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A funny thing happened not long after my little shaman alt stepped through the Dark Portal the other day: Someone asked me to group with them for a quest. I was floored. After speeding through Cataclysm's new, streamlined content from levels 1 through 58 with virtually no interactions with other players -- and on two characters, to boot -- it was almost as if I I'd just received first contact from an alien civilization. And because the quest centered on Arazzius the Cruel, a hulking Eredar lord whose quest bounty includes an awesome trinket that lasts for several levels, I accepted the offer. We beat him down, we got our trinkets, and -- most importantly -- we added each other to our buddy lists. As we went our separate ways, the whole experience made me realize just how much the loss of these little required personal interactions have changed the game's community. Read More »
Let's get this out of the way immediately: this story comes from Fox News. What's the organization that sensationally described Mass Effect as Luke Skywalker meets Debbie Does Dallas have to say about video games this time? It's a doozy: Bulletstorm might be "the worst video game in the world" and games like it are responsible "in large part" for the statistical rise nationally in sexual assaults. Read More »
The Dungeon Siege III train is beginning to build steam as the action RPG continues its climb to a May release, and today Obsidian Entertainment and Square Enix are ready to share a new story and gameplay trailer. Read More »
Major Nelson shared some good news with Xbox 360 gamers today, detailing the release schedule for the Xbox Live Arcade House Party promotion -- a schedule that includes an HD remake of Ubisoft's classic adventure, Beyond Good & Evil, and former PC-exclusive dungeon crawler, Torchlight. Read More »
First Sony brought a civil suit against LG Electronics alleging patent infringement. Seoul-based LG has responded with a similar complaint of its own that, if successful, would ban the PlayStation 3 in the United States. Read More »
Here's a story that makes you feel good about the oft maligned gaming community: UK gamer Gareth Garratt, who suffers from cerebral palsy and plays video games by pushing a mouse with his chin, couldn't play Dead Space 2 on his PC because the title doesn't include customizable controls. Thanks to 26,000-plus gamers and developer Visceral Games, that's about to change. Read More »
Like its lead character, 2007 supernatural FPS The Darkness is coming back from the dead. 2K Games announced this morning that The Darkness II is now in development and scheduled for release this fall. Hit the jump for the gory details. Read More »
It's good to be Assassin's Creed. Ubisoft's second Ezio adventure, Brotherhood, received the 2011 Writers Guild of America Award for best writing in a video game this weekend, and the franchise's Facebook page is on the verge of adding its 1 millionth fan. Read More »
Memories of BlizzCon 2010 still fresh on the minds of thousands of gamers, Blizzard Entertainment announced today that the sixth BlizzCon gaming convention will kick off on Friday, October 21 in Anaheim, California. Read More »
Ubisoft is putting a modern spin on the Wild West world of Call of Juarez. The publisher announced today that the third game in the franchise, The Cartel, is now in development and set in present day. Read More »
You've got questions about EA's just announced Battlefield 3, and DICE's Alan Kertz has answers. The designer's Twitter account has been transformed into a live Battlefield 3 Q&A;, providing fresh details on the upcoming shooter. Read More »
Sure, there have been pictures and Internet video aplenty of Sony's long-rumored PSP phone, but it wasn't until last night's Super Bowl XLV broadcast that the Japanese tech giant officially unveiled the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Thumb the jump for details. Read More »
People Can Fly's video game parody of the Call of Duty franchise is officially an Internet sensation. The Bulletstorm studio announced yesterday that Duty Calls has been downloaded more than 1.25 million times. Read More »
What are our romantic feelings about cartoon characters? What did Scott Bromley find in the sewer? What's Ryan Scott's perfect meal? Why is GameSpy's lone editor playing Demon's Souls? And just how cool is Cool Dog? All this and more, in this week's episode -- with a brief cameo by IGN video maestro Ty Root! Read More »
We've already heard that the spiritual successor to Demon's Souls will be even tougher than the original (gulp!). Today Dark Souls director Hidetaka Miyazaki provides details about the upcoming dark fantasy RPG's enhanced difficulty level as well as other tweaks From Software is making to the anticipated game. Read More »
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