If you had the desire to ever play a massively multiplayer online game on your Sony or Microsoft gaming consoles, be rest assured that it will never be the World of Warcraft from Blizzard. As per the games lead producer J. Allen Brack from Blizzard, it is almost unlikely that WOW will ever be played on gaming consoles.

He did acknowledge that a MMO on a console will be widely successful but its very very difficult to achieve the task. One of the major problems with reference to the WOW is its keyboard-centric nature and the whole notion of transferring all related keyboard controls onto a gamepad is a challenging ask.

Even as Sony was fast gearing up to announce a new game for the PS3, Microsoft has jumped into the gaming fray by lining up a new title for the Xbox 360. The news comes about as exciting for gamers who have been looking forward to newer titles.

Sony has recently submitted a trademark filing for the name “PlayStation Arc,” which has again set running the speculation about the upcoming PS3 Motion Controller. It is expected that the Arc name will be tied to the new motion controller, and could very well be the official name of the system.

Yesterday we reported that the PlayStation Network is experiencing technical difficulties and users have been unable to connect to it. Well, now the problem has been resolved, and all PS owners can successfully reconnect to the network.

The PlayStation Network has been down today, and customers have been expressing severe frustration over the matter. It doesn’t seem to be an issue with the downtime itself, as much as the fat that Sony still haven’t made an official statement on the matter.

Sega has confirmed a June 1 launch date for Alpha Protocol in North America. The game was originally scheduled for an October 27, 2009 release date, but didn’t happen then. It is now being revealed that the game would debut on the Xbox 360, PS3 and PC versions, making it a multi-platform release.

The third DLC pack for Gearbox’s shooter Borderlands will soon hit the market, according to an announcement made by Gearbox and 2K Games. The DLC will be called “The Secret Armory of General Knoxx” and will be available for download through the Xbox LIVE system in about one day.

3D is the next big thing in consumer electronics. We couldn’t walk without running into demos of 3D entertainment systems at the CES last month. Blu-Ray Disc Association had finalized the 3D specification back in December 2009 and the only thing left is for it to be implemented in different devices. The Sony PS3 is compatible with the 3D spec brought out by the BluRay Disc Association.

So it is only logical that the next thing be “real” 3D games. That is, the super realistic stereoscopic 3D games. According to John Keller, director of hardware marketing for the SCEA, Sony is currently developing 3D stereoscopic games aiming for a launch in summer 2010 alongside the company’s 3D LCD HDTVs.

The motion controller that Sony has been working on for its PlayStation 3 console will get delayed. In a bid to make available more software during the time the new motion controller is ready, the gaming company has pushed the launch by six months. When it arrives, it is expected that the motion controller would usher in a Wii-like game play to the PS3.

If you haven’t heard yet, here’s some news for you. Your favorite video game console will soon start streaming movies too. Nintendo Co has officially come out in public saying that it would add Netflix’s movie-streaming service to its Wii console. The Nintendo Wii with Netflix will start arriving in stores this Spring.