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What We’re Playing, Volume 8

GameSpy’s latest “What We’re Playing” article offers a glance at what game developers themselves are playing during their spare time, including BioWare’s Ray Muzyka and Mythic’s Mark Jacobs. Here’s an excerpt from Ray’s input: I’m still testing some of the…

Fable Screenshots

Lionhead.de has scored a few new screenshots from Big Blue Box’s upcoming Xbox RPG, Fable.

Deus Ex: Invisible War Reviews

Another handful of reviews for Ion Storm’s Deus Ex: Invisible War hit the web over the past couple of days. Two of them are at VideoGamesLife, both for the PC and Xbox versions, with an overall score of 91 A…

World of Warcraft Beta Test Now Live!

Blizzard has officially announced that the beta test for World of Warcraft has begun. Here’s a full rip from their official site: World of Warcraft Beta Test is Now Live! The first round of emails has gone out, and the…

Official Warcraft III Bonus Map

Blizzard has released a new St. Patrick’s Day themed bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. Here’s a full rip from their official site: New Warcraft III Bonus Map: Shamrock ReefThere’s lush greenery in every direction, but nary a…

SpellForce Review

ESCMag has tossed up a review of SpellForce: The Order of Dawn, giving the RTS/RPG hybrid an overall score of 8 Check it out: I have to admit, I love SpellForce. I hope it does well, and I hope I…

Flagship Studios / Namco Partnership Article

GameDaily has a new article in which they discuss the newly formed partnership between Flagship Studios and Namco to publish Flagship’s first game. Included in the article are direct quotes from both Bill Roper and Robert Ennis. A snippet: According…

BioWare Recruiting at GDC

BioWare has announced that they will be accepting resumes for several new positions during the Game Developers Conference in San Jose. Here are the full details: BioWare Corp., the developer of award winning games including Star Wars: Knights of the…

Danny Elfman Contributes to Fable Soundtrack

Straight from my inbox: Composer Danny Elfman Contributes to Fable Soundtrack Microsoft Game Studios announced today that musician Danny Elfman has composed the theme for the upcoming Xbox role-playing adventure game, Fableâ„¢. Elfman, three-time Academy Award®-nominee and GRAMMY Award winner,…

Camelot Patch Notes

Straight from the Camelot Herald: ================================== Dark Age of Camelot Test Version 1.69e Release Notes March 18, 2004 =================================== NEW THINGS AND BUG FIXES – Client performance caused by spell effects, encountering new players/monsters, and large battles should be greatly…