Archive for the ‘Gaming’ Category
- The Game of Thrones RPG isn’t Game of Thrones 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on February 3, 2012 under Gaming, News
After that Game of Thrones strategy game came out last year to tepid reviews, fans of Martin's books have been wondering when they'll get a good game. Based on this new trailer for Game of Thrones: Riversong; fans will just have to keep waiting. The RPG coming out on consoles and PC in "Early 2012" doesn't really seem to have anything to do with the books. It's set in a completely invented region ... more. - The Old Republic Has 1.7 Million Subscribers 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on February 2, 2012 under Gaming, News, Star Wars

- Gold Farmers IP Blocked from TERA 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on February 1, 2012 under Gaming, News
There's a new Korean MMO coming to the US titled TERA. The game's been hyped up for along time, and the Korean version was released more than a year ago, but US gamer's won't get their hands on it until later this year. The US publisher, En Masse, has a massive pair of balls as they did something every MMO should have done a long time ago; more. - SOE Kills EQ Mac 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming, News
Buried in the announcement that EverQuest would be going Free2Play in March comes the news that on the same day the lone EQ Mac server will be shutting down forever. EQ Mac has always been limited to one server that was forever detached from the PC version in a perpetual Planes of Power version of the game. Smed took to the official forums to more. - Aliens: Colonial Marines Trailer 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on January 31, 2012 under Gaming, News, Videos
Why does Fall have to be so far away? Gearbox's long-in-gestation Aliens FPS finally has a launch window, and to announce the Fall 2012 date they've released a cinematic trailer. IGN posted the trailer, which you can find below. It shows a squad of Marines fighting off hordes of xenomorphs as acid keeps dripping down more and more levels of a colony...all the way down to a queen.What's interes... more. - EverQuest Going Free-to-Play in March 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Gaming, News
After thirteen years of being SOE's moneymaker, EverQuest is going to be going free-to-play this coming March. The 16th of that month will be the thirteenth anniversary of the game, so it's likely the free-to-play transition will happen around that time. EQ producer Thom Terrazas made the announcement on the officia... more. - Dungeons & Dragons Online Finally Gets The Forgotten Realms! 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on January 30, 2012 under Gaming, News
When Dungeons & Dragons Online launched back in 2006, the Eberron world was the new fan favorite. It had elements of steampunk (or magi-punk...whatever you want to call it), and it was different from the Forgotten Realms that every other major D&D game was set in. It also allowed Turbine a large amount of freedom as they were dealing with a world that wasn't fleshed out with so much lore and chara... more. - The Worst Video Game Box Art Ever Comes to Life 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on January 27, 2012 under Gaming, News
If you're old enough to have owned a NES and the original Mega Man, you'll remember how bad the box art was. It's gone down as history as what is probably the worst box art ever created, and now it'll be coming to life in Street Fighter X Tekken.Capcom is obviously playing a cruel joke on people who wanted a true Mega Man playable in Marvel vs. Capcom 3, so in the PlayStation 3 and PlayStatio... more. - 5 Things EverQuest Did Better Than Any MMO Before or Since 1 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on under Featured, Gaming, Lists
EverQuest wasn't the first MMO, but it took the genre into a real 3D world for the first time and when it launched in 1999 attracted more players to the genre than any before. It never hit WoW's numbers, but it was breaking new ground at the time. EverQuest did some things better than any MMO ever did, and while many tried to exceed it there are some things that no other MMO since has managed to... more. - Riders of Rohan Come to LOTRO in 2012 0 CommentsPosted by Jeremy Conrad on January 26, 2012 under Gaming, News
With The Hobbit hitting theaters this Christmas, Tolkien will be on everyone's mind once again and naturally that means a new Lord of the Rings Online expansion. After the pretty solid Isengard expansion, Turbine will be continuing to advance the LOTR story with Riders of Rohan. The expansion will set off from the Breaking of the Fellowship at Amon Hen and head into Fangorn. It's not known if Helm... more.













