Gaming News

World of Warcraft Beta Report #1

Gamer’s Pulse has begun a new beta report feature for World of Warcraft, addressing tradeskills, questing, the graphics, and character creation system in the first installment. An excerpt to follow: World of Warcraft is without doubt awe-inspiring and massive in…

Warlords Battlecry III Previews

A small handful of previews for Infinite Interactive’s Warlords Battlecry III hit the web over the past couple of days. The first is at The Adrenaline Vault: Low-level troops can still see combat and gain levels, but it’s likely to…

Beta Level Increase

Katricia stopped by the official World of Warcraft forums to report that the level cap in the ongoing beta has been raised to 39. Here’s why it ended up being an odd number: We are increasing the level cap later…

Lord of the Rings: The Third Age Interview

GameSpot has conducted an interview with EA’s Steve Gray, asking the executive producer several questions about the newly announced RPG, The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age. Here’s a snip: Q: How did you decide on the gameplay mechanics?…

The Bard’s Tale Developer Diary #2

In GameSpy’s second installment to their Bard’s Tale developer diary, lead designer Eric Flannum talks about the design process of creating the action RPG. Check it out: One of the advantages we had in starting the design of the game…

Interplay’s 10-K Form Filed

Interplay has filed a 10-K form, which provides the company’s current financial condition. Unfortunately, it doesn’t sound too good. A snip: In February 2003, we amended our license agreement with the holder of the interactive entertainment rights to D&D. This…

World of Warcraft: Born Into Dry Heat

IGN PC continues their set of articles that explore the four Horde races in World of Warcraft, with the second installment detailing the Orc. It’s called “Born Into Dry Heat”, with a snippet to follow: As a warrior, there’s a…

Guild Wars Site Update

ArenaNet’s official Guild Wars website has been updated with additional content to their ongoing short story and a new piece of concept art depicting a large wall or dam.

Funcom Secures Additional Funding

Check it out: Funcom secures ?4.5 million in financing from Northzone Ventures, Teknoinvest and Stelt Holding Funcom NV, a leading developer and publisher of computer and console games, announced today that it has secured a ?4.5 million equity investment from…

Star Wars Galaxies Bi-Weekly Q&A #9

The SWG Vault has dished up the ninth installment to their bi-weekly Q&A feature with the Star Wars Galaxies developers. A snippet, as usual: Q: Will we see the skill/certification system, which is currently only used for weapons, used for…