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Mythic Entertainment has officially kicked off the second live in-game event in the Call to Arms! series, which is called Beyond the Sands. Players will now be able to log in and start participating in the event which will lead up to the release of the new Land of the Dead dungeon later this year.
"The race to the Land of the Dead has begun, as the forces of Order and Destruction vie for the valuable resources to fuel their expeditions and build an airship. Join the effort by speaking to Garek Hammershield in Altdorf's War Quarters or Nebesh Painson in The Inevitable City's Fate's Edge." Read More »
The moment you've all been waiting for -- assuming you like playing Left 4 Dead -- is nearly here. Today at around 2AM PST, Valve Software will release its first downloadable content pack for Left 4 Dead via Xbox Live. The Survival Pack will also release on PC the same day. We reported last week about some of the new features that the free-to-own DLC will bring to the game, chiefly the all-new survival gameplay mode.
"The Left 4 Dead Survival Pack will be released via Xbox Live at roughly 2 am PST on April 21. The DLC is free to all owners of Left 4 Dead and introduces a new multiplayer game mode entitled, Survival, plus two complete campaigns for Versus Mode. The PC version of the DLC is targeted for release later in the day. For more information, please visit www.l4d.com." Read More »
Fresh from the cutting room floor, Eidos has released another vignette from its upcoming action adventure game Batman: Arkham Asylum. The one-minute clip details another villain; this time in the shape of the dreaded Harley Quinn. Rockstead's Batman game is rapidly becoming one of the bigger profile titles due for release this year.
So far, we can expect to see The Joker, Bane and Harley in-game but there's still plenty of time left before the game ships out on June 23rd in North America, so expect more reveal trailers to arrive courtesy of Eidos before that date. Read More »
Chances are you've probably known someone with an addiction to something. It's a heavy word, one that has a lot of negative connotations associated with it. So when the Washington Post publishes a story about a study which says that 8.5% of people between the ages of eight and 18 are "pathologically gamers" who show signs of addiction, it grabs your attention.
Psychologist Douglas Gentile, a professor at Iowa State University, conducted the study on a group of 1,178 people. Using the same criteria that's used to weed out the people who are addicted to gambling, Gentile determined that his subjects were pathologically into gaming if they showed at least six of the 11 signs of addiction. Examples of the signs of addiction included lying about the length of time spent playing, stealing money for games or games themselves, and having to spend more time playing in order to achieve the same level of excitement. Gentile also found that four times as many boys as girls fell into the realm of "pathological gamer." Read More »
Wait, did you forget the wine glasses?
The Flintlocke saga continues in Flintlocke vs. The Horde, the follow-up to GameSpy's original World of Warcraft webcomic. Prepare for action, drama, l33t drops and funny accents, though probably not in that order. Read More »
Flintlocke vs. The Horde is back! While Fargo may have moved on to Blizzard, he left us with an... err... hoard of Flintlocke comics. The epic saga of Rok'tar will continue until it reaches its creator's epic conclusion.
New comics will now be posted every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and can be found in the PC section of GameSpy.com. Fans, new and old alike, should also check out our previous World of Warcraft comic, Flintlocke's Guide to Azeroth. Read More »
During a recent press event held in London, England, Bethesda unveiled plans for the latest game in its Fallout series. Called Fallout: New Vegas, representatives of the company told the press that this new title is not a sequel to Fallout 3 (GameSpy's 2008 Game of the Year), nor is it a simple expansion.
Fallout: New Vegas is being developed by Obsidian Entertainment, the developers of the original Fallout game (then known as Black Isle Studios). Details surrounding the game remain extremely limited at this point, and it is not yet known if Fallout: New Vegas will use the same engine as Fallout 3. Read More »
A new racing game world record was set this past weekend in Glasgow, Scotland. Members of a gaming community known as Ready Up took on the challenge to set a new record for the longest marathon playing a racing videogame. According to Guinness World Records, the team of six lead by one Kirsten Kearney only took a few short breaks while successfully playing Criterion's racer Burnout Paradise from 10 a.m. Saturday through 10 a.m. the following day.
"A proud and exhausted Kearney said:
I am so thankful to our team and supporters from Ready Up for seeing this challenge through.'" Read More »
A UK-based press release from Eidos was sent out this morning detailing the contents of the upcoming collector's edition of Batman: Arkham Asylum. The Dark Knight's premium pack comes packed with extra goodies, the coolest of which by far is the 14" Batarang, complete with display stand.
The game is set to hit Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC later this summer and as we've pointed out before, Eidos is putting a lot of stock behind it being one of the best releases this calendar year. The full contents of the collector's edition are as follows: Read More »
A few years from now consumers of electronic media could be sitting down with a bag of popcorn and watching a motion picture based on Fallout. Similarly, there's a chance that TV viewers could be watching a series based on the franchise on the boob tube. That's because Bethesda's parent company, Zenimax, recently registered two specific trademarks which pertain to movie and TV show rights.
Blog Dwell On It noted that the company owns all other U.S. trademarks related to the game property: Read More »
Shadowbane will officially close its doors, shut down its servers, and become part of MMORPG history on May 1st. Ubisoft is said to be closing the title down, and while no specifics are really given over on the official website, there is a reasonably lengthy post which thanks the users and developers of the game alike. Shadowbane lasted around five years in a playable live state.
"We come to you now with regret and sadness, but also happiness and pride. Regret and sadness that it has finally come to this and as of May 1, 2009 the Shadowbane servers will be powered down once and for all. Yet happiness that it lasted so very long, and pride to be able to stand before such a passionate community to thank you for your undying support and unwavering loyalty to Shadowbane." Read More »
If you're the sort of person that can't stand the thought of missing out on the latest episode of "Lost" or "Fringe" then chances are that someone's told you about The Pirate Bay. The Swedish-operated Internet site is largely considered to be the biggest and best torrent site on the web, but the BBC news service is reporting today that the site's creators were sentenced to one year in jail for breaking copyright law.
The four people currently running the site were also ordered to pay 3.5 million dollars in damages to the likes of Warner Bros., Sony Music Entertainment, EMI and Columbia Pictures. Read More »
One of the biggest benefits of writing about videogames professionally is that by combining your hobby with your work you're able to satisfy your research needs while simultaneously enjoying yourself, killing two birds with one proverbial stone. In my case, I've been able to spend hundreds of hours playing World of Warcraft over the past few years without feeling too guilty about it.
I've quit for several months at a time, usually to dabble in another MMO, yet always come back to experience the lastest WoW content update or expansion. In preparation for the 3.1 patch and Secrets of Ulduar, I decided that I wanted to join a raiding guild that was all about progression, tackling the toughest bosses and pushing themselves to experience all the game had to offer. Lots of game journalists play WoW here and there, but very few are in successful raiding guilds that manage to clear content. Read More »
Because sometimes you just need a dozen taquitos.
The Flintlocke saga continues in Flintlocke vs. The Horde, the follow-up to GameSpy's original World of Warcraft webcomic. Prepare for action, drama, l33t drops and funny accents, though probably not in that order. Read More »
Yesterday Ubisoft decided it was time to send out the official word on Assassin's Creed II, the follow-up to 2007's high-profile action adventure game. The teaser trailer doesn't give a lot away, but now Ubisoft has graced the gaming community with a few scant details -- including the name and background of the new main character Ezio -- in the form of a press release to accompany the movie.
"Assassin's Creed II is the product of over two years of intensive development by the original creative team behind the Assassin's Creed brand. In a vast open world environment, the game invites players to incarnate Ezio, a privileged young noble in Renaissance Italy who's been betrayed by the rival ruling families of Italy." Read More »
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