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Need for Speed World dev diary shows off its special driving abilities

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Since Need for Speed World translates the long standing franchise as a massively multiplayer online game, racing will involve a bit more than drifting to corner sharp turns and drafting behind opponents. Players can equip themselves with special abilities to help knock out the competition. The first developer diary can be seen [...]

Beyond Good and Evil 2 being made with small team

Publisher Ubisoft didn’t give an update on the status of the previously anounced Beyond Good and Evil 2 at E3 2010 but at this week’s Montpellier in Games conference, the game’s main creator Michel Ancel confirmed that the sequel to the acclaimed action-adventure game is in the works but it may be a while before [...]

Review: Sin & Punishment: Star Successor | Joystiq

Here’s the first draft of my review for Sin & Punishment: Star Successor in its entirety:
“YEAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”
While I think that pretty well encapsulates the feeling of playing Star Successor, I realize there might be value to explaining what the game is and why I enjoyed it so much. But even though there are more words to [...]

Call for submissions: The pause that refreshes

What are the absolute best opportunities during a WoW session for grabbing a quick break? Whether you’re desperate for a bio break, need to make a brief phone call or simply need a moment to stretch and get a drink, when is the right moment to go AFK when solo, grouped or in a raid? [...]

The Road to Mordor: Old school hobbits

(Screenshot courtesy of Lord of the Rhymes)

Over the past couple weeks Lord of the Rings Online players’ eyes have turned to the future, and this column with it. After all, with the beta for LotRO F2P edition in full swing and the recent news from E3 about this fall’s offerings, it’s kind of hard not [...]

GOA hands over WAR EU to Mythic

Earlier this year, Mythic Entertainment moved to take over the management of Dark Age of Camelot in Europe from publisher GOA, and this week we’ve learned that they’re doing the same for Warhammer Online. In a brief announcement on WAR’s EU site, GOA states that the full operation of the game is being handed over [...]

Steam launches big summer sale; some games on sale today only

Summer may have just officially started just a few days ago but the Steam PC game download site has already launched its big summer sales period. From now until July 4 you can get some big savings on a ton of games including 25 percent off all Rockstar Games and 2K Games titles, 33 percent [...]

The Daily Quest: A little too real for me

Here at WoW.com, we’re on a Daily Quest (which we try to do every day, honest) to bring you interesting, informative and entertaining WoW-related links from around the blogosphere. Is there a story out there we ought to link or a blog we should be following? Just leave us a comment and you may see [...]

Around Azeroth: If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the Angry Dome

Ever wonder what happens to raid bosses after you kill them? Yeah, me neither. But Putricide of <Anguish> on Auchindoun (US-H) was determined to follow the exploits of his namesake after the events of Icecrown Citadel, and wrote a little (well, not so little) story about Professor Putricide’s adventures in Azeroth. Read on after the [...]

Newest DDO screenshots preview Partycrashers quest

Dungeons and Dragons Online update 5 is just four days away, and the latest round of screenshots gives us a little departure from airship images.
These new screenshots are of Partycrashers, one of the more elaborate quests in the Carnival of Shadows adventure pack. Partycrashers is a trip through the Illusionarium in House Phiarlan, a quest [...]

XBLA in Brief: Space Ark, Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project, Risk: Factions | Joystiq

Three new games this week. Three. All are 800 MS Points and all are radically different. We’ve got the cutesy, Breakout-esque Space Ark, some 2D action with Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project and a classic board game with some new twists in RISK: Factions. See all three after the break.
Note: Space Ark actually released last week, [...]

A Mild-Mannered Reporter: We are gathered here today

As suggested in the title, we are gathered here today for a purpose: To celebrate the community of City of Heroes and all of the discussions that they’ve been taking part in over the past several weeks. (What, you thought it was for Terry? You clearly haven’t been following along.) After several weeks with almost [...]

Encrypted Text: The new style of rogue PvP

Every Wednesday, Chase Christian of Encrypted Text invites you to enter the world of shadows, as we explore the secrets and mechanics of the rogue class. This week, we discuss how rogue PvP is going to fare in the next expansion.
I often see players talking about their experiences in PvP, sometimes in trade chat [...]

Spiritual Guidance: A shadowy work in progress

The Spiritual Guidance duo, Fox Van Allen and Dawn Moore, haven’t always gotten along so well. While some attribute that to the natural way that the shadow abhors the light, the real reason is the time they were on The Price is Right together in 2003. I mean, two hundred dollars for a grandfather clock, [...]

Kane and Lynch 2 PC to ditch Games For Windows Live for Steamworks

If Microsoft really wants to put a new emphasis on PC gaming as it claims to do, it might want to start by convincing developers not to ditch their Games For Windows Live service and tools for its massive rival Steamworks. PC Gamer reports that the upcoming third person shooter Kane and Lynch 2: Dog [...]

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