Archive for August 2012
City of Heroes has been around since 2004 and it’s sad to hear that NCSoft will be closing down Paragon Studios and ultimately the superhero MMO franchise City of Heroes. A statement was issued earlier to the community and the studio is expected to shut down some time in November. In a realignment of company [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments OffWith the annoucement of the Hearthfire Skyrim DLC, PlayStation 3 fans have been a bit wary about the release of Dawnguard. On the Bethesda forums, the global community lead addressed an update on the situation explaining that there has been problems with Dawnguard working on the PlayStation 3. Additionally, it was stated that it is [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments OffIn celebration of the 25th anniversary for the Final Fantasy series, Square Enix Japan will be releasing a special collection for fans of the series. The set will include all the main Final Fantasy games in the series spanning from I to XIII in their original format ranging from PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and PlayStation 3. [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments OffIt’s time to take a tour around Borderlands 2 with the help of Sir Hammerlock showing some of the changes features, locations and more. It does look pretty damn excellent and as a badass it’s up to you to take down Handsome Jack.
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments OffJust in case you had forgotten how Torchlight 2 plays, Runic Games has released the official launch trailer today. The ARPG sequel launches on 20 September in case you missed yesterday’s announcement.
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments Off
The Path of Exile team had panned on pushing out PvP in the 0.9.12 update to the ARPG but it looks like they are needing more time to work on the system However, there are some very nice additions and fixes in the latest 0.9.12 patch notes which have just been released. There’s not only new content [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments Off
Despite the recent problems at Funcom following news that The Secret World shifted around 200,000 copies and staff were let go to restructure the company, Funcom are keen to point out that they are fully committed to the MMO. Creative Director and Senior Producer Ragnar Tørnquist issued a lengthy “state of the game” update which outlines [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments Off
Usually in an MMO if you get caught cheating you get the ban hammer. This of course would also be the case in Guild Wars 2 but just this once, ArenaNet are taking a softer approach to players exploiting the game’s Karma Weapons Exploit bug which reduced weapon costs. Players who have been banned can appeal [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments Off
As promised, Runic Games revealed to their fans this evening the release date for he ARPG sequel. The game will be released on 20 September. The official Release Date for Torchlight II is Thursday, September 20th, 2012. 3 weeks away! We’ll announce it ‘more’ officially and bigger tomorrow. You know first! Thank all of you [...]
Posted 31 August 2012 | Comments Off
A quick reminder that Runic Games will be holding a live Q&A session tomorrow morning at 9AM PST answering fan questions about Torchlight 2. The chat will be live on the officicial website on torchlight2game.com via Twitch.tv. Tonight, they will also be announcing the release date for the game and you can follow all the latest [...]
Posted 30 August 2012 | Comments Off
ArenaNet has signed one of the bggest licensing deals to bring a western game to china. the deal has been struck with the KongZhong Corporation. ArenaNet will have the option to buy 40 million of KongZhong Corporation’s ordinary shares when the game launches in the region. ArenaNet’s Mike O#’Brian added: ”We designed Guild Wars 2 to not only [...]
Posted 30 August 2012 | Comments OffThe award winning Bastion will be making its way to the iPad for $4.99 on August 30. The game will be released only for iPad and will be compatible with iPad 2 and new iPad with iOS 5.1 or higher. While the game will be similar to its previous PC, Xbox LIVE, and Chrome releases, [...]
Posted 29 August 2012 | Comments Off
The game is fully live today but over the weekend ArenaNet achieved 400,000 concurrent users during the headstart weekend. “This is the culmination of a five-year journey and to be greeted by this level of enthusiasm by our fans is truly amazing”, said O’Brien, president and co-founder of ArenaNet. “But really our work is just [...]
Posted 28 August 2012 | Comments Off
Funcom released their latest financial report today which revealed that their recently launched MMORPG The Secret World has sold just 200,000 copies. In the statement from Funcom, they cite numerous reasons for the lower than expected sales, including the release date announcement of World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria and the launch of Guild Wars [...]
Posted 28 August 2012 | 1In the upcoming DLC for SKyrim you skill be able to build your own home allowing you to choose your lands, customise your dwelling and turn it into a home. The DLC which is priced at 400 Microsoft Points will be released on 4 September. A PlayStation 3 and PC release date and price has [...]
Posted 28 August 2012 | Comments Off
