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Hooked on Saving the World

Newsweek has published an article that talks about fantasy role-playing games and their surge in popularity over the last few years. Mentioned in the article are the PC games Dungeon Siege, Neverwinter Nights, and Warcraft III. Check it out: Game…

New NWN Module

The official Neverwinter Nights website has been updated with a new two-player module: Chicguins 2 Player Strategy ModuleThis humorous strategy module by BioWare’s Derrick Collins pits 2 savage foes against each other! Do you have what it takes to lead…

Shadowbane Gen Con 2002 Report @ SB Vault

Shadowbane Vault has written up a report of what they saw of Ubi Soft’s upcoming MMORPG at this year’s Gen Con. A snippet: As far as the Shadowbane booth itself goes, there were seven stations (three Mac and 4 PC)…

Equipment Update

This equipment update, which brings us well over 5100 total items, includes several pieces of dragon loot from Albion’s Golestandt and Midgard’s Gjalpinulva. Enjoy! New/Updated Albion Armor: 12 ItemsNew/Updated Albion Weapons: 5 ItemsNew/Updated Hibernia Armor: 8 ItemsNew/Updated Hibernia Weapons: 8…

Lionheart Designer Diary Entry #1

Reflexive Entertainment’s Ion Hardie has written the first entry to a Lionheart Designer Diary over at GameSpot. Here’s a bit of what he had to say: Our CEO, Lars Brubaker, and Feargus Urquhart, president of Black Isle Studios, have been…

Chris Taylor Q&A

The Dungeon Siege Net Guide has posted a Q&A with Gas Powered Games’ Chris Taylor in which they ask him questions about how he feels now that the game has been out for four months. An excerpt to follow: Q:…

Lionheart Skills @ RPGDot

The guys at RPGDot let us know that they’ve added a second Lionheart feature to their site, this time focusing on the various skills that will be available to characters in the upcoming RPG. Here’s a peek at a couple…

Common Camelot Respec Mistakes

With the introduction of “respeccing” in the latest version of Dark Age of Camelot, Mythic’s Sanya Thomas paid a visit to the Camelot Herald to report common mistakes that players have been making when reallocating their points. Here’s a full…

Mathew Ford Interview

An interview with Microsoft’s Mathew Ford has surfaced over at GameSpy about the upcoming Asheron’s Call 2 and how it compares to its predecessor. Check it out: Q: I’ve heard you don’t have to go to town to sell equipment,…

Jay Watamaniuk Interview

Marizelle of NWN Stratics let us know that they’ve conducted an interview with BioWare’s Jay Watamaniuk while attending this year’s Gen Con in Milwaukee, WI. A snippet to follow Q: Is there a possible expansion for NWN in the works?…