To celebrate the launch of EQII's sixth expansion, Sentinel's Fate, we have acquired twenty highly coveted Sentinel's Fate Digital Download Keys and three Sentinel's Fate Collector's Edition Keys.  The Collector's Edition are real retail keys which will not only give your account full Sentinel's Fate access, but set you up for the 7-day early access on February 16!

All you have to do to win is stop by and say hi!  Click here for rules and instructions!

While most MMOs are celebrating Valentine's Day with events full of hearts and cute rewards, Mythic prefers to focus on the darker side of things in Warhammer Online. The Night of Murder live event kicked off today and lets players perform some terrible deeds in the name of the Elf god Kaela Mensha Khaine.

Keep an eye out for players and NPCs that have been marked for death and kill them to earn event influence. The "Well-Mounted Skull" reward will let you mount the heads of your ememies on pikes for all to see! That's a bit more brutal than spraying perfume on players and eating in-game chocolate.

You can read more about the Night of Murder live event after the jump. It ends Feb. 16.

The Allods Online fourth closed beta test ends tomorrow, Feb. 10, but it looks like you won't have to wait very long to get back into the free-to-play MMO. The team just announced that the open beta will go live on Feb. 16. Keys will not be required to enter the open beta, which will give players access to all current content through level 40.

You can sign up and download the client through the game's official site, which just got a revamp. If you haven't tried out the MMO yet, be sure to check out episode 10 and episode 12 of our BFF Report to get a first-hand look at Allods Online.

Lead Encounter Designer Daelo has announced that Blizzard has decided to remove the limited attempts in normal mode against Professor Putricide, Blood-Queen Lana'thel, Sindragosa, and the Lich King in Icecrown Citadel. However, the limited attempts will remain in place in heroic mode.

Daelo posted a short Q&A following the announcement, which you can read after the jump. The bosses currently won't respawn in normal mode if you run out of attempts on heroic, so leave an attempt left if you want to kill them in normal mode.

ZAM user Anobix has started a thread on this topic in our WoW general forum, so head over there if you'd like to join the discussion.

I've decided Kiara just likes to keep my head spinning.  In my mailbox today are some pictures with only a note that says: "A puzzle!"  I'm no good at this stuff and she knows it.  Hopefully our steadfast lore junkies can make something of them!  They are called, in order, "Cazic", "cereal" and "bread".  Click any thumbnail for a full sized image.

Paragon Studios made a couple of exciting announcements today for City of Heroes fans. The team just revealed that Issue 17: Dark Mirror will launch this April and introduce a major graphics enhancement and new content to the game. The "Ultra Mode" setting will improve lighting, reflections, shadows and water effects. You can view some before and after comparisons in our screenshots gallery.

Issue 17 will also give players "a new and nefarious foe who will be able to match them blow for blow." Other features will include new badges, new missions, new emotes, Epic Archetypes at level 20, Mission Architect improvements, and enhancements to UI and game systems.

In addition, Paragon announced that players who pre-order the Going Rogue expansion beginning March 2 will get immediate early access to the Dual Pistols power set, and access to the Demon Summoning power set starting in April. The beta begins this spring, and Going Rogue is scheduled to launch in July.

NetDevil officially unveiled the LEGO Universe trailer and gameplay footage at CES 2010 last month, but today's news may be even more exciting. We'll give you one word: beta!

OK, we'll give you a few more words. Sign-ups for the LEGO Universe beta are now open, so head over to the application page and fill out all the necessary information if you'd like to get a first-hand look at an MMO world made out of LEGO bricks.

We interviewed Lead Producer Chris Sherland at CES, so be sure to check out the video for more details on LEGO Universe.