BlizzCon 2007 - Murloc Suit FTW!

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As if playing Starcraft II isn’t enough of a reason to attend this year’s BlizzCon (hey, we all know that’s what the beta key will be for), Blizzard is also going to be handing out a murloc suit for […]

1up’s Exclusive Preview of Bioshock

1up recently got a behind-the-scenes preview of Bioshock … lucky bastards. During their visit, they talked a lot with Ken Levine, the president and creative director for Irrational Games. I was surprised to learn that it only took him three weeks to write the entire story for the game.
Overall, I like Ken’s approach […]

WoW: The Armory gets an Upgrade, MMO Devs take note.

Along with last weeks small patch, the World of Warcraft Armory got a significant upgrade. What’s the Armory? Well according to Blizzard:
The Armory is a vast searchable database of information for World of Warcraft - taken straight from the real servers, updated in real time, and presented in a user-friendly interface. Since the Armory pulls […]

StarCraft II Interview Bonanza

Want to see more interviews about StarCraft II? Sure you do. In recent days, Blizzard has really started opening up about their latest RTS offering. Game Trailers recently posted four different interviews with various Blizzard staff about all aspects of the game - ranging from it’s impact on competitive gaming, the […]

American McGee Talks About Grimm

For someone who started out as a level designer at id Software, American McGee has come a long way. His first official game, Alice, turned a lot of heads, and was ultimately picked up by Universal Pictures for a film adaptation starring Sarah Michelle Gellar in the lead role. After a couple flops […]

Tomb Raider Hotness x 5

To celebrate 10 years of history and their upcoming game Tomb Raider Anniversary, which is a remake of the original Tomb Raider with flashier graphics and some extra bells and whistles, Eidos decided to gather up all the previous Lara Croft models for a photo shoot.

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I must have been out of the loop […]

Blizzard Talks About StarCraft 2

After remaining tight lipped about StarCraft 2 for over 4 years during its development, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo - vice president of game design, recently sat down with MSNBC to spill the beans on their top secret project. The full interview is worth a read, but for an overview of what Pardo talked about, I […]

Haze vs Crysis - Ready … Fight!

Sony made some big claims about the Cell processor back during the pre-launch phase of the PS3. According to Sony, their new processor could do almost anything, just short of curing cancer. Now that the PS3 has been out for a few months, we’re all still waiting to see what the PS3 is […]

The Technology Behind Crysis

Making a game like Crysis is no easy task. But Crytek, who is known for pushing the limits when it comes to technology and graphics in their games, is up to the task. Listening to these guys talk about what it took to create the best looking PC game to date really gives […]

Microsoft Launches Multi-touch Goodness..

After earlier today promising to impress us. The next big thing from M$’s consumer electronics division, the folks that brought us the Xbox and the Zune (lawl) has been unveiled.
The launch of Microsoft Surface marks the beginning of a new technology category and a user-interface revolution. Surface, Microsoft’s first surface computer, provides effortless […]

M$ says they are gonna surprise us, Zune 2.0?

Microsoft’s consumer electronics division. The folks that launched the Zune (lawl) and the Xbox. have announced (kinda) that tonight at midnight they are gonna rock our collective socks off.
I’m told that tonight, at 12:01am EST (okay, so tomorrow), the division of Microsoft that launched the Xbox and the Zune will unveil something very special . […]

Free books? Not for the American’s…

Blizzard in cooperation with TokyoPop publishing has just released the first book of the Sunwell Trilogy free on the EU warcraft site. The Warcraft manga’s first book, Dragon Hunt, is being release one chapter a week via a flash based comic reader.
Blizzard Entertainment is proud to present “Dragon Hunt”, the first volume of the Sunwell […]

Fatal1ty vs PC Gamer Staff

A while back, the staff over at PC Gamer Magazine invited Jonathan ‘Fatal1ty’ Wendel to stop by their office for a 5 vs 1 deathmatch in Quake 4. What insued can only be described as pure pwnage. Let’s just say there’s a big difference between game journalists and professional gamers. The best […]

Blizzard Sues Gold Farmers

One of World of Warcraft’s (and any MMORPG for that matter) dirty little secrets is gold farmers. Chances are, if you asked random WoW players if they’ve ever bought gold, the large majority would probably reply with an emphatic “no”. But the truth is, people do buy gold from gold farmers - which […]

Consoles Vs PC… This again?

So since the dawn of time.. Well perhaps since the dawn of the late 90’s, the console versus PC debate/debacle has raged on many a forum and newsgroup. It’s usually never a worth while argument. The general anonymity of the interweb turns civil discourse into the kind of public display that normally adorns bathroom […]