One of the alternatives gaining popularity is the purchasing of gold guides. This is a great option, and will lead to you spending a hell of a lot less than you would by buying gold. There are a few guides around right now, all of them which give you superb methods on how to make over 200 gold a day. This is a fabulous, minimal investment. Most of the gold guides are one time fees.

But how did they get all that gold you ask? Well a lot of players take the short route and purchase their gold off what are known as Chinese Farmers. These farmers spend 12-18 hours online playing AOC trying to accumulate as much AoC Gold as possible so they can then sell it to other Age of Conan players.

Unfortunately many gamers don't realize that there are other, more economical ways to get the gold they so desperately want. There are guides now popping onto the marketplace that provide detailed instructions on how to accumulate gold quickly, without having to pay as much as $12.99 a piece to the farmers. These guides provide a means to gold at a much more economical price.

Of course, this isn't a hard rule to leveling both alts and mains. There are some people who actually just play what character they feel like while keeping their main well-leveled. How about you? Got some tips on how you balance leveling your characters?

PEGI Online was recently rolled out at the Expert Conference 2007 in Brussels by the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE). It remains to be seen how this news may affect titles geared for online play, such as Warhawk, The Agency, Age of Conan, or even the tried-and-true World of Warcraft.

Age of Conan - Hyborian Adventures, set against the background of Conan the King, is scheduled for release later this year. Some previews were given at E3, but received mixed reviews. One one hand, the graphics are described as "hyper-realistic." Characters and animations have a realism to them that one reviewer described as "historical...sort of the anti-World of Warcraft."

To celebrate the game's launch, Funcom and Valve are selling the game for 10% off -- at $45 instead of $50. We doubt that $5 are the difference between you buying this game and not, but if you've been planning to do it anyway this is a good way to go. Not only is it cheaper, but Steam will let you download it at any time, so you won't have to worry about losing the discs.

After a recent question from a Metaplace forum member last month, Raph Koster decided to sit down and explain to us just where exactly the idea for Metaplace was born and how it has evolved into what it is today.

When you think of Warhammer bloggers, folks like Syp, Keen, and the guys at the Greenskin probably come to mind first. In the game of Star Wars Galaxies, making Star Wars Galaxies Credits is necessary. Star Wars Galaxies players always exchange for SWG Credits while playing, but it might be dangerous when meet a cheater.

Game journalist and EVE Online player Jim Rossignol has been coming to grips with the idea of conflict in EVE, in a series of articles written for Eurogamer. Rossignol began by looking at "the basic principles of killing people" and progressing to the large scale conflicts between alliances. In the game of Star Wars Galaxies, making Star Wars Galaxies Credits is necessary. Star Wars Galaxies players always exchange for SWG Credits while playing, but it might be dangerous when meet a cheater.