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Dungeon Siege II: Broken World Review

GameShark has writen up a quick review of Dungeon Siege II: Broken World, giving the expansion pack an overall score of “B-“: In the end Dungeon Siege II: Broken World delivers what it promises – more content for Gas Powered…

The Lord of the Rings Online Reaches Beta

Turbine issued a press release earlier this morning announcing that beta testing of The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar has begun. THE LORD OF THE RINGS ONLINEâ„¢ GOES BETA! Nearly 200,000 Players Have Signed-up Worldwide WESTWOOD, MA…

New Tech Stretches Game Writing Tasks

The Hollywood Reporter has published an article entitled “New Tech Stretches Game Writing Tasks”, in which they provide commentary from various developers about how advancements in technology require better writing in video games. One example given to illustrate this point…

World of Warcraft Approaches 7 Million Subscribers

According to web reports at CNET and Joystiq, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo revealed during the Austin Game Conference that World of Warcraft is on track to hit seven million subscribers sometime in the near future. Since the 2004 launch of the…

Richard Vogel AGC Keynote Speech Summary

MMORPG.com has posted a summary of the keynote speech given by BioWare Austin’s Richard Vogel during this year’s Austin Game Conference. Could it be that the company is working on an MMORPG based on an existing IP? (Who), Richard asked…

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic Preview

The guys at BytePress have put together a preview of Ubisoft’s Dark Messiah of Might and Magic, based on their time with the game’s demo version. Along with this vicious melee combat there is also ranged combat with weapons like…

R.A. Salvatore Joins Green Monster Games

Gamasutra is reporting that fantasy author R.A. Salvatore and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane have teamed up with Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling to form Green Monster Games. It has also been revealed that Spawn creator and longtime baseball fan Todd…

Lineage II Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood Released

NCsoft sent us a press release earlier this afternoon announcing the release of a free expansion to Lineage II entitled Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood. NCsoft Releases Lineage® II Expansion with Player-Inspired Content Highly anticipated Chronicle 5: Oath of Blood…

2K Games to Publish Jade Empire for the PC

2K Games issued a press release earlier this morning announcing that they will be publishing BioWare’s Jade Empire for the PC. 2K to Publish BioWare’s “Jade Empire: Special Edition” for the PC — Action-RPG Anticipated for January 2007 with Enhanced…