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Blizzard Entertainment might after have plans to ship Diablo III around the fourth quarter of 2011 — to be optimistic. Some press members have reported they were at Irvine recently playing Diablo III, these past days. Jay Wilson told the New York Times the following statement that really makes my skin chill with excitement: “We’re [...]
Your father has been slain, apparently, and you are all that is left to rebuild your once flourishing nation; and to make matters worse, you must start your journeys in Cornwall – It is this sort of suspense which makes the British Isles a hot spot for all high-octane, thrilling games. Almost a decade ago, [...]
The Ultima series is considered by many to be one of the pinnacles of video game history. You’d be hard pressed to find a “Best of” or “Top XX” list of games that shaped or were important to the evolution of the video game industry that doesn’t include the Ultima series. Ultima Online took that [...]
Tower defense games are easily one of my favorite subgenres of the strategy genre. And you don’t have to try very hard to find them out there, whether it be on your phone, PC or even consoles. Especially on phones, as it seems every other game released lately that isn’t a match-3 is a tower [...]
Hola, gamers! I’m here to talk a bit about the improved Mac version of Conquer Online. Although it’s still in the beta phase, I wanted to point out some pros and cons of the new setup, here. There’s great news for all the Mac users who eagerly want to experience and play Conquer Online on [...]
In an effort to continue discussion on the game, let’s keep analyzing the many different sections of The Secret World as we know it. I mean really, though we’re just a couple months from beta’s anticipated beginning, there’s a lot left to discover about Funcom’s next title. One of the many areas that’s of intrigue [...]
The free-to-play market is saturated with martial-arts themed MMOs. Sometimes termed ‘import’ MMOs, these games often have a common theme of classes based on Eastern philosophies and known martial-arts schools (Taoist and Shaolin, for example). Often cited as examples of poor localization in both game content and business philosophy, it’s hard for an MMO some [...]
In life I am Adam Tingle, a pessimistic ne’er-do-well desolate of real achievement or ambition- oh sure I can do impressive tricks afforded to me by double jointed leg bones but I am surely but a blip on the landscape of human excellence and achievement. There comes a time however, when I sit hunched over [...]
As is well known in the MMORPG community, Age of Conan didn’t have the most prestigious of births onto the gaming scene. Sure it sold extremely well, but it couldn’t retain the subscriber base to match its weighty hype level. The game was written off as a letdown by many, but still retained a quite [...]
In The Rant today, MMORPG.com’s Adam Janovyak bemoans the winter, the bane of healthy man’s existence but for one small and wondrous fact: Permission to play “World of Warcraft” from his significant other. Read all of Adam’s thoughts and Winter Wisdom and then let fly with some of your own in the comments below. Finally [...]