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Dungeons & Dragons Online Signup Milestone

Turbine has announced that over 300,000 fans have now signed up for a position in the Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach beta test. Straight from my inbox: The DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINE(tm): Stormreach(tm) Beta community just passed another major milestone!…

World of Warcraft iPod Trailers

Blizzard Entertainment and Apple have released several different World of Warcraft trailers specifically formatted for playback on the video-capable iPod.

Dungeons & Dragons Online Preview

The Wargamer has dished up a preview of Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach, after spending some firsthand time with the MMORPG’s ongoing beta test. Check it out: Dungeons & Dragons Online is set in the city of Stormreach, a major…

Elevation Partners to Acquire Take-Two Interactive?

After picking up BioWare and Pandemic Studios late last year, GamesIndustry.biz is reporting that Elevation Partners may be planning an acquisition of Take-Two Interactive next. Sounds like they might be jumping the gun a bit: In a report published yesterday,…

EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky Preview

Ten Ton Hammer has written up a preview of EverQuest II: Kingdom of Sky, based on a recent demonstration of the expansion pack from Sony Online’s Ryan “Blackguard” Shwayder. A snippet: The last of the large region zones we visited…

A Quick MMORPG History

MMORPG.com has posted an editorial that offers a brief history lesson for those of you wondering where massively multiplayer games originally started. Here’s a bit to get you started: That’s about when we were introduced to MUDs, or multi-user dungeons.…

World of Warcraft Interview

GamesIndustry.biz has published a short interview with Blizzard Entertainment’s Shane Dabiri and John Lagrave about the issues World of Warcraft players are having while trying to log in to European servers. A taste: So how are you responding? John Lagrave:…

Space Hack Review

GameZone has tossed up a review of Space Hack, giving Meridian4 and Rebelmind’s sci-fi action RPG an overall score of 6.8 Here’s why: Space Hack has a number of strong features, but relies on slightly dated graphics and sounds in…

EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro Q&A

Gamecloud had the opportunity to sit down with Sony Online’s Travis McGeath for a brief Q&A about their upcoming EverQuest: Prophecy of Ro expansion pack. An excerpt to follow: Q: One of the big new features in this expansion is…

Marvel Legends Revealed

IGN PS2 is reporting that Activision’s first RPG based in the Marvel Comics universe will be titled “Marvel Legends.” A snip from their newsbit: Marvel Legends is developed under an agreement with Marvel Enterprises, allowing Activision to develop an RPG…