyte have finally released Trine 2 to the world! Available now on for PC/Mac (Steam) the team have released a newt trailer to go with the launch. We will have a review up after we spend the weekedn playing the game too.

NCsoft and Paragon Studios have just launched 3 new updates to City of Heroes. The Signature Story Arc 4, Issue 21.5 Media Blitz and the Titan Weapon Set. We have a few details and a few screenshots for you below.

A few weeks ago we let you know about the Virgin\EA BF3 tournament that was giving away a bunch of cash. Well now it looks like the sports games are getting their turn as EA have just announced the Sports game tournament exclusive to PS3.

We have just come across these Muslim developers who have released a new game for the Iphone recently “Eliminator”. The game is a science fiction top down 3D shooter with some nice looking graphics.

Capcom has just released a new trailer for the upcoming Devil May Cry game due for release in 2012. Set against a contemporary backdrop, Devil May Cry depicts a duplicitous world where nothing is ever as it seems and the line between good and evil is constantly blurred.

Hidden Path Entertainment has today announced that Defense Grid: You Monster, the first full story expansion of the award-winning game, will be available for download from both Steam and Xbox LIVE Arcade on December 7, 2011.

MuslimGamer.com has a readership that is truly global. Our recently opened forums have also been gaining traction with members from Trinidad to Turkey and from California to London. Recently one of our members, Styrophoamicus, posted something with the title of 11 tips to being a good Muslim Gamer. We thought it was worth posting on the news site too.