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A ton of pixels and a little freedom can produce strange and incredible things. For Swedish indie developer Markus "Notch" Persson, they've turned his life upside-down in one of the best ways imaginable. He's in the enviable position of having his first major game project rake in well over $12 million... and the game isn't even finished or officially released yet. That's unheard of in the indie gaming world. Minecraft is shaping up to be one of the biggest indie success stories yet, and as development continues on this perfect storm of blocky landscape exploration and sandbox-style survival adventure, the prospect of building pixelated worlds and staying alive within them grows even more enticing. Read More »
Trion Worlds' long in development WoW challenger, Rift, will go live on March 1. The developer announced the launch date of the new MMORPG today, promising to deliver a game that will change the genre. Read More »
This is the way the end of the world began: not with a whimper, but a bang. After six years of expansions and level increases, the two oldest continents in the World of Warcraft faded into pale, forgotten shadows of their former glory -- rarely visited, save for the obligatory auction house check-in. The multitude of quests suffered from over-familiarity and repetition, visuals that awed in 2004 seemed outdated, and Blizzard had lost one of its greatest lore assets with the death of the Lich King. It was time, in short, for a change of cataclysmic proportions. Read More »
Almost two weeks have passed since my mage hit level 85 in the wake of Cataclysm's release, and he still doesn't have a single epic-quality item on him. I'm cool with this. It's certainly not because of a lack of trying; on the contrary, I've come dangerously close to missing several deadlines on account of my newfound semi-addiction to World of Warcraft, and I've wasted several hours in normal and heroic dungeons that any other responsible writer would have spent writing. I happily blame Cataclysm's new challenging five-man dungeons for this. While Cataclysm's leveling experience is largely easier than any previous expansion, its endgame dungeons make you work for the best gear, and provide a challenge that's been missing for a couple of years now. Read More »
Atari is taking D&D; fans back to the Forgotten Realms. The publisher announced today Dungeons & Dragons Daggerdale is now in development and will launch this spring on Xbox Live, PlayStation Network and as a Windows PC download. Read More »
Portal 2 has an updated release date and a new distributor. Valve announced this morning it has inked a deal with EA Partners to ship its highly anticipated sequel to Portal to retailers in April 2011. Read More »
Six weeks. That's how long it took for Call of Duty: Black Ops to reach the $1 billion sales mark. In all of entertainment history, only one other franchise has reached that milestone faster: James Cameron's 3D spectacle, Avatar. Read More »
Get ready to suit up. Sony Online Entertainment is putting the finishing touches on its superhero MMO, DC Universe Online, and the anticipated capes and cowls RPG now has an official release date for both the PC and PlayStation 3. Read More »
The world of Hunted: The Demon's Forge is a seriously dark place -- one might go so far as to label it depressing. Imagine Middle-earth if Frodo failed and Sauron won in the Lord of the Rings and you get the picture. Check out Inxile Entertainment's dark fantasy playground for yourself in the latest trailer. Read More »
We're not sure about your Christmas tree, but our Douglas fir has some pretty ridiculous ornaments -- none better than a miniature Elvis decked out in his Las Vegas cape. That said, we've got nothing on the decorations on Grayson Hunt's tree. See how the foul-mouthed protagonist from Bulletstorm decks the halls in this video Christmas card from developer People Can Fly. Read More »
Think like a general, fight like a Spartan. That's been BioWare's pitch for the reworked combat system in Dragon Age II -- but what the hell does that mean? As Lead Designer Mike Laidlaw demonstrates in this developer's diary, it means you'll be able to battle through DA2 as a button-mashing action-RPG or as a pause-and-play tactical-RPG. Read More »
Die while playing The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings on Insane difficulty and you'll get a one-way ticket back to the very beginning of the game -- no matter how many saves you have. Read More »
The Nanosuit 2 in Crysis 2 makes you stronger, faster, and invisible, and in this latest video for the game, we get a good look at all of those powers in action. It's the Be The Weapon trailer; it's also the best look we've had at gameplay in Crysis 2 yet. Read More »
Star Wars: The Old Republic is around the corner -- and we recently played through the entire Jedi starting area. Is BioWare's big MMO just another Star Wars Galaxies-caliber train wreck, or are Star Wars fans in for something special? Let's find out... Read More »
The anticipated Deus Ex prequel, originally due in March, has been delayed, and coupled with the debacle that is Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix announced it has slashed its earnings forecast for the remainder of the fiscal year by a ridiculous 91.7%. Read More »
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