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World of Warcraft Battlegrounds Preview, Part One

Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft community website has been updated with a preview of the upcoming battlegrounds and reward system for PvP combat in the MMORPG. Here’s how the preview begins: One of the core tenets of the Warcraft universe…

World of Warcraft Patch Released

Blizzard has released another patch for World of Warcraft, which includes the introduction of holiday events, a new high-level dungeon, options for cloaks & helms, and more. The full patch notes to follow: Happy Holidays! The holidays are here and…

Vampire: Bloodlines Reviews

Three more reviews for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines have hit the web, and they’re all fairly positive. The first is at RPGVault with this conclusion: All things considered, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines is one of the finest RPGs…

World of Warcraft Music Interview

WoW Guru has conducted an interview with Jason Hayes, the man behind the World of Warcraft in-game music and cinematic intro, as well as the music in the Warcraft III cinematics. Here’s a taste: Q: How did you get involved…

Vampire: Bloodlines v1.2 Patch Released

Activision and Troika have released the first official patch for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, which will take the RPG to version 1.2. Here are the notes: This document details numerous fixes and changes to Vampire: The Masquerade Bloodlines in…

Dungeon Siege II: Azunite Prophecies, Part Four

Straight from my inbox: Dungeon Siege II: The Azunite Prophecies As we continue to move closer to the arrival of Dungeon Siege II in Spring 2005, we are sending along the fourth of the Azunite Prophecies, a series of prophecies…

Guild Wars Preview

MMOGInfo.com has put together a three-page preview of ArenaNet’s Guild Wars, after spending some time in the game’s beta test. Check it out: Without a doubt, one of the most surprising aspects of Guild Wars is the way you get…

Jade Empire Preview

Yahoo Games Domain brings us the latest preview of BioWare’s Jade Empire, based upon some firsthand time with the Xbox RPG. Here’s a little something to get you started: The team’s basic approach to crafting the plotlines, large and small,…

Virtual Trade Tough Nut to Crack

Wired.com has published a two-page article entitled “Virtual Trade Tough Nut to Crack”, in which they discuss the buying and selling of MMORPG accounts and items on auction sites. The article is primarily focused on Blizzard’s decision to prohibit the…

Guild Wars Screenshots #8

The guys at RPGVault have tossed up another batch of screenshots for ArenaNet’s Guild Wars, this time depicting a half dozen examples of female characters – one from each of the game’s professions.