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Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures GDC Preview

MMORPG.com brings us a short preview of Funcom’s Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, based on what they learned about the MMORPG during this year’s Game Developer Conference. A snippet: The Hyborian world of Conan is defined by its savage combat.…

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Impressions

A couple more websites are offering up their impressions of Bethesda’s newly released The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. The first is at GamerDad, where they take a closer look at the game’s ability to provide a sense of immersion: So…

Auto Assault Developer Diary

IGN PC has published a new developer diary for Auto Assault, in which NetDevil’s Dan Russett discusses the game’s nasty Ground Zero area. Check it out: Now the Outposts, in Auto Assault fiction, are essentially old ancient pre-apocalypse military bases,…

Age of Conan Gameplay Preview #3

Funcom’s official Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures website has been updated with a third gameplay preview, this time detailing the Mage archetype and the classes underneath it. A bit about the Necromancer: The master of unholy magic, the Necromancer animates…

The Elder Scrolls Retrospective

The folks at UGO have published a retrospective article for Bethesda’s entire Elder Scrolls series, now that Oblivion has been released to the masses. A bit about Daggerfall: When it came to gameplay, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall wasn’t very…

City of Heroes/City of Villains Issue 7 Previews

Both GameSpot and Ten Ton Hammer have written up a previews of Cryptic Studios’ Issue 7 update for City of Heroes and City of Villains. A snip from GameSpot’s article: If villains capture a nearby pillbox, the area will become…

Auto Assault Preview

The guys at Gaming Nexus have put together a five-page preview of NCsoft and NetDevil’s soon-to-be-released Auto Assault. Check it out: The game does tend to give you missions that are one or two levels above your current level which…

Mass Effect Preview

GameSpot has dished up a short preview of Mass Effect, based on comments made by BioWare’s Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk during this year’s Game Developers Conference. Check it out: To that end, Zeschuk explained that the game will feature…

Mage Knight: Apocalypse Diary #2

RPG Vault is offering up a second diary for Namco’s Mage Knight: Apocalypse, this time with senior producer Dave Georgeson discussing the current status of the action RPG. An excerpt: – We’ve completed the voice recording for all the parts…