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GameSpy’s GotY 2005 Awards: Dungeon Siege II

Good news Dungeon Siege II fans! Gas Powered Games’ action RPG sequel was able to secure the Best RPG nod in GameSpy’s “Game of the Year 2005” awards. A few reasons why it was picked: What’s best, though, is that…

GameSpy’s GotY 2005 Awards: FF vs. Third Reich

Irrational Games’ Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich was able to nab the eighth spot in GameSpy’s “Game of the Year 2005” awards. Check it out: In the end, Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich is the quintessential example of…

GameSpy’s GotY 2005 Awards: Jade Empire

GameSpy has revealed their “Game of the Year 2005” awards as well, and BioWare’s Jade Empire has been recognized for two of them: #9 Xbox Game of the Year and Xbox RPG of the Year. A bit of what they…

IGN’s Best of 2005: Remaining RPGs

While we’ve already covered some of the bigger RPGs that made it into IGN’s “Best of 2005” awards, there are a few others worth mentioning: Star Wars Galaxies: Starter Kit: Biggest Surprise on PCX-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse: Best…

IGN’s Best of 2005: Irrational Games

IGN has crowned Freedom Force developer Irrational Games as the Best PC Developer in their “Best of 2005” awards. Hopefully this will give them some extra motivation while working on BioShock: Ken Levine and his team of wacky Australo-Bostonians have…

IGN’s Best of 2005: Fable: The Lost Chapters

Although the Xbox version of Fable and Fable: The Lost Chapters didn’t receive any mentions, IGN has awarded the RPG with Best Original Score in the PC category of their “Best of 2005” awards. I’d say this award was rightly…

IGN’s Best of 2005: Guild Wars

IGN has announced their “Best of 2005” awards and ArenaNet’s Guild Wars has taken home the Best PC RPG award. Here’s why: Since Guild Wars straddles the line between online gaming and traditional RPGs, we’re able to slip this one…

IGN’s Best of 2005: Jade Empire

IGN has announced their “Best of 2005” awards, with BioWare’s Jade Empire receiving four different awards in the Xbox category: Best Artistic Design, Best Story, Best RPG, and Xbox Game of the Year. Good news for BioWare: There were many…

World of Warcraft Official Strategy Guide Excerpt #7

RPG Vault is offering up a seventh excerpt from BradyGames’ official World of Warcraft strategy guide, in which we learn even more about the game’s crafting skills. A little something about skinning: When beasts are killed in the wild, Skinners…