Dragonica’s MMORPG Combat – the Warrior and the Magician

Dragonica is the brand new free arcade-style 3D side-scrolling MMORPG. It will be available to download across Europe this Spring from the www.gpotato.eu gaming portal. As the gPotato team prepares for the game’s launch in Europe, we are proud to release information on the dynamic combo-based combat system and take a look at the …



A Look Back – A Look Ahead

2008 was a busy year for gaming, even in these tough economic times game companies managed to throw some big upcoming titles at us as well as release some good games and expansions.  Here are a few of the noteables for 2008.

 

World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King –  This has got to come …

MMO Travel – Is Instant Gratification a Good Thing?

The general consensus among MMO developers these days seems to center around instant gratification for the player base.  One of the biggest forms of instant gratification is near instantaneous travel across long distances in the game world.  Given the size of the game worlds growing at an ever increasing rate in most AAA MMO’s, it …

World of Warcraft Player Housing Expansion

world-of-warcraft-wow-player-housePlayer owned houses are a high up on the request list for many gamers out there and rightfully so – we want a place to show off our loot!  How often do you have really cool items from your leveling days that our now …

World of Warcraft (WoW) Keeps on Growing

EBgames.comBlizzard Entertainment, Inc. announced today that the subscribership for World of Warcraft®, its award-winning massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG), now exceeds 11 million players worldwide. This milestone was reached as the beta test for Wrath of the Lich King®, …

Here Comes a New Challenger!

Lucasarts and BioWare are scheduled to make a big announcement next Tuesday.  If you’re a gambler, place your bets on this announcement being the new Star Wars MMO that has been a big open secret for a while now; the one set in the same era as the Knights of the Old Republic games.  Hopefully, …

Twinks in WoW May Be a Thing of the Past

Unless it was a stealth nerf, it hasn’t happened in the latest 3.02a patch for World of Warcraft – but it looks like it’s coming. Blizzard reps at Blizzcon let slip that soon players will be able to earn experience as well as honor in PvP. They are apparently making the change not …

Consolidation Trend

Mergers and acquisitions are an alarming new trend emerging in the game industry.  A common occurrence in most other mature industries, consolidation is a new beast in this industry, beset on devouring any vulnerable prey.  As with other recently maturing industries such as the beer …

Originality (Where is it?)

As the years go by, the gaming industry seems to be increasingly plagued by endless sequels and unoriginal ideas.  Fallout 3.  Far cry 2.  Warhammer Online.  Don’t get me wrong, I am also looking forward to those games.  However, when was the …

WOTLK Announcement on the Eve of WAR

EBgames.comIt should come as no surprise that Blizzard chose this day, the day before Warhammer Online goes, erm…online to make their announcement for the release date of Wrath of the Lich King.  Since WOTLK can’t share the same or close …

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