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Star Wars: KotOR II Reviews

LucasArts and Obsidian’s Star Wars: KotOR sequel is the subject of two more very positive reviews on the web. The first is at SciFi.com with an overall score of “A+”: …believe me, this is one game that you’ll want to…

Vampire: Bloodlines Review

The Armchair Empire is the latest website to publish a review of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, in which they gave the CRPG an overall score of 8.4 Their final paragraph to follow: When all is said and done, Vampire…

An Update on Troika’s Future

HomeLan Fed had the opportunity to talk with Troika’s Leonard Boyarsky about the recent rumors that the company may be shutting down. According to this newsbit, it doesn’t sound like much new information was revealed, except that Troika probably won’t…

City of Heroes Diary #2

Eurogamer is offering up another diary for Cryptic’s City of Heroes, this time discussing the usage of the game’s respec option to help keep your hero alive. A snippet: Finally, I’ve been dying because I’ve been doing some really stupid…

Inon Zur Website Renovation

Composer Inon Zur, whose credits include Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal, Icewind Dale II, and the Champions of Norrath titles, has relaunched his personal website. As pointed out by RPGDot, the latest newsbit on the website even mentions that…

Guild Wars Screenshots #14

The guys at RPGVault have tossed up another batch of screenshots for ArenaNet’s Guild Wars, this time featuring some of the game’s more exquisite scenery.

Star Wars: KotOR II Designer Diary #4

In GameSpot’s fourth designer diary for Star Wars: KotOR II, voice directors Will Beckman and Darragh O’Farrell discuss the challenges they encountered while creating the voice-overs for the game. A snippet: Atton Rand was obviously intended to be something of…

The Matrix Online Preview

GameDaily has published a preview of The Matrix Online, based upon what is known of Monolith’s sci-fi MMORPG up to this point. Check it out: Combat in the game is largely skill based, with you engaging the enemy, choosing a…

World of Warcraft Tips of the Week #9

RPGVault is offering up some additional advice to aid you in your travels through Blizzard’s World of Warcraft. The ninth installment discusses inns and group tactics. A little something about resting: World of Warcraft has an unusual system for the…

The MMORPGs of 2005, Part One

MMORPGDot is offering up a new feature in which they take a look at the massively multiplayer RPGs that are slated for release in 2005. The first installment includes profiles for such titles as Dungeons & Dragons Online, Guild Wars,…