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CD Projeckt delays The Witcher Enhanced Edition till September

Posted: 20.06.2008 by JamieSI

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The new and improved version of CD Projekt's great and engaging RPG The Witcher will now be arriving in stores early September.

It comes with a string of enhancements and tweaks to the gameplay and atmosphere. The delay is so that all localisation versions can ship together.

GamersGate awards the most active SI members!

Posted: 18.06.2008 by Jurgen

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The leading online distribution site, GamersGate, awards the most active SI members with a FREE game, of their choice! What's good about this is that this isn't a competition of any sort. This is just an announcement.

EA CEO John Riccitiello; "Dragon Age won't be a risk"

Posted: 18.06.2008 by Kres

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EA CEO John Riccitiello has been talking at a session with investors at the William Blair & Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, and assured investors that the upcoming Bioware RPG Dragon Age would not be a risk for the company.

EA CEO John Riccitiello; "Warhammer Online won't rival WOW"

Posted: 18.06.2008 by Kres

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EA CEO John Riccitiello has been talking at a session with investors at the William Blair & Company's 28th Annual Growth Stock Conference, and said that the publisher didn't expect Warhammer Online to meet World of Warcraft's level of popularity.

New Frontpage/features - Sorry for the minor issues

Posted: 17.06.2008 by Kres

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Our new Frontpage is now live, but we are still sorting it all out so please bear with us.

We hope you like the new look!

Age of Pirates: Captain Blood Gameplay Trailer

Posted: 17.06.2008 by Kres

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A new Age of Pirates: Captain Blood Gameplay Trailer is now available for streaming.

New Dreamlords – The Reawakening Screenshots

Posted: 16.06.2008 by Kres

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The Dreamlords – The Reawakening image gallery has been updated with 10 new screenshots.

New Rise of the Argonauts Screenshots

Posted: 16.06.2008 by Kres

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The Rise of the Argonauts image gallery has been updated with 6 new screenshots.

NCSoft says Tabula Rasa not in trouble, "growing month on month"

Posted: 12.06.2008 by JamieSI

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MMO Tabula Rasa has, despite reports of low uptake, "a dedicated player base" and players have recognised "innovative features and applauded them."

The game was created by Richard Garriott, who is considered to be one of the Ultima Online founders. MMOGCHART claims subscribers are around 75,000.

Codemasters announce Fathers Day event for Lord of the Rings Online

Posted: 12.06.2008 by Kres

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Codemasters Online have announced a Fathers Day virtual event taking place across Middle-earth in The Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar.

Taking place on June 15th, Codemasters Online will be running a series of in-game Father’s Day events designed to celebrate this special occasion including father and sons fishing, music and fireworks as well as ad hoc competitions and challenges taking place throughout the day. Fathers are invited to attend these events with their sons and daughters and take part in the online festivities with the thousands of other players in Middle-earth.

Flagship Studios issues statement regarding Hellgate London's collapse

Posted: 12.06.2008 by Kres

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Another statement has been issued today, this one is from Flagship Studios responding to the recent comments from Guy Somberg's blog, which claimed that several members of the development team have been jumping ship due to the poor release of Hellgate London.

Tri Synergy releases statement regarding Limbo of the Lost

Posted: 12.06.2008 by Kres

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Tri Synergy has issued a statement regarding the recent comparisons of level design and artwork between Majestic Studios’ Limbo of the Lost and Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion.

Limbo of the Lost stole from Elder Scrolls: Oblivion?

Posted: 11.06.2008 by Kres

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This one could turn into quite a bit of trouble, but Majestic Studios title Limbo of the Lost has been reviewed by gaming site GamePlasma, and they claim that it has stolen some of the level design structures from The Elder Scrolls: Oblivion.

CCP launches EVE Online expansion, Empyrean Age

Posted: 11.06.2008 by Kres

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CCP announced today that its launched the official EVE Online expansion, Empyrean Age.

EVE Online: Empyrean Age has been successfully deployed on Tranquility and we're now open for business! We invite you to explore the new region "Black Rise" or try the new feature Factional Warfare, to fight for glory and fame in the service of your faction.

Realtime Worlds team "moving towards the full public beta of APB"

Posted: 11.06.2008 by JamieSI

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The developers are eager to blurt out their happiness, their ambitious MMO is finally leaving the Alpha harbour and setting sail for adventurous Beta waters.

APB is a crime-based "genre defining MMO" from the team that made Crackdown for Xbox360, the game is for PC but doesn't have a date to it yet.

Flagship Studio's problems become public

Posted: 11.06.2008 by Kres

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Flagship audio and gameplay programmer Guy Somberg has published a new update on his blog which publicly admits the on-going problems with Hellgate, it appears programmers, accountants, artists and HR people have started to leave the team. It doesn't end there either.

Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir confirmed, rough translation

Posted: 10.06.2008 by JamieSI

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Obsidian's Matthew Rorie has given the nod to IGN's Neverwinter Nights 2 Vault community site, NWN2: Storm of Zehir is very much alive.

A Spanish fan site, Neverwinteros, has the scoop on what’s to come but there's been no official English text released yet.

Blizzard's Wrath of the Lich King sports achievements, brag rights

Posted: 10.06.2008 by JamieSI

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The upcoming expansion to World of Warcraft which lets gamers take on the Lich King himself is now also installing private 'trophy' cases.

No more will you have to brag incessantly as instead your statistical achievements can slap down the non-believers of your greatness.

Nothing official planned for Dungeon Siege 3

Posted: 09.06.2008 by Kres

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Chris Taylor of Gas Powered Games has told CVG that the comments he made about Dungeon Siege 3 being a single character role doesn't mean the game is actually in development, and that nothing official is going to be made as the team are at the idea stage.

Confirmed: Dungeon Siege 3 in development

Posted: 06.06.2008 by Kres

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Eurogamer.de has secured some exclusive information from Chris Taylor which confirms the development of Dungeon Siege 3, although no information was given about what platforms it would be appearing on.