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 …

If I were the CEO of Blizzard – Changes to WoW

Mike Morhaime no doubt has done a superb job in leading Blizzard – but I could do it better!  Okay, maybe not…but I still think I could make improvements, even if ever so slight.  World of Warcraft is no doubt a great …

Wrath of the Lich King Opening Cinematic Trailer

Blizzard released the trailer for WotLK today and I must say, very bad ass.  It’s centered entirely around Arthas himself and his army of the undead.  Very good visual effects – check it out:

 

Code Master revealed the biggest racing game ever?

Code Master revealed the biggest racing game ever?

From the publisher of Colin McRae: DiRT® and Race Driver: GRID® comes …

World of Warcraft Achievement System

Along with all the new content in the Wrath of the Lich King update, Blizzard will be releasing a new feature called the Achievement System.  Basically, it’s a list of things a player can do to gain titles and rewards.  Mostly through things they are already doing, like PVP, exploring the game world or progressing …

They Set Us Up the Bomb

With the atom bomb that Mythic Entertainment dropped yesterday about the massive cuts for Warhammer Online it’s leaving many WAR fans in an emotional fog and just as many WAR haters saying, “I told you so”. It is a lot to take in for sure, I still can’t quite wrap my mind around whether or …

Power Leveling and Gold Farming

You see the ads for these two game economy wreckers all the time – power leveling and gold farming.  Hell you probably see one right now – wink wink.

 

World of Warcraft is a good example of how powerleveling and gold farming damage a games economy.  Now don’t get me wrong, farming in a game for …

Diablo 3 Art Petition

When I first saw the trailers and game play footage of Diablo 3, I must say I was impressed.  Finally things in the game looked the way I thought they should have.  I was especially impressed with the end boss characters being much larger, looking more like you think a boss should look.  Mean.

 

But there …

Diablo 3: Character Customization

Even though Diablo 3 is not going to be an MMO it is taking on some of the better traits of one.  One of the noteable changes to this version compared to the others is the character customization.  Gamers will be able to create both male and female versions of every class which has never been …