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As a fan of League of Legends, I feel a bit guilty for not playing for at least a month. I haven’t even read about the last two heroes. However, what’s important is that other people are playing and some of these other people happen to be a Congressman taking a stand against SOPA right [ READ MORE ]
Zynga has finally hit the big time, if you define big time as a perfectly timed IPO. For a company that was founded only in 2007 on by copying a poker site, they have come a long way. Or have they? When Mark Pincus started the company in 2007, he took a big gamble by [ READ MORE ]
Riftforge is finally open for a limited public playtest. You can start playing immediately by entering this secret passcode – SOFIA. eu.riftforge.com Playtest objectives Riftforge playtest objectives are two and we expect your feedback on both: Collect balancing data on the RPG classes Improve the interface and overall interaction with the game Playtest feature list [ READ MORE ]
As a big fan of tactical RPGs, I often browse GOG for old games that have stood the test of time. I have re-played Icewind Dale a few times through the years but I wanted something a bit different, yet D&D. So I reviewed the comments and found that at with the Christmas promotion, you [ READ MORE ]
Roger Dickey from “Money Talks” speaks about monetizing social games. He’s the creator of Mafia Wars and he also headed Fishville and advised the international product team while at Zynga. At 3:00 minutes, he confirms that Zynga isn’t relying on innovation but waits for a competitor to get the right mix for a game and [ READ MORE ]
The discounted offers we got for Thanksgiving are sometimes indicative of where a certain game is headed. I’ve ranted once about how expensive certain Facebook games are and how inexpensive online games have become. I used RIFT as example, because getting a real MMO for $5 was news back then. Well, for Thanksgiving, they brought [ READ MORE ]
With the recent announcement of a new World of Warcraft expansion, Blizzard has confirmed my belief that their transformation from a cult game company to a mainstream one is complete. Blizzard wants to be the Disney of video games now. Also, they also want to move their sinking (subscription numbers wise) flagship to shallow water [ READ MORE ]
Looking at the coverage from Blizzcon 2011, I had a sudden realization: Blizzard cannot survive on cult games any more, they need blockbusters! With the wild success of World of Warcraft, Blizzard has turned from a company specializing in cult games for hardcore gamers to a generic game company producing for the average Joe. It’s [ READ MORE ]
Blizzard has caused quite a stir when they announced that players will be able to purchase Diablo 3 items of real money. Admittedly, they won’t be creating these items from thin air but they will take a cut from every transaction that occurs between players. Now Blizzard is testing the water for introducing RMT to [ READ MORE ]
I recently completed two Drizzt trilogies in the span of a week. I started reading chronologically: first, the Dark Elf trilogy; and then, the Icewind Dale trilogy. The books have built quite a fan base, judging by the comments at Amazon. As a big fan of roleplaying games (AD&D in particular), I thought the books [ READ MORE ]
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