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Fighting the bad weather: Wallace & Gromit start The Last Resort
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS

While the idea of a resort seems perfect at the time, an explosive mix of incompatible customers erupts and they start to demand money refunds for poor service.

On 5/6/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Guild Wars sold in over six million units
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS

NCsoft's and ArenaNet's Guild Wars, the only online roleplaying game that has managed to win over a huge amount of former WoW junkies and PvP [Player versus Player] fanatics has now sold over six milion units.

On 4/29/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

"Strong Bad" game goes from online-only distribution to DVD
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

It appears Telltale has started a flood of games for fans of crazy cartoonish adventure games. This time around, Telltale is not happy with online-only model, and launched a pre-order for the DVD version of the game. Region Free.

On 4/27/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
LCD display shipments grow by 30%, highest in six months
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS

The display industry is recovering in a sharp upward direction. LCD shipments exploded to 37.9M units in March, up from 29M in February and only 2.1M less than in pre-crisis March 2008.

On 4/21/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

Syberia's 3 April 1st announcement is not a joke, if you can help it
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS

Authors and producers face great risks when producing games for SONY console as tends to be quite fickle and can approve or deny them at the last minute.

On 4/18/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Former Blizzard employee talks about Activision-Blizzard
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS ANALYSIS

The rumors are not true: Activision will not turn WoW into a soulless commercial cash cow. It will not do that because Blizzard did it all by themselves already.

On 4/15/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

City of Heroes/Villains: The Architect has arrived
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS

Once again the game that has no tricks to steal your time [expensive mounts, long travel times] sticks it up to the "big fishes" of the MMO industry by giving players something that is actually fun.

On 4/12/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Sam & Max celebrate Eisner nomination of 20th Anniversary Edition
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

The Eisner Award comitee has nominated

20th Anniversary Edition of Surfin’ the Highway, the complete Sam & Max comic collection for the Eisner award in the Best Graphic Album - Reprint cathegory.

On 4/8/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

Fallout Online is in the works
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

We received great news for fans of Interplay's Fallout series and haters of Bethesda's version - generally players who are craving for a good sci-fi catastrophic MMO game: Fallout-based MMO title [Massive Multiplayer Online] is in development since 2007.

On 4/6/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Age of Conan finally gets a free trial, about time
SOFTWARE, DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

If you are intrigued by Age of Conan, one of biggest flops in the history of MMO, the game finally has a free trial option thanks to Funcom, Fileplanet and Ausgamers.
 

On 4/4/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

Unknown knows what you'll do next summer
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Can four Swedes pull it off and create a new horrifying experience? Nordic Game Program just gave them 40.000 EUR to prove so.

On 4/1/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Warhammer's Call to Arms: Beyond the Sands event up ahead
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS

Warhammer Online event "Beyond the Sands" is due to start in late April. It is a second event in the line of three which herald the coming of WAR's free expansion Land of the Dead, bringing a face-off with (The Mummy inspired) Tomb Kings of Khemri.

On 3/29/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

The legacy of WoW: Simplification of the MMO genre
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT ANALYSIS

When MMO game developers see the fat money World of Warcraft brings to Blizzard, they become all slobbery and start to crave their slice of pie. Then, they forsake all of the originality and engage copy&paste buttons.

On 3/27/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
Fallout 3 DLC: The Pitt - Another pack, another fail
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS

Second in Bethesda's line of downloadable content packs for Fallout 3 has arrived. After that Crysis-inspired, commie Chinese snuffing trash Operation Anchorage one would hope this pack is better.

On 3/26/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

Review: Wallace and Gromit sting the honey business
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT REVIEWS

Telltale Games just released the first episode of their new game series based on Nick Park's popular Wallace and Gromit characters. Can this indie adventure stay true to the humor of the show?

On 3/25/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more
MMO Industry or "The plague of NERFS"
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BLOGS ANALYSIS

In the MMO community there is nothing as hated, but constantly asked for as "nerfs". Story is always the same - player class, ability or a game feature becomes perceived as overpowered and needs to be severely weakened. 

On 3/24/2009 by Sandro Vrhovac... Comments (0) Read more

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