Staci Krause and Sandra Guajardo will be attending the Austin Game Developers Conference next week and as part of the programming, will be liveblogging several panels that may be of interest to the MMO community. Want to know what Damian Schubert, who works for Bioware Austin, thinks of high end gameplay? Have an interest in seeing what people are saying about taking the grind out of the MMO grind? Or want to know what the keys are to free-to-play MMOs? Attend our live blogs and your comments and questions might even make it to the panelists ears during the open Q&A; at the end of the panels!

Even if you miss the live blog, you can replay it and see all that occurred during the panel afterwards. Check out our schedule for the conference and mark your calendars!

Below is the latest list of community submitted entries to our databases.

Player Screenshots

Concept Art by Dutch Butcher (Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics Official Screenshots) -- Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics Concept Art

Submit your own now!

We have launched the newest of our Vault sites - this time the very exciting title coming from the fantastic Liquid Entertainment and Codemasters crew - Rise of the Argonauts Vault is your one-stop shop for all your Rise of the Argonauts needs. We have launched with content that will have the fans of the game and mythology stumbling over themselves! A prime example is our Myths and Lore Wiki.

The most excellent segment of the site is the movies database in which we are in the process of uploading every single movie the codies and liquid crew throw at the community... and these guys rock! If you aren't hyped about the game now, you will be by the time you have finished watching the movies!


Be sure to stop by, in the upcoming months we'll be stuffing so much info into this site that both the struggling gamer and the pro gamers will find all they need to know! It hasn't set sail yet but feel free to get on board at RotA Vault!

The latest Stormreach Chronicle is available now, and includes a letter from the editors, Turbine Town Crier, Guild Hall, and many more features.

GenCon is coming up quickly! It's just 18 days away. Vault will be attending GenCon and we're curious who will be there among our readers and who might like to come hang with us Vaulties one night.



Go post on this thread to talk GenCon 2008.

We here at Vault are staffing up for a new site dedicated to Codemasters' and Liquid Entertainment's upcoming RPG being released on PC, XBox 360 and PS3, Rise of the Argonauts. It is set around the story of Jason and the Argonauts, with some liberties taken for the sake of entertainment.



If you are at all interested in helping build this site, please send an email to rosethorn (at) vaultnetwork.com. We are looking for a site manager, database fillers, guide writers, general editorialists and newsies.

IGN Vault has the following openings for enterprising and intelligent individuals who would like to make the world of MMOs and RPGs a better place to hang out. All positions are VOLUNTEER unless otherwise stated:

Network Newsie - This individual will post news on our IGN Vault main site. They will also post news on some of our individual vaults. The right person for this job will have time every day to post MMO and RPG related news, be able to search out and find interesting news, have a lot of personality and be very entertaining and informed. THIS POSITION IS PAID.

Video Expert - We are looking for someone who can help us create and put out a Vault Video each month. This person would be knwoledgeable about the ins and outs of producing video for the web.

Editorial Writers - These individuals will write editorial/interview content for the IGN Vault main page. We are looking for several individuals who would like to contribute in a network-wide position, who are opinionated and informed and would like the opportunity to break into writing about MMOs and RPGs in a substantive way.

For these positions, please contact skrause (at) IGN.com. Please include examples of your writing, where relevant to the position, and contact information via instant messenger.

The following positions are available on our individual game sites:

Age of Conan Vault

Night Time Newsies: Able to pick up on official announcements and community news from 7:00 PM EST / 4:00 PM PST onward.

XML Editor: We need someone who is familiar with XML and is playing Age of Conan.

If you are interested in either of these positions, please contact jube (at) vaultnetwork.com.

Guild Wars Vault

News Reporter - Someone who can keep up with basic Guild Wars developments on the Official Site and beyond in the MMO world.

Strategy Writer - Someone to write PvP guides, Skills Spotlights, and help fill the Template Database.

Please contact dom (at) vaultnetwork.com to apply for these positions.

Lineage 2 Vault

News Reporter - Someone who can keep up with basic Lineage 2 developments on the Official Site and beyond in the MMO world.

Translator - Fluent in Korean and English and capable of viewing Korean sources and translating.

Lineage 2 Vault application information

Lord of the Rings Online Vault

News Digests
Description: Write a summary of the news for each week.
Deadline: One article each week.

Strategy Writers
Description: Write LOTRO strategy guides.
Deadline: One article of at least 500 words every 2 weeks.

Columnist/Editorialist
Description: Write columns or editorials. Not looking for ranters or expose' writers.
Deadline: One article of at least 500 words every 2 weeks.

Please contact angelina_rayne (at) vaultnetwork.com to apply for these positions.

Vanguard Vault

Vanguard Vault is in need of the following staff:

Fanfic Writer

DB Workers

Artistic Staff

Guide Writers

If you are interested in these positions, contact avalon (at) vaultnetwork.com.

Warhammer Vault

Warhammer Vault has need of the following individuals:

News Reporters

Artists

Please contact swanny (at) vaultnetwork.com to apply for these positions.

Witcher Vault

Witcher Vault has the following openings:

Database Admin - Someone to add to the databases

News Reporters - Someone to post news as it comes available

Quest Guide Authors - Someone to write quest guides

Column/Fanfiction Writer - Someone to provide stories related to the Witcher content.

To apply for these, please email rottingflesh (at) vaultnetwork.com.

World of Warcraft Vault

Crafting Master

Description: Oversee the crafting database. Make sure all craft skills are being updated and cross reference guides.
Requirements: You will need to be a self starter and have the discipline to accomplish a set number of entries per week.
For more information please fill out this form.

Wiki Master

Description: Set up and manager the WoW Vault's wiki section(s)
Requirements: Must have a working knowlege of wiki and be able to complete tasks in a timely manner
For more information please fill out this form.

Editorial Manager

Description: Oversee all staff writers. Make sure deadlines are being met. Select and spotlight reader submitted fan fiction and articles.
Requirements: Must have good people skills and work well with others. Organizational skills and ability to meet deadlines is needed.
For more information please fill out this form.

We have launched the newest in our Vault sites - this time the very exciting title coming on May from Funcom - Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures. Age of Conan Vault is your one-stop shop for all your Age of Conan needs. We have launched with some truly amazing content, including an interview with Jason Stone, a hilarious top 10, some gorgeous screenshots taken by our staff in beta (approved by Funcom of course!), the first 2 beta journals written by our very own -Pagan- and more!



We hope you enjoy our site and will make our forums your home for chatting about this very exciting title.

Vault Network honors the man who made it possible for us to even exist. Gary Gygax, co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons and genius at role-playing rulesets, died yesterday at the age of 69. In honor of all he has done for our industry, we have put together a memorial page.



Memorial for E. Gary Gygax

Please join us in remembering and honoring the impact that this great man has had over us all. Share your thoughts in this thread as well.

We here at the Vault Network would like to wish all our readers the merriest of holiday seasons. We are proud you have made us a stop for your news, information and community and hope you continue to do so in the future.



Enjoy our comic and our best wishes.

The Vault Network is once again very excited to announce the launching of our latest site, The Witcher Vault. Please take a moment and drop by and check out all the latest in news, information, guides, databases and community for this exciting role-playing game set in a dark world where monsters are found in plenty.

The Witcher Vault

We're contemplating the future of the Vault Network and what sites would fit well within our community. Please go vote on the poll at Vault Hub and comment on this thread to help us out!

The Vault Network is once again very excited to announce the launching of our latest site, Pirates of the Burning Sea Vault. Please take a moment and drop by and check out all the latest in news, information, guides, databases and community for this exciting game on the high seas.

Pirates of the Burning Sea Vault

GameArena now has up their review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics. Here is an excerpt:

Except he must have missed the part where the entire game is one giant "Go here, kill this" mission which gets boring after you've killed your second enemy. And not just any old kind of boring either. It is annoyingly boring. You pick up loot one piece at a time but you have to scroll through the menu to the search corpse option, then to the pick loot option, then to a get loot option, by which point I was ready for the "Turn PSP off and destroy game" option. This was literally all before I'd even gotten to fight a single enemy. I'd just stumbled upon some dead guys corpse and searched it directly outside the very first dungeon. Fighting was actually worse. Imagine scrolling through a list of options just so you could move one of your 2 characters. Now imagine doing this every time you wanted to move and that there is more scrolling coming to attack something, cast a spell or use your special move. Infuriating.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.

Gaming Today now has up a review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. Here is an excerpt:

But let�s back up. Before entering the game you�re able to create your own characters so that you can play campaign mode with an entirely custom party as opposed to using pre-made characters. All of the standard races and classes are here, including the Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter, Monk, Paladin, Psion, Psychic Warrior, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer, and Wizard. Beyond that, you can tweak your character�s deity of choice, his or her alignment, and select from a short list of avatars that offer little variation. The lack of much visual distinction is pretty disappointing in this day and age of being able to customize characters to such an extreme degree.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.

CNET now has up their review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. It's a short review, but gets its point across. Here is an excerpt:

Having gone to good lengths to make this game easy to pick up for a new gamer, it still feels that the real enjoyment is left for the die-hard Dungeons & Dragons fans.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.

Game Boyz now has up their review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. Here is an excerpt:

The menu system that can drive the game is more complex than most games. It is here the bulk of your battles is executed. You'll find yourself digging far deeper into menus than you'd like for some things. The game is quite deep and the menus reflect that depth and practice makes perfect.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.

TotalPlaystation now has up a review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. Here is an excerpt:

The game consists of a series of missions that you move through using a world map. It�s a mostly linear path but there are places where you get a choice of which place to go to next and there are some locations that are optional. Some of the locations are simply places to shop for gear and items and do not have missions associated with them. The world map is also where you save and load games, buy and sell items, and also where you manage your party. This consists of trading items between characters, equipping items, and leveling up characters.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.

GameInformer now has up their review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. Here is their review:

Previous attempts at translating the Dungeons & Dragons tabletop experience to video games (like Dark Alliance or Neverwinter Nights) have had to make certain concessions to be playable. D&D;: Tactics hardly makes any, and as a result, feels like you are playing with the worst DM ever. I felt completely confined by the rigid rules, limited skill opportunities, and a between-battle interface that�s more complicated than figuring out the rules for grappling. D&D;: Tactics tries to find the middle ground, but ends up lacking both the freedom that distinguishes tabletop D&D; and the gameplay that makes the digital versions entertaining.

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Killer Betties now has up their review of Dungeons and Dragons Tactics for the PSP. Here is an excerpt:

The real faults of DnD:Tactics come from the gameplay, which perhaps remains too faithful to the franchise. You'll start the isometric levels exploring around, looking for mission clues, chests, and you'll keep looking around until you run across an enemy. Once you meet an enemy you'll find yourselves in a queue of battle commands, where when it is your turn you have exactly two options at your command before your turn is over and another one of your characters has to act. Typically your two move turn will include you moving into position and then your second turn attacking the enemy. It's easy enough to figure out that you need to move to the yellow squares around enemies to perform an attack, but it can be difficult to move into place as your guide arrow doesn't like taking diagonals based on camera position, so you'll sometimes have to angle your camera just perfect so that your movement arrow can be recognized.

Read the full article and come back here for all the latest news.