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Some data on Age of Conan European servers population 2008-07-03 16:21:00 Age of Conan
Primetime population, 1-3 July 2008 (Europe) Inserito originariamente da Abriael On June the 30th Funcom published a quite boastful press release, sporting numbers pointing to 700000 accounts created on Age of Conan. What funcom (conveniently?) failed to show, was the number of accounts that were renewed after the first free month. It isn't a mistery that Age of Conan suffers Read more:European
, servers
Breaking news! Chrono Trigger on Nintendo DS 2008-07-02 11:05:00 Chrono Trigger on Nintendo
DS Inserito originariamente da Abriael Square Enix published a new press release making official the rumor that spread trough the internet yesterday. Chrono Trigger, the Super Nes classic JRPG, consider by many the best game ever published in the genre, will come to a Nintendo DS near us this holiday season. Actually I didn't write near "US" randomly, since for n Read more:Breaking
AoC: Funcom's Godager thinks he has the meat to jab at the competition 2008-06-26 16:20:00 Abriael on Age of Conan Inserito originariamente da Abriael Looks like someone has a lot of fun in possing against the wind.Today Eurogamer published an interview with Age of Conan's game director Gaute Godager. Most of his remarks in the interview, given the actual state of the game, can be defined rubbish, but his conclusion definately jumped out at my eyes:"I enjoy playing WOW, I enjoy Read more:competition
Mafia in Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Suits and Italian text 2008-07-24 05:49:00 Final
Fantasy Versus XIII Inserito originariamente da Abriael Kotaku just posted a quite awesome leaked trailer for Final Fantasy
Versus XIII. The theme definately seems to have a lot to do with mafia stereotypes, including lots of men in black pinstriped suits and thypically italian architecture that seems to be taken from a post card of Florence or Venice. The text as well, seem to confi Read more:Mafia
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Lots of news from the E3 Sony press conference 2008-07-15 18:09:00 Super GT on the GT TV Inserito originariamente da Abriael While i was pleasantly discussing with some other gamers (all of whom are multiple console users like me) this morning about yesterday's announcement from Microsoft sporting Final Fantasy XIII as coming to their console as well, one of them said something that I deem worthy of note: The fact that Microsoft based bsaically the whole Read more:Sony
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Yawning on Nintendo's face... 2008-07-15 11:38:00 Yawning at Nintendo
Inserito originariamente da Abriael Nintendo's press conference began in a very boring way, first with a Cammie Dunnaway that seriously went overboard with coffeeine playing the "mom" slapping her silly made-up smiles all over our faces. I honestly found it quite disgusting, but to each his own I guess. Then we had to bear Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime drooling out
Final Fantasy XIII coming to an Xbox 360 near you 2008-07-14 14:20:00 Final
Fantasy XIII Inserito originariamente da Abriael At the very end of the Microsoft keynote at E3, an almost gloating (for a good reason) Yoichi Wada introduced a big surprise to the gaming world: Final fantasy XIII will not be a Sony exclusive anymore, but will follow the footsteps of many others to end into the multiplatform bandwagon, releasing at the same time on PS3 and Xbox
360. Read more:Final Fantasy
Why Warhammer online needs to to get it's tanks back 2008-07-12 12:58:00 Knight of the Blazing Sun Inserito originariamente da Abriael While reading several forums about the changes in the Warhammer
Online initial lineup, I came to realize that the issue that the biggest part of the community feels strongly about is the removal of the two tanking classes for the Empire and the Dark Elves: Knight of the Blazing Sun and Black GuardPersonally I agree with this vie Read more:online
Mythic Entertainment removes 4 classes and 4 cities from Warhammer 2008-07-11 15:48:00 4 Classes and 4 Cities removed from WAR Inserito originariamente da Abriael Between yesterday and today Mythic Entertainment
's Mark Jacobs announced a few changes related to Warhammer
Online's release in two interviews with MMORPG.com (you can read them here, and here).Yes, i said "Mythic Entertainment" and not "EA Mythic" because as of now, Mythic goes back to it's old name (even if it st
Vivox providing voice chat for the PS3: Just a RUMOR 2008-07-11 15:13:00 I confirmed with my correspondant at the Social Networking conference that the piece of news about Vivox providing Voice Chat to the PS3 was just a rumor spread between the attendees at the Social Networking conference and has absolutely no official value. As of now there's absolutely no confirmation of an involvement of Vivox with the PS3, even if their involvement with Sony Online Entertainment
Age of Conan: Age of Censorship part 2 2008-07-11 01:33:00 Age of Conan
Primetime population, 1-3 July 2008 (Europe) Inserito originariamente da Abriael Looks like Funcom didn't take lightly the data I posted on Age of Conan's european servers primetime population. So you think they set about to solve the problem? Maybe, but in a quite strange way. As of yesterday's patch an undocumented change to AoC's UI actively removed the "Next" button from t Read more:Censorship
Vivox introduces Voice Chat System for the Playstation 3 2008-07-10 22:15:00 Vivox introduces their Voice
Chat System
for the PS3 Inserito originariamente da Abriael When Sony Online Entertainment announced that they were teaming up with Vivox to create an in-game voice chat service on their Station Launcher MMORPG platform (full press release linked by Kotaku here) many saw this coming:Today Vivox was at the the Social Networking Conference in San Francisco, and f
Does Warhammer Online really look like WoW? 2008-07-10 11:23:00 WAR vs WOW Inserito originariamente da Abriael Every time there's a discussion about Warhammer
Online in basically every kind of environment, you're bound to encounter someone that will pop in with the usual cliche "It looks like WoW!" in order to criticize the game. But does it really look like World of Warcraft? Leaving alone the fact that Blizzard was clearly inspired by Warhammer to so
Age of Conan and lack of respect for customers' time 2008-08-03 23:12:00 Abriael on Age of Conan
Inserito originariamente da Abriael There are several degrees of shameful behaviour that software houses can adopt, but there are some limits that shouldn't be crossed.In particular, things really begin to get dire when a software house lacks respect
for their customers
' time. In the latest Age of Conan patch Funcom suddenly "noticed" that their crafting was appare
New release date for Warhammer Online: September the 16th 2008-07-30 12:05:00 Warhammer
Online Release Date from Gamestop Inserito originariamente da Abriael Looks like the release date for Warhammer Online
that bounced across the internet in the last few days (September
the 23rd) was actually pessimistic. Just a few minutes ago Gamestop sent the ones that preordered Warhammer Online a mail, stating that the new release date is September the 16th, and that the serve
New Warhammer Online beta screenshots 2008-08-25 00:03:00 Abriael^M_024 Inserito originariamente da Abriael Tonight i took a small break from cutting movies (i still have a lot of footage left, will work on it in the next few days) and uploaded a new set of 75 screenshots from the beta, featuring, between the other things, some famous NPCs that will be very familiar to warhammer veterans (Morathi, Malekith, Finubar and others) and a lot of views Read more:Warhammer
Some more videos of Warhammer Online 2008-08-24 12:05:00 Abriael^M_005 Inserito originariamente da Abriael Here are a couple more videos
from Warhammer
Online as the preview weekend in the US and the euro closed beta are drawing to an end (today is the last day), even if i have plenty more footage to cut:The Inevitable City Burns! The Inevitable city is under siege, and the forces of Order and Destruiction struggle in bitter close combat to gain Read more:Warhammer Online
New videos on Warhammer Online's beta 2008-08-23 12:18:00 Abriael^M_045 Inserito originariamente da Abriael Here are a couple new videos
on Warhammer
Online's beta that I cut yesterday night (after getting completely discuraged from Funcom nerfing gems on AoC for the second time in a row, again showing their total disrespect for their playerbase's time):The Defense of Mandred's Hold: The forces of Destruction assault an Imperial keep in Ostland. Read more:Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online new Character Creation video 2008-08-22 20:19:00 WAR: birth of a Shadow Warrior Inserito originariamente da Abriael In my review I stated that the character creation of Warhammer
Online was one of the parts of the game that stands on weak legs. Today, with the opening of the preview weekend, Mythic enriched it, adding some new customization options (for instance tiaras for High Elves) and some new faces.It's a step in the right direction, bu Read more:Warhammer Online
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, Creation
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New Warhammer Online videos available 2008-08-22 17:32:00 Siegfried_260 Inserito originariamente da Abriael As the preview week end for Warhammer
Online just begun, here are some more videos
from the beta for you to enjoy:- Altdorf Burning! A video that shows Altdorf in it's burning incarnation, as the forces of Destruction conquer it.- The Fortresses (Order): In this movie you'll catch a preview of the three mighty fortress of Order guarding the en Read more:available
Classy Gamer Warhammer Online Beta Review 2008-08-20 22:09:00 One whole year has passed since the beginning of Warhammer
Online’s beta. It’s been a fun and bumpy ride with both glorious and discouraging moments that involved thousands of beta testers around the world. Now we have just a further month before this period our our virtual lifes ends, before the virtual war we’ve been fighting under the flags of order and destruction ends just to be repla Read more:Warhammer Online
, Classy
, Gamer
New Warhammer Online beta pictures and movies 2008-08-19 21:21:00 Warhammer
Online Inserito originariamente da Abriael As promised, here's more content from the Warhammer Online beta to help you wait as I finish writing my review (i'll probably do that tomorrow morning, getting sleepy here)First of all, here you can find a gallery of recent pictures from the game, that clearly show that the graphics are really beginning to show some muscle .The game stil Read more:movies
Warhammer Online NDA lifts. First wave of videos. 2008-08-19 15:25:00 Swordmaster in the moonlight Inserito originariamente da Abriael The NDA on Warhammer
Online has finally lifted, and the net already exploded. Here's the first wave of videos
for you to havce fun with (just click on each link to see the video):- Altdorf: home of the emperor and immense capital city of the order side. - Nordenwatch: Tier 1 scenario for the Empire/Chaos pairing. A fierce ba Read more:First
, Warhammer Online
, lifts
Warhammer Online cinematic teaser unveiled 2008-08-19 11:31:00 While we wait for the NDA to drop (should be any moment as of now, and i'm still editing tons of movies I hope you all will enjoy), a more consistent part of the cinematic trailer for WAR has been posted on Warhammer
Videos. The whole trailer is scheduled to be unveiled
tomorrow at Leipzig and Honestly i can't wait to see it. The teaser is in french, but it looks absolutely awesome. One of the bes Read more:Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online NDA lifts tomorrow! 2008-08-18 13:01:00 Warhammer
Online NDA lifts
! Inserito originariamente da Abriael It's been a long, long wait since when Warhammer Online
was announced by Mythic Entertainment, giving an heavenly fuzzy sensation to Warhammer and Dark Age of Camelot fans. The wait is almost as it's end, and Mark Jacobs just announced on Warhammer Alliance (besides other things) that he expects to lift the NDA (Non Disclosur Read more:tomorrow
Warhammer Online: Rationalizing Removal 2008-08-10 11:29:00 Warhammer
Online Inserito originariamente da Abriael Almost one month ago Mythic Entertainment announced the removal of 4 classes and 4 capital cities from Warhammer online. Almost immediately after ten Ton Hammer published a series of interviews with Mark Jacobs titled "Rationalizing Removal
" mant to quell a bit of the unrest caused by the cuts. After a month, and having relaxed a bit in Read more:Warhammer Online
The Dawn of the Day of Reckoning 2008-09-14 02:57:00 Abriael^M_086 Inserito originariamente da Abriael It's 9.30 in the morning here (I'm in Europe, as my readers already know), and it'll be about 7 in the afternoon when the Early Access for Warhammer Online will begin.Here, at the Dawn of the Day of Reckoning
, a day that I awaited for years, I can look back to the long way we've gone in more than one year of beta. I've seen the birth of thi
Warhammer Online beta: version 4.1.1 news 2008-09-12 02:32:00 Abriael^M_071 Inserito originariamente da Abriael Today the new 4.1.1 patch hit the Warhammer
Online beta on the US servers. IT definately brought quite a few news elements and improvements to the game. The two most noticeable ones are a new texture caching option that basically solved the blurring texture issue, and, even more important, an overhaul of the animations of the game! This muc Read more:version
, Warhammer Online
Warhammer Online US open beta: The experience of an European 2008-09-10 00:40:00 Abriael^M_084 Inserito originariamente da Abriael It's been two long days since the beginning of open beta, and I have to say it's been a great ride so far. I'm already in tier 2, even thanks to the headstart of the preview weekend plus. On top of what I said about it (most of the few bugs have already been solved), I wanted to give some insight (since many asked) on how it plays, latency- Read more:Warhammer
, Warhammer Online
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, European
New Warhammer Online beta videos 2008-09-08 11:45:00 Abriael^M_119 Inserito originariamente da Abriael As the open beta has begun with a solidand almost flawless start in the US, sporting zero server crashes and a very stable client for most players, and a quite bad start in Europe, where GOA predictably failed to deliver, causing a mass outrage by the fans (that's why i preordered my US copy even if i'm European. I will never deal with GOA Read more:Warhammer
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