PC Game News: Guild Wars 2 Release Date Revealed?
Posted by G4TV on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
According to an ad spotted by game blog Kotaku, Guild Wars 2’s release date is June 28. Before you mark your calendar in pen though, the ad was supposedly spotted at a Fry’s in Texas, and retailers are notorious for using estimated dates for retail products. So it’s unconfirmed.
Developers NCsoft has this to say in a statement:
"We have not released an official launch date within 2012 as feedback from our closed and open marketing betas will help us determine an exact...
Drakensang Online: Bernd Beyreuther Talks Appealing to Fans
Posted by MMORPG on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Drakensang Online has slowly but surely garnering attention around the MMO and action-RPG space for awhile now, even drawing favorable comparisons to that other action RPG that launched this week. In our latest interview, we talk with Drakensang's Head of Development Bernd Beyreuther. See what we discovered and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
MMORPG.com: How have you tackled the barriers or entry for players? It seems like the game is very quick to get in and play.
Bernd Beyreuther:...
Battle of the Immortals: Our Official BoI Review
Posted by MMORPG on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Perfect World Entertainment's Battle of the Immortals opened in 2010 and has been making steady improvements ever since. We've been putting BoI through its paces. See how it measures up and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
The world of Motenia is a hot mess. The main players in Motenia lore include The Dragon Emperor, a merciless dictator who was sealed in stone by the Witches of the Millennium; the Goddess of Fate, who had a vision which led her to believe that the Dragon Emperor...
Update: Diablo 3 Review in Progress
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Midnight. Diablo 3 is downloaded, installed, and awaiting the witching hour when the servers unlock so I can begin my descent into Hell. The time comes. I enter my Battle.net login info, click “Play,” and… get a message that “The servers are busy at this time. Please try again later. (Error 37)” Oh, goody.
Stay awhile, and listen, and get drunk.
My fears about the consequence of depending on online servers to allow access to what, for many people, will be a single-player...
Nvidia Announces Cloud Gaming Tech
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Cloud gaming is a great idea in concept. Being able to stream games to any device and play, regardless of the hardware you own is an immensely attractive and frugal idea. But the only real retailer in the field is OnLive, and their service, while pretty solid, can feel clunky and laggy. Now, Nvidia is hoping to take the next step by introducing GeForce GRID, its own game streaming service.
There’s a bunch of science behind why Nvidia’s product will supposedly be a heck of a lot better...
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Weekend Pass Coming
Posted by MMORPG on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
BioWare and the Star Wars: The Old Republic team have announced that the next Weekend Pass event will take place beginning May 17th and ending May 21st. Anyone interested in playing who has not previously taken part in another trial will be able to access the game for free during the event.
BioWare and LucasArts are happy to announce that this weekend will be another Weekend Pass Free Trial, giving people interested in Star Wars™: The Old Republic™ the chance to take the first steps...
Command Lines: Bridging the Divide Between RT & S
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Over my vacation last week, I managed to get together with some friends for my first LAN party in about five years. I could write an entire column on just what is so special about LAN gaming, and why voice chat and a fast internet connection still doesn’t replace that party feeling, but I’d rather focus on the game that stole the show: Kohan. After several rounds of Unreal Tournament and Ghost Recon: Island Thunder, our host urged us to try Kohan: Ahrimen’s Gift, and over the next...
TERA’s Political System Patched In
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Get ready to put on your tyrannical ruler hat and laugh maniacally. Today’s TERA patch adds the much talked about political system. Starting tomorrow, level 50 and above characters that lead a level 3 guild with at least 20 members have a week to convince players in their favorite districts to vote them into the office of Vanarch. Hooray democracy!
Vanarchs will have a few responsibilities, including setting the taxes for the realm they’re ruling over. They’ll rule for a full month...
Ghost Recon Alpha is a Ghost Recon: Future Soldier Prequel Movie
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
If you’re super pumped for Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, boy do we have a treat for you. To prep for the story of the upcoming tactical shooter, Ubisoft has put out a 24-minute prequel “movie.” The high-budget affair sets the stage for the basic story of the upcoming game. There’s a guy that some Americans need to kill because he’s evil. There’s a remote-controlled flying thingy. And there’s a whole bunch of explosions. That’s all I really got out of...
Player Finishes Diablo 3 in 12 Hours, 29 Minutes
Posted by GameSpy on May 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment
I’m not sure if this is impressive or kinda sad. Probably both. In just over half a day, Diablo 3 player Yoshichan (kinda rad name) has completed Diablo 3 on Normal mode and posted the confirmation on NeoGAF. His now level 32 Barbarian took 12 hours and 29 minutes to hack and slash her way through the depths of hell. And here I was thinking that my level 14 Demon Hunter was impressive for the morning of day one.
Granted, he’s only beaten the first difficulty mode of the game. He’s...
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