Good news for Perfect World veterans, Perfect World is now celebrating its 2nd anniversary. For the long time players of Perfect World, you will be rewarded with various cash shop items. For those who have been playing for the full two years, a new costume awaits. Dress to impress guys! For those who’ve played for a year, ride in style with the mount reward. Perfect World has been successful thus far with its 2 ..read the full article

Having undergone a transfer in ownership in 2009, Mythos opened a new and improved website and closed beta registration to it’s rapidly growing fan base. HanbitSoft, a Korean software company, has put considerable effort into revitalizing the once struggling hack ‘n’ slash MMO. In addition to adding a 3rd-person view for users who do not prefer the classic isometric option, HanbitSoft has given the game’s zones a complete visual overhaul. Even more, the game’s once ..read the full article

It is no wonder that many miners in the realm of the World of Azeroth are looking for a few and if not many WoW mining guide. And who wouldn’t? As a matter of fact, mining is one area that must not be overlooked nor neglected by anyone. As such mining have its own share of significance in WoW.

In order to be one successful miner, there are some tips that you must bear in mind. Hence ..read the full article

A new F3AR video’s surfaced from PAX, talking about how the franchise is being shifted from Monolith to developers Day 1, mixed with a bunch of footage of the game with some very excitable editing. Check it out after the jump.

What’s happening with F3AR? Well, they’re asking “how they can evolve this franchise, and capture the essence of what it really is, but growing it into something that’s bigger, that’s more amazing and delivers a better experience for the consumer.” ..read the full article

September 7th is looking like a bad day for people find themselves bleeding from every orifice whenever Bioware release Downloadable Content. They’re going to be painfully jettisoning twice the fluids they may have expected, because as well as Lair of the Shadow Broker for Mass Effect 2, they’re releasing Witch Hunt for Dragon Age: Origins which basically takes your Warden out for the final part of the story where you find out whether Morrigan ever decided to start wearing sensible ..read the full article

3D Realms’ semi-erstwhile boss George Broussard mysteriously tweeted a picture of the above earlier. In other news, he once said Duke Nukem Forever would be complete “when pigs fly.” In other other news, strong rumour continues to mount that Gearbox have picked up of the broken bits of Duke Nukem Forever and may reveal that they’ve put them back together again at PAX. Lummee.

Winged porcine squadron, launch!

Catching up with the gaming news from my latest bout of travelling too much, I discover from VG247 that Bioware have released a trailer for the Lair of the Shadow Broker DLC out on September 7th. It’s basically continuing Asari Liara’s adventures involving that most shadowy of brokers, the Shadow Broker. It also promises to allow you to continue a relationship with her, which probably means do her. It costs 800 Bioware points, which translates as some money. And here’s ..read the full article

Perhaps there’s no need to even tell you that a demo of Vera Blanc: Ghost In The Castle is out, as you’ll no doubt have already eagerly downloaded it by now. No? Oh, well then I’ll tell you about this detective game as best I can.

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Can’t Stop Games Studio launched its game in April 2010, and after some months decided it was time for a major improvement. This time we’ll talk about some changes in the browser based MMO strategy game Tanadu.

Before these newly implemented gameplay mechanics, the game was based in climbing up the rankings, now Tanadu adds quests. This allow the devs to create a background that react to the player’s actions and decisions. Apparently the goal is to make a world full ..read the full article

Remember the above campaign we ran in the golden age of Rock Paper Shotgun? Well, in the most recent letter from the Mythic Producer Carrie Gouskos she revealed the coming of player controlled Skaven. Not as a faction, but in part of a new Skaven-themed Realm-versus-realm zone, where both Destruction and Order players get a chance to play THE MOST SPLENDID OF WARHAMMER RACES. This makes me suspect something akin to Lord of the Rings Monster-play may be in the ..read the full article

Gala Networks announced today that, Dragonica will have their Marriage System added. The system is in place as of today and will include a brand new quest chain for any newlyweds, which gives rewards for couples who complete them. To coincide with the new system, gPotato Europe are offering a limited time event. Submit your wedding photos from Dragonica to them in order to win fantastic prizes.

Along with the new marriage system, you can ..read the full article

Earthrise, a post-apocalyptic sci-fi MMORPG developed by Masthead Studios, continues to impress with a fresh approach to online gaming, as well as an increasingly intricate design. Corruption and greed mar the streets of Sal Vitas, a futuristic city that rose from the ruins of the Third World War. As with popular titles such as Eve Online and Darkfall, player progression is skill-based, with a player-driven economy and “meaningful” PvP combat.

We have seen screenshots in the past, though they are mostly ..read the full article

OilRush looks interesting, although its website causes my browser to chug for some reason. It’s a naval strategy game from Unigine, who I believe were previously a tech company trying to sell their own middleware. They’re now developing this game based on a water-world of the future, in which ships and aircraft battle for control of a series of oilrigs. I take it from the mention of “the Tower Wars genre” that there’s an element of tower defence in there ..read the full article

A lot of people have a problem with Twitter. They think it’s meaningless, reductive, frivolous. This I say to them: what if it was a tower defence game? Oh-ho, now you’re listening. (more…)

After the previous weekend’s failure at Weathertop, we decided it was time to work on getting a few levels before attempting to move on with the epic quest line again.  With four of us looking at a 6 person event, we need to get well ahead of it in levels before we go back.

The whole team was out on Saturday night:

So, this latest patch brought us a new Eclipse bar and some UI improvements.

The new bar looks more night & day themed, and one side glows light after you get the Eclipse proc. The graphic is really neat. Even your spells on the bar are highlighted (Lunar Eclipse has moonfire & starfire light up on your bar. Solar Eclipse has wrath & insect swarm light up).

I think it really looks good. Here’s some pictures! (click on each one to see ..read the full article

If this morning’s interview caught your interest, then you’ll probably want to watch this. It’s an in-engine FMV sequence, rather than being actual game footage, but you get the idea. Tanks, men with rifles, machine-guns, hats. Lots of grimness. Yeah, there’s really quite a lot to look forward to at the minute, isn’t there? (more…)

Some of you may have been wondering where I’ve been and have been pretty curious as to what Lodur has been up to. Ok, well probably none of have been overly concerned at my absence and probably didn’t even notice I was gone =P

Honestly though I’ve been a busy busy shaman. You see I’ve learned a few things from Matt. Chief among them is a love of projects. To that end I’ve been pretty hard at work launching a new ..read the full article