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What Went Wrong With Star Wars: The Old Republic?

Gamasutra is offering a feature on the mistakes made by the Star Wars: The Old Republic developers that led to its less-than-satisfying performance with subscribers. They identify “lack of social interaction” and “ineffective monetization design” as the two culprits, so…

Borderlands 2 Previews

I’d wager that, since the title the third most pre-ordered title for Take Two, some of our readers might be interested in reading a preview or two about the title, and we have them served on the front. First, EDGE…

South Park: The Stick of Truth Preview

The trickle of previews for South Park: The Stick of Truth is continuing, and this time we have a piece from GamePlanet, which seems to be based on the same hands-off presentation we have pretty much learned by heart now.…

Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar Interview

IGN had the chance to chat with BioWare Mythic’s Jeff Skalski on their free-to-play Ultima IV sort-of-remake Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar. I don’t know if it just means that I’m out of the target audience, but his answer…

Grinding and its Relationship With the RPG Genre

I do suppose the role-playing genre has been famously, or rather, infamously associated with the hated activity known as “grinding”, so it’s only fair that it became the subject of one of Rowan Kaiser’s Joystiq columns on WRPGs. Here’s an…

Mass Effect 3 Wii U Port is Outsourced

Through a video interview from GotGame we learn that Mass Effect 3’s Wii U port, slated to launch with Nintendo’s upcoming console, is being developed by an external third party, though we don’t know anything about it besides the fact…

South Park: The Stick of Truth Preview

In case you’re interested in reading some more about Obsidian’s South Park: The Stick of Truth, you should head over to this Daily Mail online preview, which comes with the usual positive impressions we’ve gotten used by now. I can’t…

Wasteland 2 Video Interview

Not much in the way of new information, but in case you’re interested in a refresher on Brian Fargo’s sensibilities for Wasteland 2 and his opinions on the industry at large, you might want to watch this video interview from…