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After quite some time, arrests have finally been made for the theft of Valve’s Half Life 2 source code, the same code powering Troika’s Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines. According to this story at the Seattle Post, the arrests were…

Turbine’s official Middle-Earth Online website has been updated with a new point of interest called Thorin’s Hall. An excerpt, as usual: This thriving Dwarf stronghold located in Ered Luin takes its name from the fallen hero of the Battle of…

Frictionless Insight has put together a short preview of Jump to Lightspeed, the upcoming expansion for Star Wars Galaxies. An excerpt to follow: Lightspeed seems so different in gameplay (albeit in the same Star Wars universe) from current SWG play…

Straight from the Camelot Herald: =================================== Dark Age of Camelot Test Version 1.70aa Release Notes June 10, 2004 =================================== TEST SERVER CHANGES – We have set the /level command to 34 to facilitate testing in Wilton, the level 30-34 Battleground.…

Two new previews of Obsidian’s upcoming Star Wars: KotOR sequel hit the web over the past couple of days. The first is at Frictionless Insight: Unlike KOTOR, the sequel begins with you as one of the three Jedi classes. You’ll…

Blizzard has released some preliminary information about realm types and a postal system, two features set to debut shortly in the World of Warcraft beta. The section about realm types provides some good information about how PvP will work, so…

ArenaNet has dished up yet another screenshot from their upcoming MMORPG, Guild Wars. This time, the screenshot depicts the first look at the Kingdom of Kryta, an area of the Guild Wars world that is very different from what we’ve…

No Mutants Allowed continues their Fallout Developer Profile feature with the second installment offering feedback from Damien “Puuk” Foletto, who worked on Fallout 3 until it was cancelled. An excerpt: Q: What is your hope for future Fallout games? Would…

Earlier this year, the guys at 1Up began a series called “The Essential 50”, which details the most influential games of all time and includes several RPGs. Although they’re not even half done, the article takes a thorough look at…

Frictionless Insight has put together a one-page preview of EverQuest II, Sony’s upcoming MMORPG sequel. Here’s a little something to get you started: There will be sixteen races and twenty-four different classes. As players advance in level they will make…