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Champions: Return to Arms Preview

GameSpy has released an updated two-page preview of Sony and Snowblind’s Champions: Return to Arms. An excerpt to follow: As a single-player experience RtA looks drop-dead gorgeous. Snowblind’s impressive PS2 game engine has been improved and tweaked so that now…

Star Wars: KotOR II Interview

RPGCodex has conducted an interview with Obsidian’s Frank Kowalkowski, asking the senior programmer quite a few questions about his work on Star Wars: KotOR II and his previous experience at Interplay. Check it out: Q: You’ve worked with the Snowblind…

Beyond Divinity Interview

A fansite hosted on Freewebs.com has done an interview with Rhianna Prachett, who wrote the Beyond Divinity novella and much of the dialogue in the game. An excerpt to follow: Q: When/how did Larian ask you to help them out?…

The MMOG Challenge

The Adrenaline Vault has released an interesting article entitled “The MMOG Challenge” that explores the difficulties developers face before and after launching an online game. An excerpt: For those within the industry, the advent of the MMOG hasn’t panned out…

Lineage II Q&A

The Dragon-Clan Forums have posted a brief Q&A with NCsoft’s Dhevrin, community coordinator for Lineage II. A snippet, as usual: Q: What are your current plans, regarding servers outside of North America, like Europe for example ? A: We are…

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 sword-bearing Warrior.

Asheron’s Call 2 Editorial

A new article on GamerFeed discusses the present and future of Asheron’s Call 2 and includes commentary from Turbine’s Jason Wanacott, Jessica Mulligan, and Lorien Carney. Check it out: Last September, Turbine introduced a Hero System with their large update.…

MMORPG Currency Exchange Fraud

GameSpot is reporting that someone fraudulently acquired $3000 worth of Star Wars Galaxies and Eve Online credits, causing the Gaming Open Market website to stop offering exchanges for such games. Sounds like a bad deal all around: According to GOM…

World of Warcraft PvP Screenshots

Blizzard’s official World of Warcraft community website has been updated with a batch of PvP screenshots and a short story about the “Raid on Silverpine Forest”. A snip: Horde soldiers quickly drew up a line of defense upon the forest…

Camelot Patch Notes

Straight from the Camelot Herald: =================================== Dark Age of Camelot Test Version 1.70ai Release Notes June 23, 2004 =================================== NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES – You can no longer auto-fire Volley shots. – Volley now clears your shot status correctly…