Funcom has announced that the next Conan game coming down the pike is Conan Unconquered, a strategy game being developed by Petroglyph Studios. You may remember that Petroglyph is the original developer of the Command & Conquer series.

Blue Potion Games' version of Echo of Soul has launched as a buy-to-play title on Steam and as an early access title. Through December 13th, players can purchase the game for $5.39 (regular price 8.99)...or you could probably just go and download the F2P "Phoenix" version from Aeria Games. It's unclear what the differences are between the two, though the Phoenix version has undergone some big changes recently.

When the 1.85 update launches into War Thunder, players will have new aircraft to play with thanks to the arrival of supersonic jets. These new aircraft come along at Rank VI with air-to-air guided missiles, a totally new type of armament in the game".

League of Angels: Origins is an upcoming mobile title that is based on the long-running series of games. As it approaches launch, the game has already seen over a million players pre-register. Origins features "Sky Battles and flight, high-quality graphics, complex and multi-layered storylines, large-scale PvP and PvE".

If it's December, you know it means a ton of holiday happenings in just about every MMO on the planet. Earlier this week, Perfect World Entertainment revealed all of the cheery activities that players can participate in throughout its stable of games including Neverwinter, Star Trek Online and more.

MMOBomb is reporting that 70 employees at Daybreak Game Company have been laid off. The news came via former president John Smedley who tweeted his disgust at the layoffs in December and who noted the number of affected employees. Daybreak released a statement to say that it is "optimizing our structure to ensure we best position ourselves for continued success in the years to come".

The BioWare blog has been updated with a brief explanation of what Anthem players can expect who are lucky enough to be invited into the game's first closed alpha that is kicking off on December 8th and December 9th. During testing phases throughout the weekend, players will be helping developers "ensure the key systems and technology that power the game will hold up when we launch" and specifically on "load balancing and scale testing servers and matchmaking".