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Joystiq Podcast E3 2010 edition | Joystiq

OK, OK smart guy, we get it. E3’s been over for a week and you haven’t heard so much as a peep from us. We all made some mistakes. But if you think about it, aren’t you, the listener, as much to blame, in a sense? … No? Well, it was worth a shot.
If you [...]

Choose My Adventure: I learned my lesson

Choose the adventures of the WoW.com staff as we level our characters in <It came from the Blog> on Zangarmarsh (US-PvE-H).
First, the schedule:

Fox Van Allen as Foxlight, the blood elf paladin: Friday, 8 p.m. EDT
Michael Sacco as Sahko, the orc warlock; Christian Belt, as Selfloathius, the blood elf warlock; Elizabeth Harper as Faience, the troll [...]

The Queue: Roll out

Welcome back to The Queue, WoW.com’s daily Q&A column where the WoW.com team answers your questions about the World of Warcraft. Mike Sacco will be your host today.
So, I might not have actually downloaded Patch 3.3.5 yet, and the reason may or may not have something to do with robots who turn into cars (or [...]

Betawatch: June 18-25, 2010

Welcome to Betawatch, Massively’s weekly report on the state of MMO betas. In each installment, we’ll report everything from the latest open betas, closed betas and even alphas in one convenient place. Plus, we’ll make sure to include as much info on each game’s current status, including projected release dates (if known) and links to [...]

Modern Warfare 2 PC Resurgence Map Pack available for Steam pre-orders

Fans may hate it that they have to pay money for a five level multiplayer map pack for Modern Warfare 2 but the first such Stimulus Package map pack for Infinity Ward’s mega selling shooter was a huge seller on Steam for the PC version of the game. Now Steam has launched pre-orders for the [...]

Report: RealNetworks offers update on casual games division [Update]

It has not been the best of times over at internet media company RealNetworks. The company, best known for its RealPlayer media software, has been cutting a number of jobs lately. This week Gamasutra reports that the company, citing unnamed sources, has decided to shutter its first party PC casual games division as a result [...]

All You Need To Know: Portal 2

Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide [...]

Rumor: Guitar Hero Queen coming next year | Joystiq

We Will Rock You, the hit musical based on the songs of Queen, has been a hit since its inception in 2002. Recently, Swedish site DN.se caught up with Brian May, Queen guitarist and co-creator of We Will Rock You, to talk about the musical. Perhaps of greater relevance to you is May’s comment regarding [...]

Activision not fully supporting Move/Kinect, wary of high prices | Joystiq

Wondering why we didn’t see a Kinect version of Guitar Hero or a Move-enabled Call of Duty at E3? COO Thomas Tippl told Gamasutra it’s because Activision is hesitant to dive into the motion market, mostly due to the high price point of Move and expected high price of Microsoft’s Kinect.

“I think as a publisher, [...]

THQ merchandises the Hell out of Darksiders | Joystiq

Sure, you might have liked Darksiders well enough, but we know what you really wanted from the game: your very own War to lead his own tiny Apocalypse into your living room. THQ is obliging this desire with a line of Darksiders merchandise produced in collaboration with partners in the publishing and toy industries.
Udon Entertainment [...]

EVE Online server move delayed by database issues

Last week, CCP Games announced that the EVE Online server was heading for a move and a bit of an upgrade. Hidden within a few cabinets in a single datacenter is everything that makes up the EVE universe, from characters and ships to planets and the market. The cluster of hardware has been expanded over [...]

European PlayStation Plus subscribers get free LittleBigPlanet | Joystiq

If you live in Europe and were intrigued by the deals, trial games and complimentary downloads offered by the recently announced PlayStation Plus subscription plan, you might want to sign up with a quickness.
PlayStation Blog has announced that European users who get a one-year subscription between June 29 and August 3 will get a [...]

SWG: Flowing with the Force for 7 years!

This week seven years ago, Star Wars Galaxies launched onto the screens of thousands of computers, then crashed a couple hours later. Hey, what can they say? Sony Online Entertainment nor any other MMORPG developer had attempted to touch this beloved intellectual property before. It was an exciting adventure into the unknown — a step [...]

Wizard101 announces 10 million registrations

Subscriptions, registered users, unique users, unique players, characters created, accounts created, boxes sold — there really is no set standard to measure a MMO’s popularity and success against these days. The only thing that’s for sure is that the bigger the number, the better. Fortunately, Wizard101’s claim to fame is more solid than most, as [...]

Totem Talk: Power Auras for restoration

Want to be a sultan of swing healing? A champion of Chain Heal? Totem Talk: Restoration will show you how, brought to you by Joe Perez, otherwise known as Lodur from World of Matticus and the For The Lore podcast

Last week’s discussion of Dual Wield restoration was a good follow up to our discussion of [...]

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