Gaming News

New Middle-Earth Online Community Manager

Turbine’s new community manager for Middle-Earth Online, Meghan “Patience” Rodberg, stopped by the MMORPG’s official forums to announce her presence and provide some background information about herself. Check it out: As your community liaison I intend to make your voice…

Blizzard Entertainment Music Composer Interview

HomeLan Fed had the opportunity to chat with composer Jason Hayes, who wrote music for Diablo, Starcraft, and World of Warcraft while working for Blizzard Entertainment. Here’s a little something to get you started: Q: What was it like working…

Guild Wars Wallpaper

ArenaNet’s official Guild Wars website has been updated with another wallpaper for your computer desktop. This time, the wallpaper depicts a close-up portrait of the female Necromancer.

The Bard’s Tale Reviews

Reviews for inXile’s The Bard’s Tale continue to make their way to the ‘net, with three more recently being posted. The first is at G4TechTV with an overall score of 3/5: The Bard’s Tale could’ve been a great game, but…

Wish BladeRack Cabinet For Sale on eBay

Terra Nova is reporting that Mutable Realms is auctioning off the BladeRack server that was going to be used for their now-cancelled MMORPG, Wish. Bidding starts at a mere $120k, so dig deep if you’re interested.

Vampire: Bloodlines SDK Petition

Fans of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines have started a petition to convince Troika to release a Software Developer Kit for modding purposes. Here’s the full petition text: We, the purchasers of “Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines”, demand that an SDK…

Sony Online / Station Publishing Q&A

HomeLan Fed has published a Q&A with Sony Online’s Torrie Dorrell, in which the senior VP of marketing talks about their newly announced distribution label, Station Publishing. A snip: Q: Why does Sony Online want to enter into distributing other…

Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich Preview

RPG Vault is next in line to post a preview of Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich, after playing a press demo of the superhero RPG sequel. Take a look: One thing that can be reported is that the small…

Letters to Statesman, Part One

Jive Magazine is offering the first installment to a feature they call “Letters to Statesman”, in which City of Heroes fans could ask questions of Cryptic’s Jack Emmert. The questions had to be asked as if they were an actual…

Blizzard Closes More Battle.net Accounts

Blizzard’s official Battle.net website has been updated with an announcement that they have closed and/or suspended nearly 20,000 accounts for cheating. The main portion of the newsbit to follow: A number of additional accounts and CD keys have been tied…