Archive for 2009

First screenshot of Torchlight!

Torchlight is the upcoming singleplayer action-RPG from Runic Games. Runic is the company created from the remnants of Flagship Studios West. The guys that were working on Mythos. Anyhoo, they’re developing a single-player RPG first, followed by an MMO… which has just been announced to be published by Perfect World Games. This means that it [...]

Free Realms beta early impressions

So I got into said beta on Saturday. Although the game sounds pretty interesting, I was most keen on trying out their supposedly super-fast download system. According to the Sony folks, the client streams to your machine while you create your character on the website. I was skeptical. Not that I didn’t believe them. Okay, [...]

Dragonlance MMO in the works?

Okay, so this is complete conjecture by me. But seriously, you don’t have to be a genius to figure out that this is on its way to your sweaty palms. Interestingly, it looks as though it’s coming courtesy of Curt Schilling‘s new game company, 38 Studios. To start with, they’ve got R.A. Salvatore on staff [...]

I like Sacred 2 and I like patches. Hooray for me.

That’s cause Sacred 2 just got patched. According to Fidgit, it adds more leaves. Well, it really just adds more PhysX effects. As far as I’m concerned, anything to do with that useless PhysX crap that installs useless drivers on my computer is not news-worthy. However, much more importantly, it also adds a virtual tome, [...]

WoW patched. Again. Whatever.

This latest update to Blizzard’s monstrously successful MMORPG adds Ulduar, a new dungeon where you’ll BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH DE BLAH. You know you’ve already downloaded it. via World of Warcraft Patch 3.1.0 Released – Shacknews – PC Games, PlayStation, Xbox 360 and Wii video game news, previews and downloads.

Tag. A mashup of Portal and de Blob.

Love the music. Love the concept. Love love love. It won ‘Best Student Game’ at the IGF (Independent Games Festival) 2009. I’m not surprised – it’s innovative and looks like a helluva lot of fun. Go download it. NOW. Tag: The Power of Paint. Complete walkthrough from Tejeev Kohli on Vimeo.

Bioshock 2 – now with pointier hands!

Okay, so it was a good game. But from the looks of this trailer, Bioshock 2 is um, well, identical to Bioshock. I’m all for sticking with what works, but what exactly is our motivation to go buy the sequel? New levels? I can’t honestly figure out what’s different here. Here’s the preview teaser from [...]

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