May
10
2011
10
2011
Blizzard Aiming For Q3 Diablo 3 Beta, 2011 Release
During an earnings call this afternoon, Blizzard CEO Mike Morhaime revealed the company's goals for testing and releasing the much-anticipated new chapter in the Diablo series.
"[Morhaime said], 'On the Diablo 3 front, I'm pleased to report that we began internal, ...
May
06
2011
06
2011
Star Wars MMO Estimated To Cost $100M
donniebaseball23 writes "EA's BioWare is developing its first-ever MMORPG in Star Wars: The Old Republic, and the publisher is betting big that the project will be a huge success. Wedbush analyst Michael Pachter says development alone cost an estimated $80 ...
Apr
22
2011
22
2011
Smell Like An Orc
You may have no trouble smelling like an orc after 12 straight hours of raiding, but if you do, Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is here for you. The company has come out with a line of RPG inspired perfumes. Choose ...
Mar
24
2011
24
2011
Guild Wars 2 Devs Aiming For the Top
As various MMOs have been released over the past several years, their developers have been wary about the inevitable measuring against World of Warcraft, often saying that "second-best" is more than good enough for them. Not so for ArenaNet as ...
Mar
08
2011
08
2011
Dragon Age II Released
Today marks the US launch of Dragon Age II, the sequel to BioWare's popular 2009 RPG Dragon Age: Origins. Like its predecessor and other BioWare RPGs, Dragon Age II is non-linear and has extensive dialog, though this time the story ...
Jan
05
2011
05
2011
Why BioWare’s Star Wars MMO May Already Be Too Late
Since the announcement of Star Wars: The Old Republic, many gamers have been hopeful that its high budget, respected development team and rich universe will be enough to provide a real challenge to the WoW juggernaut. An opinion piece at ...
Dec
17
2010
17
2010
Darkspore video diary shows arena PVP battles
Some of the first gameplay footage of Darkspore, a sci-fi action RPG from Maxis, has begun to trickle out onto gaming sites. While the ...
Dec
15
2010
15
2010
7 Video Game Theme Memoirs That Needs To Exist
Back in August, the awesome folks over at Dorkly brought us wonderful books from the Mushroom Kingdom and this time they introduce us to 7 memoirs from the video game world.
From the Minecraft spoof shown above to King Hippo from ...
Dec
14
2010
14
2010
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Announced for November 2011
Bethesda took advantage of the Video Game Awards this weekend to announce the fifth installment of the Elder Scrolls series, titled Skyrim. The game is planned for November 2011, and a teaser trailer has been posted on the Elder Scrolls ...
Dec
07
2010
07
2010
Blizzard Launches Third WoW Expansion, Cataclysm
Last night marked the launch of Cataclysm, the third expansion for Blizzard's World of Warcraft. Cataclysm includes: two new races, both of which have their own starting zones; five new high-level zones that span the new 80-85 leveling content; seven ...
Oct
28
2010
28
2010
Diablo 3 Hands-On
At this year's Blizzcon, we got to try out a section of Diablo 3 that was pulled directly from the single-player storyline and playable with all classes. A large number of skills and abilities were playable, and the skill rune ...
Oct
16
2010
16
2010
Square Enix Attempting Final Fantasy XIV Damage Control
basscomm writes "Just the other day, it was discussed here on Slashdot that Final Fantasy XIV was released into the world as a buggy, incomplete mess. Now, it's been announced that due to 'generous amounts of player feedback' that lots ...
Oct
12
2010
12
2010
Final Fantasy XIV Launches To Scathing Reviews
RogueyWon writes "Now that the massively-multiplayer Final Fantasy XIV has been on the shelves for a couple of weeks, the reviews are starting to arrive; and it appears that the game is the subject of a critical battering unprecedented in ...
Oct
04
2010
04
2010
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm To Launch Dec. 7th
Blizzard announced today that the third expansion to World of Warcraft, dubbed Cataclysm, is set for launch on December 7th. In addition to upping the level cap to 85 and including several new high level zones, the expansion will revamp ...
Aug
24
2010
24
2010
Co-op Neverwinter RPG Announced For 2011
Atari and Cryptic Studios are teaming up to make a new Dungeons & Dragons-based RPG called Neverwinter, planned for Q4 2011. Gameplay will center on five-person groups that can include other players and/or AI allies, and there will be an ...
Aug
21
2010
21
2010
The Delicious Old School RPG Beauty that is Eschalon: Book 2
I have some strange attachment to classic dungeon-crawling RPG games. I’m not exactly sure what the drive is, but I have a pretty good idea and there’s something definitely there. There’s just something so liberating about ...
The Protomen - Rock Music and Mega Man Combined.
An Irrelevant Take on the Zombie Goodness of the Walking Dead
Halloween Fear Fest - Mega Shark VS Giant Octopus
Amnesia: The Dark Descent will induce heart problems.
Redline - 7 Years in the making and damn, it looks good.