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Why I Abandoned New Vegas For Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood

Gamasutra offers a comparative editorial discussing how New Vegas gives little feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment compared to Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. But even after the above-mentioned event that filled me with a new sense of purpose, there was still something…

EverQuest II: Destiny of Velious Released, Trailer

There’s no press release in my inbox, but today is the launch date for the Everquest II expansion pack Destiny of Velious, as you might have guessed by the launch trailer below: Addendum: the press release is in: EVERQUEST® II…

The Witcher Retrospective

Eurogamer offers a retrospective on CD Projekt RED’s the Witcher cRPG, discussing the amnesiac mechanic, Geralt as a PC and the stories within stories and moral greyness of the game. The decision that stuck with me most came on my first…

Top Ten Dying Game Genres

VGChartz lists the top ten dying game genres, favored types of games that look to be dying out. Listed are the likes of sidescrolling beat ’em ups, a personal favorite, but also Isometric RPGs. I refrained by saying (western RPG)…

Mass Effect 2 PS3 Patch Released, Hints at DLC

PS3 users of Mass Effect 2 should see their title patched on their consoles as of today. What’s more, the patch contains a hint at a new DLC, entitled Arrival, tied with three new trophies, as noticed on the BioWare…

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Interview

AusGamers followed up their hands-on session by interviewing senior producer Tomasz Gop on The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the interview being available in both text and video format. AG: The Witcher was a critical success the world over, and…

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Previews

Two more sites have done their writeups of the recent hands-on sessions with the Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and both come away impressed. Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Good as the combat seems though, it’s not really what I’m looking forward to.…

Peter Molyneux Becomes BAFTA Academy Fellow

Joining the likes of Will Wright and Nolan Bushnell (and Christopher Lee), Lionhead and Bullfrog co-founder Peter Molyneux has been named a recipient of the BAFTA Academy Fellowship, GamesIndustry reports. Said BAFTA chief executive Amanda Berry OBE, “We are delighted…