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Mythica Q&A

GameSpot has conducted an interview with Mythica’s Joel Manners, asking the lead designer quite a few questions about the MMORPG. Check it out: Q: While competing with other players might be an interesting prospect, we expect that the team will…

EverQuest II Developer Diary #2

GameSpy has dished up their second EverQuest II developer diary, this time written by Derek Benson, lead character artist for Sony Online. Check it out: A geek aside: If you follow game development stuff, you’ve heard of texture maps. It’s…

World of Warcraft Screenshots

WorldofWar.net has posted two new screenshots from Blizzard’s World of Warcraft, one depicting an orc shaman in animal pelts and one showing a combat scene with a group of Nightlash.

Black Isle Studios Shuts Down

Several gaming sites, including the reputable Blue’s News, are reporting that Black Isle Studios is indeed no more. A very sad day for all of us who have been following Fallout 3, or any of their other RPGs released in…

Shadowbane: Rise of Chaos Preview

GameRifts has put together a preview of Rise of Chaos, the upcoming expansion for Shadowbane. An excerpt to follow: With the powers of Chaos stronger in the lands, the Nephilim have shed their false forms and are now walking freely.…

Star Wars: KotOR v1.01 Patch Released

LucasArts and BioWare have released the v1.01 patch for Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, which fixes a sizeable number of bugs. A full list of the fixes to follow: – Added two new “swkotor.ini” sound options: [Sound Options]Environment…

Legends of Aranna Reviews

Another pair of reviews for Gas Powered Games and Mad Doc’s Legends of Aranna have hit the web. The first is at Gaming Illustrated where they’ve given the expansion an overall score of 92%: Ok there is one part of…

Star Wars: KotOR Review

GameAxis has tossed up a review of Star Wars: KotOR, giving the game an overall score of 8.6 The final word: The production values on KOTOR are absolutely first-rate. It isn’t just the visuals that are particularly impressive, it’s every…

Neverwinter Nights Interview

French site JeuxOnline has conducted an interview with BioWare’s Jay Watamaniuk, asking the Neverwinter Nights community manager several questions about the massive RPG and its expansions. A snippet: Q: Will it be really possible to play an evil character in…

Hordes of the Underdark Review

GameSpot has posted a review of Hordes of the Underdark, giving the Neverwinter Nights expansion an overall score of 8.2 A snippet: Hordes also looks and sounds good. The expansion’s new underdark areas and monsters are well done, though, like…