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Global Agenda: shame on you, elf

Global Agenda’s marketing has always been as much about what they are not as what they are. The fantasy genre is huge in the MMO market, and Global Agenda has always been very clear in their desire to offer something new to those players who are suffering from fantasy burnout.
Beginning with the NO ELVES [...]

Futuremark: PC games “need to be hassle free” in terms of DRM set-ups

Ubisoft’s new take on putting in an “always on” online connection as their DRM set-up for PC games hasn’t really worked well in practice so far as attacks on their DRM servers in the past few have prevented many people from playing the games they have paid for. For Futuremark Games Studio, makers of the [...]

Silent Hunter 5 Collector’s Edition recalled in Germany

Ubisoft already has enough problems with Silent Hunter 5. The recently released latest game in their WWII naval simulation series had some launch issues related to the game’s use of the “Always On” DRM set-up. Now comes word via a German web site that the Collector’s Edition of the game has been pulled out [...]

Second Battlefield Bad Company 2 free map pack coming March 30

While players of Battlefield Bad Company 2 have had to battle issues with multiplayer servers going up and down in the past week, at least they won’t have to pay for two new upcoming maps. Gamers who buy the recent first person shooter and put in their included VIP code will be able to download [...]

Peter Molyneux explains Fable 3 menu, morphing systems -

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Peter Molyneux has made it clear that Fable 3 is ditching as much of the 2D interface from Fable 2 as possible. Speaking at GDC, he finally showed us exactly how Lionhead will achieve this. According to Molyneux, Microsoft user research revealed that a majority of Fable 2 players understood [...]

Star Trek Online Executive Producer discusses game creation

Star Trek Online Executive Producer Craig Zinkievich has been busy lately, and not just with working behind the scenes at Cryptic. Last week he found time for two interviews covering where Star Trek Online has been and where they’re going.
He spoke with MMOHub and Altern8 at length, discussing the ideas and thoughts behind many of [...]

Eminem & Jay-Z all mixed up in new DJ Hero DLC pack -

Scr-scr-scratched through all of DJ Hero’s tracks? Activision has announced a new DLC mix pack featuring Renegade Edition headliners Eminem and Jay-Z. The collection is scheduled to drop on Xbox Live, PSN and Wii this month and includes:

“Shake That” by Eminem mixed with “Show Me What You Got” by Jay-Z
“Without Me” by Eminem mixed with [...]

Runic Games ‘putting serious effort’ into console Torchlight -

Speaking to The Rumble Pack, Runic Games CEO Max Schaefer declared that his company is actively pursuing a console port of its PC action RPG, Torchlight. “We’re going to put some serious effort into it — pretty quick — getting Torchlight onto consoles,” said Schaefer. “There’s a lot of really cool things about the console [...]

Breakfast Topic: The Icecrown raid buff and you

The Icecrown Citadel raid buff has been out for a week now. For the time being, it’s only a 5% buff to healing, health, and damage (and let’s not forget that it will affect damage absorption spells soon). It’ll continue to slowly ramp up as time goes by. I know the question I’ve asked myself [...]

The Daily Blues

Each day WoW.com will take you through all the blue posts and other Blizzard news from around the internet. From Ghostcrawler’s latest posts to the lowdown on StarCraft II and Diablo III, we’ll keep you informed.
Want fat purps from Ghost? Read on… if you dare.
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Around Azeroth: The taurlock

Tired of managing her totems, Naiara of <Dissonance> on Earthen Ring is seeking a new path in life. “Ever since I won the roll on the gas mask I knew I must put my evil plan in motion!” she writes. “Never fear, this is just an ordinary mad scientist … but this is no ordinary [...]

GDC10: Taikodom coming to North America

Taikodom is a game that’s been around for a while, but not in the US. If you’re familiar with the game and have been wanting to give it a try, it looks like you’re going to get your wish. Taikodom is coming to the US with a closed beta this summer, and a planned launch [...]

Boldly pay less for Star Trek Online -

If you’ve ever wanted to transport into the massively-multiplayer Starfleet of Star Trek Online, now is your chance to make it so.
Amazon’s Deal of the Day features the game for $28 — a better price than even a Ferengi could negotiate. (Mostly because Ferengi don’t really exist.) Plus, the 44-percent discount off the list [...]

EA to publish 38 Studios’ first project, developed by Big Huge Games -

Electronic Arts will publish 38 Studios’ first game — which will not be the studio’s interminably tardy MMO Copernicus — the company announced today. The game has been codenamed “Project Mercury” and is being developed by Big Huge Games, acquired by 38 last year. The mysterious, “epic single-player” RPG is under the stewardship of Ken [...]

The Joystiq Indie Pitch: Blackish Games -

Being a giant, beloved video game blog has its downsides. For example, we sometimes neglect to give independent developers our coverage love (or loverage, if you will) as we get caught up in AAA, AAAA or the rare quintuple-A titles. To remedy that, we’re giving indies the chance to create their own loverage and sell [...]

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