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ActionTrip has published an article entitled “Combat Systems in RPGs”, in which they take a closer look at the different ways combat is handled in role-playing games. The first imposing question is whether a real RPG can be fully turn-based?…

Funcom issued a press release earlier today announcing the launch of a pre-order campaign for their upcoming Anarchy Online: Lost Eden expansion pack. Funcom launches ‘˜Anarchy Online Lost Eden’ pre-order campaign – Get free virtual Battle-Mech and unleash havoc in…

GameDaily has published a diary of one player’s experiences while adventuring through the first few areas of Obsidian’s Neverwinter Nights 2. Seemingly out of thin air, or at least out of purple swirling lights, comes a battle-ready wolf.. Bevil and…

Hooked Gamers has tossed up a three-page review of Gothic 3, giving the Pirahna Bytes’ latest RPG installment an overall score of 7 The game’s horrible performance keeps me from enjoying the game. Saving takes 10 to 15 seconds (no…

FiringSquad has conducted an interview with White Wolf’s Kelley Barnes-Herrmann, drilling the company spokesperson with questions concerning the World of Darkness creator’s newly announced merger with EVE Online developer CCP. Q: Why does White Wolf believe that this deal will…

The weekend brings us two more reviews for ArenaNet’s Guild Wars Nightfall, and they’re both positive. The first is at GameSpy with an overall score of 4/5: Nightfall hasn’t changed much about the fundamental Guild Wars experience, but in all…

Aspyr’s official Gothic 3 website has been updated with an in-house Q&A in which executive producer Blaine Christine answers questions about the upcoming North American version. How does playing as a more pure magic user change how you play the…

GamerNode is offering up the latest review of Neverwinter Nights 2, in which they give the RPG sequel an overall score of 8.4 For RPG lovers, picking up NWN2 is a no-brainer. The game has the story, the characters, the…

Couldn’t they develop a World of Darkness MMORPG and create additional EVE Online products without merging? Gaming Industry Innovators CCP and White Wolf to Merge Combined company to deliver next-generation gaming products online and offline Reykjavik, Iceland and Atlanta, GA,…