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RPGWatch Game of the Year Awards

RPGWatch has run its dual-pronged game of the year award, where they tally fan votes and do editorial write-ups. The editor’s choice and #1 in polling was – unsurprisingly – Dragon Age: Origins, followed by Risen and Knights of the…

BioShock 2 Interview

Destructoid quizzed creative director Jordan Thomas about the fan backlash for BioShock 2. Apparently BioShock was so good there’s a “living up to it” standard to follow. I must’ve missed something there. “Well, since the early days, I’ve been candid…

Star Trek Online Reviews

The first reviews for Star Trek Online have come crashing in, and the reception seems pretty mixed so far. Eurogamer gives it a 6/10 in a long, thoughtful review. It’s an extremely bitty game. Content comes in chunks that last anything…

Fallout: New Vegas Magazine Details Clarified

Bethesda developers and Obsidian producers have been forced to do a little damage control following the PC Gamer article, as some things were wildly misinterpreted. No Mutants Allowed has kept track. J.E. Sawyer on dialogue. This is how it works. Each…

Mass Effect 2 Interview

IGN has a fairly lengthy and interesting interview with Ray Muzyka on the response and nature of Mass Effect, and the general direction of BioWare. IGN: How much do you view games as a forum for discussion? For instance, there was…

BioShock 2 Soundtrack Revealed

Destructoid offers a track list for BioShock 2, featuring jazz and pop classics from the 30s, 40s and 50s like its predecessor did. The soundtrack will be available via iTunes on the 9th of February.

Alpha Protocol Delayed Again

In a bit of news from the “you have got to be kidding me” section of gaming feeds, MTV Multiplayer brings word from their preview session with Alpha Protocol that the game, initially delayed to Spring 2010, is now delayed…

Fable III to Upset People

As could be expected, Fable III is getting a headstart on crazy promises and one-liners long before its release. Gamereactor has a video interview with Molyneux, in which he makes the following assertion (courtesy Fragland). There’s some very very big things…

BioShock 2 Reviews

The magazines and bigger sites have unpacked and played their review copies of 2K Marin’s BioShock 2, and the first reactions are in. IGN gives it a 9.1. The more you dig into BioShock 2, the more you’ll find to…

Why Mass Effect 2 is the Future of the RPG

GamerNode argues in an editorial that Mass Effect 2, in its trimming down of tropes and cliches, represents the future of the RPG genre. I just summarized 90% of the JRPGs to be released in the past 10 years right…