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Turbine’s official Dungeons & Dragons Online website has been updated with the first installment in a series of journals that detail the game’s beta test. This first article details how to build a deadly rogue. Check it out: Point buy…

GameSpot brings us the latest news on the partnership between Elevation, BioWare, and Pandemic Studios, after speaking with the companies’ chief officers. An excerpt: Carefully referred to as a “creative and management partnership,” the new operation will be a holding…

TenTonHammer has conducted an interview with Sony Online’s Steve Kramer, asking the designer about the day-to-day duties he performs to make the MMORPG a better game. A snip: Q: Obviously you get a lot of feedback from players via the…

GameSpot has put together a two-page preview of some of the updates in the works for LucasArts and Sony Online’s Star Wars Galaxies. A bit of what to expect: In addition, the earlier levels of the game are being completely…

A half dozen new reviews for both the Xbox and PC versions of Fable: The Lost Chapters have surfaced on the ‘net. The first is at GameShark with an overall score of “A”: Overall you really can’t go wrong if…

I didn’t see this one coming… Elevation Partners’ First Investment Creates BioWare, Pandemic Partnership Valued at $300 Million, Strategic Deal Brings Together Two Premier Game Developers MENLO PARK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Nov. 3, 2005–The private equity firm Elevation Partners has announced the…

MMORPG.com has published a brief Q&A with Cryptic Studios’ Jack Emmert, quizzing the creative director about the company’s newly released City of Villains. Check it out: Q: How do the Gladiator badges work? A: Gladiator badges unlock different critters a…

MMORPG.com has put together a preview of Destination Games’ Tabula Rasa, after speaking with Ultima creator Richard Garriott about the MMORPG at the Austin Game Conference. An excerpt to follow: The issue of player importance was one of the reasons…

Activision and Raven Software have released a 336MB demo of the PC version of X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse. Get a taste of the action RPG sequel by downloading the demo from WorthPlaying.

GamersInfo has written up a review of Dungeon Siege: Legends of Aranna, and although they don’t give the expansion pack an overall score, it sounds like they liked it. Their final paragraph to follow: When it comes to creating scenarios…