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EverQuest II Goes Free-To-Play In A Different Way
Continuing a trend started by D&D Online and Lord of the Rings Online, Sony Online Entertainment is launching a free-to-play version of EverQuest II, completely separate from the existing game. EverQuest II producer David Georgeson explains why. Free-to-play fever is burning through the massively multiplayer online role-playing game industry like wildfire, and today it consumes…
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First Screens Of Obsidian’s Dungeon Siege 3
The other people’s role-playing game sequalizers at Obsidian have released the first two screens from Dungeon Siege 3. Take a quick peek at what the series’ console debut looks like. Square Enix dropped word that Obsidian Entertainment, the developers behind Alpha Protocol, Knights of the Old Republic 2, and Neverwinter Nights 2, would be taking…
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Who Wants Some Thor Video Game Concept Art?
And so begins the process of Sega convincing us that a good comic book movie-based video game is in the works, with a pair of concept art shots from Thor: The Video Game You all know how this works. Sega tells us they are making a Marvel comic book movie video game tie-in. We groan.…
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Gorillaz iPhone Game Is Like Rhinestones Falling From The Sky
Pilot Murdoc’s Doom Glider over the skies of Plastic Beach HQ in Escape to Plastic Beach, the virtual band’s very own iPhone and iPad video game. The art of Gorillaz creator Jamie Hewlett comes to life in Escape to Plastic Beach, a combination video game and marketing tool for the band’s latest album, Plastic Beach.…
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Take A Break From StarCraft II With Lost Viking
Real-time strategy gameplay got you down? Slip into the cantina for some pleasant conversation, Night Elf dancing, and a little scrolling-shooter action, courtesy of Lost Viking. McWhertor mentioned the Lost Viking arcade game in his hands-on with StarCraft II’s single-player campaign a few months back, but the game was unfortunately unplayable. Now it’s completely playable,…
By Mike Fahey
