Eric Schwarz

Eric Schwarz

Diablo III Sales Surpass 10 Million

Despite some critique over the last few months, and Blizzard’s own admitted problems with the endgame, Diablo III has now officially become the massive success for Activision and Blizzard that everyone more or less expected it to be. Activision announced…

Square Enix Working on “Platform Agnostic” RPG

While we haven’t traditionally covered Square Enix’s games in the past, their recent acquisition of Eidos and their involvement in games like Deus Ex: Human Revolution has put them on our radar. Andriasang, a Japanese RPG news site, has revealed…

Star Wars: The Old MMO Problem

Amidst continuing news of EA’s declining stock prices and more layoffs at BioWare, Star Wars: The Old Republic hasn’t exactly been getting a lot of positive press lately. bit-tech.net adds to that with an editorial today that examines the reasons…

Borderlands 2 Preorders Promising, Says Take-Two

It appears that the continued success of Borderlands over the last few years, no doubt fueled by frequent Steam sales and several DLC add-ons, has led to good tidings for Borderlands 2. Take-Two reported today, during its first quarter conference,…

CD Projekt Hiring Multiplayer Programmer

Eurogamer reports that a new job ad has surfaced on CD Projekt’s web site, suggesting the developer is interested in adding online multiplayer to their proprietary Red Engine. CD Projekt, responsible for The Witcher series, have typically been interested in…

Wasteland 2 Character Portrait Revealed

Brian Fargo, via his Twitter feed, has revealed a brand-new Wasteland 2 image – unlike the previous screenshot we saw, this one is promotional/concept art that will also be used for one of the in-game portraits. As Fargo says, the…

New Puzzle Quest Teased

Infinite Interactive, developers of the genre-bending Puzzle Quest series, have revealed that they may have yet another title in the works – but that it won’t be any time soon. Joystiq initially mis-reported that Infinite Interactive were acquired by an EA studio, FireMonkeys, but…

Chris Avellone Interview

Veteran designer Chris Avellone is rarely out of RPG news coverage for long. GamesIndustry.biz have posted an interview with the talent behind Planescape: Torment, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II and more, covering a wide variety of subjects. Chris always…