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Star Wars: The Old Republic Testing Begins
If you’ve not signed up for a chance to beta test BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic, now would be a good time, as the process of putting the eagerly anticipated MMO through its paces gets underway. The news comes by way of an email and a post on the Star Wars: The Old Republic…
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Blizzard Scraps Plans To Display Real Names In Forums
Following an overwhelmingly negative response from fans, Blizzard has decided not to implement the planned forum changes that would require players to post using their real names. In a post by Blizzard staffer Nethaera on behalf of Blizzard CEO and president Mike Morhaime, the controversial changes have been reversed. I’d like to take some time…
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Enslaved Stares Down An October Release Date
Namco Bandai unleashes a slew of gorgeous new screenshots for Ninja Theory’s Enslaved: Odyssey to the West to celebrate the game’s shiny new October release date. I’m ashamed to say I hadn’t been paying as close attention to Enslaved as I should, so these new screens really caught me off guard. These are some really…
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Prepare To Be Soaked In Deep Black
505 Games is bringing Russian developer Biart Studio’s underwater third-person shooter to the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, and while the concept is intriguing, the name could probably use a little work. Unless of course I’m the only person who immediately thought of pornography. The game isn’t about porn, however. It’s a game of action-packed…
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Anyone Can Get Married In Runes Of Magic
As U.S. District Judge Joseph Tauro battles the Defense of Marriage Act in Boston, he can rest assured that gay and lesbian marriage is alive and well in free-to-play MMO Runes of Magic, or will be once update 3.0.3 hits. Massively-multiplayer online role-playing games, especially those developed outside of the U.S., have long supported the…
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Blizzard’s Naming Policy Is Smaller MMO Publisher’s Marketing Opportunity
Who benefits from Blizzard’s controversial decision to use players’ real names in forum posts? War Rock publisher GamersFirst hopes it will, issuing an official press release to let gamers know it’s all still anonymous there. Blizzard’s decision to modify its forums in the near future so that players’ real names are displayed instead of their…
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Call of the Wild West, Land of the… Ethical Treatment of Animals?
I CAN outrun a bear. I can just about outmanoeuvre a wild boar. Although I’ll get taken down by a pack of wolves fairly fast. A wild cougar will tear my fleshy neck asunder. The Majestic Buffalo This contains spoilers There are two particular parts of Red Dead Redemption’s single player story when the underlying…
By Kate Finegan
