WorstUsernameEver

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ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

The Lord of the Rings: War in the North Preview

IGN put up a pre-E3 preview for Snowblind Studios’ action-RPG The Lord of the Rings: War in the North, and they seem to be reasonably happy with the direction the studios is heading with the title. Here’s a sampling: War…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

Atari Sells Cryptic Studios to Perfect World

Atari has reached an agreement with “leading online game developer and operator based in China” Perfect World for the acquisition of Cryptic Studios, which Atari divested its interests in about a week ago. The sum Perfect World had to spend…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale Reviews

A few new reviews for Atari and Bedlam Games’ 4th Edition-based hack’n’slash Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale have emerged, ready for your perusal. Blistered Thumbs, 3/10 Easily the worst glitch I suffered from was during the final boss battle. While playing…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

The Lost History of System Shock

G4TV has penned an editorial where they analyze what’s happened to the rights of the System Shock franchise, and what it would take for a hypothetical System Shock 3 to get developed and released. Here’s a sampling: In 2006, a…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings Reviews

We have another batch of reviews for CD Projekt RED’s The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, and at this point it’s safe to say that we can add “critically acclaimed” as a descriptor for the Polish title. Joystiq, 4/5 Geralt,…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

Dungeon Siege III Previews

With the North American Xbox 360 demo coming out today and some European magazine reviews already out, very few sites are still giving Dungeon Siege III the preview coverage, but for those of you that still haven’t had the chance…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

A Brief History of Western Action RPGs

Videogame blog Hardcore Gaming 101 wrote a piece entitled “A Brief History of Western Action RPGs” where the author analyzes the development and history of this variant of the RPG genre, from antecedent Adventure (1978) to Mass Effect 2, Alpha…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

Mass Effect 3 and Sexuality

In one of their “Objection!” pieces, Kotaku’s Mark Serrels and blog writer Adam Ruch discuss the recent announcement made by Casey Hudson on his Twitter account that Mass Effect 3 would feature gay romances for male Shepard and the subsequent…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 31, 2011

Storytelling in Games, Part One

The editors at IGN have penned the first part of a feature called “Storytelling in Games” where they quiz “some of the biggest name in gaming” about, you guessed it, storytelling in games. The theme of this first part is…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnMay 30, 2011

Hunted: The Demon’s Forge Guide Blog Update

We’re just one day from the North American release of inXile Entertainment’s dungeon crawler, and this blog post from the official game guide writer Michael Searle may serve as an interesting appetizer if you’re interested in the title. Knowledge is…