Archive for the *Features Category
Cyrptic and Perfect World have revealed the Legacy and Starter Packs for the upcoming Star Trek Online expansion. The Legacy pack comes in at 124.99 and includes Premium Romulan Faction Species – Reman, Dhelan Warbird Retrofit, Mogai Warbird Retrofit, D’deridex Warbird Retrofit and everything included in the Starter Pack plus 13 more items. The Starter Pack is considerably cheaper at $19.99 [...]
Posted 18 April 2013 | Comments Off
Following the news that Jay Wilson was stepping down as game director on Diablo 3, Blizzard’s Rob Pardo decided to step in and defend Jay’s work on the game following comments from the community. Rob is quite prepared to take the blame for any of the game’s shortcomings. This thread saddens me greatly. I know [...]
Posted 19 January 2013 | 1
It’s been pretty exciting for ArenaNet watching Guild Wars 2 blossom since it launched last year and Game Director Colin Johanson is back with another mega-update which outlines their plans for 2013. The team are looking to build on areas of the game that proved successful last year, including their game events, the most recent [...]
Posted 16 January 2013 | Comments Off
The ingamers.com 2012 Readers’ Awards are now live and votes are being taken now for the Best MMO and RPG of the past twelve months. Tough decisions have to be made and it’s up to you to decide. Head over to the Awards page to cast your votes now.
Posted 19 December 2012 | Comments Off
Fantastic news for MMO gamers this morning, Funcom has announced that the Secret World has gone free to play. Buy it once and it’s free to play forever. Bargain! “With this recent change there is no reason not to join and take part in ‘The Secret World’,” says Game Director Joel Bylos. “Most players end [...]
Posted 12 December 2012 | Comments Off
Originally planned to go live this month, Grinding Gear Games’ CEO Chris Wilson has announced that the Open Beta will not launch until 23 January 2013. Path of Exile entered Closed Beta in August of 2011. Since then, we’ve continually added features, content, and fixed bugs as we moved towards Open Beta. A few months ago, [...]
Posted 6 December 2012 | Comments Off
As part of Path of Exile week on IncGamers.com, a new interview has been posted with Laz, the creator of the unique items in the ARPG. He talks about his work on the game and his Diablo 2 Median XL mod which is still hugely popular. He also looks at Diablo 3 and its failings [...]
Posted 1 November 2012 | Comments Off
All this week on IncGamers.com they are running a series of Path of Exile exclusives and today is an article looking at the different areas in the recently announced Act III which takes place in the city of Sarn. Expect interviews and more information on Act III over the rest of the week.
Posted 30 October 2012 | Comments Off
Grinding Gear Games has revealed the first details of Act III which will feature in the open beta test of their ARPG this December. “Act 3 adds an extra 50% of content to Path of Exile’s world,” says Grinding Gear Games producer Chris Wilson. “Our already gritty game gets a lot darker as players explore [...]
Posted 17 October 2012 | Comments Off
John’s review of Dishonored has now been posted ahead of release and it’s done pretty well. Here’s a snip: As bodyguard turned assassin Corvo, your goal is to prove your innocence of a crime you didn’t commit and bring the real perpetrators to justice. Usually, in a game about an assassin, that would mean hunting [...]
Posted 8 October 2012 | Comments Off
It feels like it’s been a long time coming but the Legend of Grimrock dungeon editor has been released. As a special bonus, you can also pick up the game at a 50% reduction today and it includes the editor. The update also brings a slew of bug fixes for the dungeon crawler so get [...]
Posted 6 October 2012 | Comments OffGot something planned for this weekend? Cancel it if you’re an ARPG fan, Grinding Gear Games will be running another open Beta test this weekend. The Path of Exile Beta servers will open for public access at 5pm PDT on Friday, September 14. Public access will end at 11:59pm PDT Sunday night, September 16. A [...]
Posted 11 September 2012 | Comments Off
Some big news for RIFT fans today as the first expansion Storm Legion has been given a release date of 13 November. Pre-orders are now being taken and if you take out a year’s subscription of RIFT you will get the expansion absolutely free with the following bonuses. “Landslide” – an Earthen Juggernaut that matches [...]
Posted 5 September 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
Hot on the heels of Gamescom comes PAX, and although Runic Games were not present at Gamescom, they are heading to PAX. There will be eight stations available to play on at booth 1220 in the 4th floor Expo Hall with devs on-hand to help. Max Schaefer and Travis Baldree will also be taking part in [...]
Posted 25 August 2012 | Comments Off
