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World of Warcraft Loses Game of the Year Award

Due to the recent stability issues with Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, Penny Arcade has taken their “Game of the Year” award away from the MMORPG. Here’s a quick summary from their announcement: When a young person comes into a noticeable…

Jade Empire Limited Edition?

Although nothing has been officially announced by BioWare, HomeLan Fed is reporting that EBGames has listed a limited edition version of Jade Empire for your pre-ordering pleasure. According to the listing, the edition features “an extra character and combat style…

Guild Wars Screenshots #12

The guys at RPGVault have tossed up another batch of screenshots for ArenaNet’s Guild Wars, this time featuring some of the minor bosses encountered in instanced mission and exploration areas.

Dungeon Siege II Preview

ComputerAndVideoGames.com has put together a short preview of Dungeon Siege II, in which they offer some commentary about the action RPG sequel from Gas Powered Games lead designer Kevin Lambert. Check it out: One of the ways in which Gas…

The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey Wrap Report

A few of the developers behind The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey comment about the mobile RPG’s creation in a new four-page wrap report on RPG Vault. A snip about the challenges associated with putting an Elder Scrolls title on a…

Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed Review

ComputerAndVideoGames.com has conjured up a review of Jump to Lightspeed, giving the Star Wars Galaxies space expansion an overall score of 71 Here’s why: Bottom line is that Jump To Lightspeed is not an essential addition to SWG, and by…

The Future of Game Design, Part One

IGN Xbox has kicked up a new four-page article in which they offer some development suggestions for future Xbox games, including several RPG-related enhancements. Here’s one to get you started: Continuity in Series In the early 1990s, PC games used…

Parting the Iron Curtain, Part One

RPG Vault has taken a closer look at many of the RPG titles being developed within the former Soviet bloc, including The Witcher, Blood Magic, The Roots, and more. A snip about CD Projekt’s Aurora-powered RPG: Based on author Andrzej…

World of Warcraft Review

Next Level Gaming has tossed up a review of World of Warcraft, giving Blizzard’s MMORPG an overall score of 95 Their final paragraph: In short, Blizzard’s first foray into the world of MMO gaming is Superb. They’ve managed to blend…

EverQuest II Reviews

Two more reviews for EverQuest II are available, in case you still haven’t decided whether or not you’re going to pick up a copy of the MMORPG sequel. The first is at PC Gameworld with an overall score of 90%:…