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BioWare Wednesday

BioWare’s official website has once again received its weekly update of in-house game news, this time profiling Jade Empire’s Lu the Prodigy and continuing their BloodSpell coverage. Straight from BioWare’s front page: Lu the Prodigy is an exciting playable character…

The BlizzCon Coverage Continues

The folks over at The Safehouse are next in line with a detailed report of Blizzard’s recent BlizzCon event. It amazes me that people are willing to pay so much money for a World of Warcraft pet… I gotta give…

X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse Reviews

Four more reviews for Activision and Raven’s X-Men Legends II: Rise of Apocalypse hit the web earlier this week. The first is at Yahoo! Games with an overall score of 4/5 for the PSP version: Thankfully, those quirks don’t drag…

GB Feature: Mage Knight: Apocalypse Interview

We’ve conducted an interview with Namco’s Chris Wren, in which the senior producer answers several questions about Mage Knight: Apocalypse. In it, Chris reveals details about the action RPG’s five main characters, skill trees, advancement system, and more. A snip:…

City of Villains Reviews

Although NCsoft and Cryptic Studios’ City of Villains is just hitting store shelves, two websites have already posted reviews for the expansion/standalone MMORPG. The first is at RewiredMind with an overall score of 9/10: All in all, I’m very impressed…

Dragonshard Review

Gameplanet has conjured up a detailed review of Dragonshard, giving the Dungeons & Dragons RTS/RPG hybrid an overall score of 4 Their conclusion: While Dragonshard is not the first RTS with an AD&D setting – an achievement claimed by the…

Obsidian Entertainment Site Updates

Obsidian Entertainment’s official website has been updated with links to coverage of Chris Avellone’s keynote speech at the Asian Game Developers Summit, pictures from their employee Halloween costume contest, and some Halloween-themed Neverwinter Nights 2 artwork.

World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade Preview

The guys at Eurogamer bring us the latest preview of Blizzard’s newly revealed World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade expansion pack, based on what was demonstrated at BlizzCon. It sounds like they have a couple of reservations, though: The second…

Dungeons & Dragons Online Beta Testing Begins

Turbine sent over a press release earlier today announcing that Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach is now in public beta testing. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ONLINEâ„¢: STORMREACHâ„¢ KICKS OFF PUBLIC BETA WITH IGN Beta for “Most-Anticipated MMO” To Launch On Top-Ranked…

Mage Knight: Apocalypse Interview

TotalVideoGames has published a five-page interview with Namco’s Chris Wren, in which the senior producer answers various questions about their upcoming action RPG, Mage Knight: Apocalypse. An excerpt: Q: Can you tell our readers why you decided to adapt the…