SOE has announced the dates and location for SOE Fan Faire 2010!  This annual event allows players and developers from all SOE games to mingle and discuss all matters MMO.

Fan Faire will be August 5 - 8, 2010 at Bally's Las Vegas.  See the official Fan Faire website for details!

Source:  EQII Official Forums

The Internet is always changing and each day sites hit the World Wide Web with new features, designs, and options for users. Although we had a fondness for our previous look, the ZAM staff knew that we could do things better… make our site bigger, better, faster, and stronger. The results are in front of you.

In addition to the new, non-drab colors and enhanced feature story box, we made a number of improvements that should help you navigate around our entire network. Whether you want to take a trip around the content features on ZAM.com or check out the headlines before heading to Wowhead or MMOUI, everything is accessible by an easy mouse click.

There are lots of subtle changes throughout the site, but below you'll find a few things that are new to ZAM.com and might be of interest to you, our users. Once you’ve read through the changes and had some time to check out the site, we’d like to hear your constructive feedback on what you like or don’t like about the new look, and you can do this by simply logging in and leaving a comment below this article.

Sony Online Entertainment plans to kick off a bonus weekend in Star Wars Galaxies tomorrow, Feb. 25, at 4 a.m. PST. This event gives a little more than just bonus exp; it gives players a little bit of everything. Here are the details straight from the announcement:

"This weekend players will get Double XP, Double GCW Points, Double GCW Tokens from Battlefields and City Invasions, Double Chronicles XP, Double Chronicles Silver Tokens and an increased chance to earn Gold Chronicles Tokens."

The bonus weekend ends on Tuesday, March 2 at 4 a.m. PST, so be sure to log in over the next few days if you'd like to take advantage of the event.

There will be planned maintence at SOE Wednesday, February 24, 2010 that will affect all game servers for all SOE games.  Maintenance will begin at 3:00 AM PST and is estimated to last until 12:00 PM PST.  All game worlds will be unavailable for at least the first several hours of the estimated 9-hour maintenance. The Station Store and all commerce avenues will be unavailable for the entire duration of maintenance.  This may also affect the performance of the forums and any or all accounts’ abilities to log in.

Source:  EQII Forums

Sony Online Entertainment has announced that the next Star Wars Galaxies Trading Card game expansion, Threat of the Conqueror, is scheduled to launch in March. The set introduces a 10-scenario story arc surrounding the Conqueror, the Empire's newly outfitted Star Destroyer capable of demolishing entire planets.

Star Wars Galaxies players will want to keep an eye out for more than 20 new special forces-themed loot cards, including the Neutral Infiltrator Armor set and the first ever AT-PT Walker and Republic Gunship player vehicles. You can read more about the expansion after the jump.

Sony Online Entertainment just gave Star Wars Galaxies players a few more reasons to purchase The Complete Online Adventures Premium Plus Pack. Players will now receive two additional exclusive mounts and an exclusive player house when they purchase the pack, which is currently on sale for 50% off through Feb. 22.

The pack contains the original Star Wars Galaxies game and all of the expansions. Purchasing the pack will now give you a Mustafarian Underground Bunker player house, a Varactyl mount, and a Lava Flea mount. These new gifts will be granted in addition to the personal AT-RT, Queen Amidala transport ship and General Grievous Wheel Bike that were previously being offered with the pack.

So just to be clear, you can currently buy The Complete Online Adventures Premium Plus Pack for 50% off and get six in-game gifts in the process. Will you be taking advantage of this offer?

Departing the Normandy and Enterprise, Fony heads back to little ol’ Earth and dives into a recently released MMOFPS, Global Agenda, for Episode 17 of The BFF Report. In the video, Fony takes a look at character creation, PvE gameplay, and gives some tips on basic agency selection.

But did Fony conquer all his enemies? Or did he get his head shot off? Watch this episode of The BFF Report to find out!