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The Broken Hourglass Monday Update

Planewalker Games’ official website has received its usual Monday update for The Broken Hourglass, this time offering an in-house Q&A with lead sprite artist Ric Halliwell. Q: How long have you been working on sprites in particular? A: I started…

The Bard’s Tale Review

The guys at RPG Codex have whipped up a review of The Bard’s Tale, inXile Entertainment’s humor-driven continuation of the classic RPG series. What was meant to be a searing hot stab of fun into the genre carried by a…

The Lord of the Rings Online Previews

Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar is the subject of four more hands-on previews across the web. The first is at 1Up: Visually, there are a few charms missing from the game, especially when compared to…

Neverwinter Nights 2 Review

Gameguru Mania has written up their own review of Neverwinter Nights 2, handing the RPG sequel an overall score of 81%. Overall, I would say Neverwinter Nights 2 is definitely worth its cost. It looks to make advances in all…

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Reviews

Three more reviews of Blizzard’s World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack kick off the new week. The first is at FiringSquad with an overall score of 92%: What more can we say? It runs well, it’s almost completely…

Online Worlds Roundtable #14, Part Three

The third installment of RPG Vault’s fourteenth Online Worlds Roundtable is now available, providing us with even more developer perspectives on alternate MMORPG revenue models. NetDevil CEO Scott Brown: A common twist on this business model allows consumers to purchase…

The Lord of the Rings Online Previews

Both GameSpot and IGN PC have written up new hands-on previews of Turbine’s The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar. An excerpt from GameSpot’s article: After the starting level you’ll be dropped into a beginning level for the…

Camelot Grab Bag Q&A

In this week’s Grab Bag Q&A for Dark Age of Camelot, EA Mythic’s Sanya Thomas answers questions about savage weapon restrictions, moving tradeskills between characters, and more. Q: Which expansions will I need to take part in all the phases…

Hellgate: London Preview

The folks at CVG have conjured up a short preview of Flagship Studios’ highly anticipated action RPG, Hellgate: London. So Hellgate is a full 3D, first-person RPG experience, but don’t use Dark Messiah as a reference point. DM boiled down…

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Reviews

GameSpy and IGN PC have both whipped up reviews for Blizzard’s newly released World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack. GameSpy gave the add-on a perfect score of 5/5: With all we’ve seen of Burning Crusade so far, it’s…