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Jason Hall Interviews

Two new interviews with Warner Bros. senior vice president Jason Hall have emerged on the internet, both of which discuss the company’s acquisition of Monolith Productions and how it affects The Matrix Online. The first is at GameSpy: Q: Once…

Online Worlds Roundtable #11, Part Two

RPGVault continues their eleventh MMORPG-related roundtable, with the second installment once again discussing the game market in the Far East. An excerpt from The Matrix Online’s Toby Ragaini: First, MMOs are still a fledgling industry. Until recently, there were few…

The Future of City of Heroes Article

Warcry has written up an article that discusses some of the changes and additions that Cryptic Studios’s City of Heroes will be receiving in the future, based upon what they learned from creative director Jack Emmert during this year’s Gen…

Windows XP Service Pack 2 Game Conflicts

GameSpot is reporting that a large number of PC games are adversely affected by Microsoft’s newly released Service Pack 2 for Windows XP. Some games, like Star Wars: KotOR and Warcraft III simply have multiplayer problems with the built-in firewall…

Star Wars Galaxies Friday Feature

Sony’s official Star Wars Galaxies website has been updated with a new Friday Feature, this time offering information about the Village of Aurilia. An excerpt: The village of Aurilia was formed on the planet Dathomir by a small group of…

Star Wars Galaxies Character Transfer Service

Sony Online has announced that a new character transfer service is available for players of Star Wars Galaxies. Interested? Here are the guidelines and restrictions: – Characters will ONLY be allowed to take their appearance, experience and skills with them.…

Star Wars Galaxies Friday Feature

Sony’s official Star Wars Galaxies website has been updated with a new Friday Feature, this time offering a “quick start guide” for Jump to Lightspeed. Included in the guide is information on controlling your ship, details about the new missions,…

Vampire: Bloodlines Preview

Warcry has written up a very short preview of Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, based upon their impressions of the CRPG at this year’s Gen Con. A snip: At the beginning, the player chooses from the original 7 Vampire Clans…

Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Preview

LoadedInc has put together a fairly lengthy preview of Lord of the Rings: The Third Age, based upon what they saw of the RPG at Electronic Arts’ recent Community Day. An excerpt to follow: First up in the development group…

Guild Wars Mini-Interview #11

ArenaNet has answered another small batch of questions about their upcoming Guild Wars, and this time the interview is over at Rageblade. Check it out: Q: Given that at level 20 a character reaches ascension ( the maximum level ),…