Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 1:54 PM

Category: First Person

A group of stalkers has for the first time reached the very heart of the Zone – Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, and brings about a cataclysm on the brink of a catastrophe. An immense blowout of anomalous energy changes the Zone. There are no more reliable and relatively safe roads. The entire levels vanish in the outbursts of anomalies. Stalkers and even expeditions die or end up sealed on the lost territories. New areas, which remained unknown since the time of the Zone emergence, appear on the Zone map. The Zone continues to shake with blowouts. The Zone is unstable. The anomalous activity is at its maximum.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:47 PM

Category: First Person

Just as with Battlefield before it, Section 8 will have vehicles playing a large role in its gameplay. But unlike Battlefield, Section 8's method of earning these vehicles is based around a monetary system where players build their wad of cash by taking down enemies and capturing command points.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:31 PM

Category: Console Games

The industry is fundamentally driven by technology. I think dedicated games devices, i.e. consoles and handhelds, will die [out] in the next five to ten years.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 10:48 AM

Category: Action

Within the next few weeks, PC gamers will finally get a chance to get their hands on Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed, the much-hyped, open-ended, free-running action game released last holiday season on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. In it, players control Altair, a talented assassin working for a mysterious brotherhood who's tasked with eliminating nine main targets in the cities of Jerusalem, Damascus, and Acre.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 5:13 PM

Category: Role Playing

I think it’s safe to say that we’re really happy with the reception The Witcher has received, but we also realize that there’s a lot of room to improve. There’s still a pretty significant audience out there that hasn’t played the game, and that’s a big part of why we’re working on The Witcher Enhanced Edition. For a debut game from a fledgling studio for a “dead platform” in a relatively niche genre, though, I think the game’s success is astounding.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:55 PM

Category: First Person

More than just a visual and technological achievement, Far Cry 2 immerses players in an entirely new kind of gaming experience, featuring a custom-made video game engine built from the ground up. Players will discover a true open world gameplay set in one of the most beautiful environments in the world, Africa, brought to life by high-definition next-gen technology.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 11:22 AM

Category: Role Playing

What most developers miss when they make computer RPGs is that RPG stands for role-playing game. It does not stand for adventure game, nor does it stand for hack'n'slash. Although both are part of a good RPG (who doesn't like some action now and then and adventures are a must, naturally), RPG is also much more. You aren't just going through and adventure, killing enemies and looting treasures, you are supposed to be playing a role.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 6:42 PM

Category: Role Playing

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 7:23 PM

Category: Developer

All I can say is that we have been working on some really, really cool A.I. and simulation stuff for a long, long, long time now. We had a breakthrough about six months ago, and that breakthrough led to this game.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:59 PM

Category: Role Playing

The as-yet-untitled expansion to the game is currently slated for release in the third quarter of 2008, and will not require the original Dungeon Lords to run. The stand-alone game will serve as a bridge between the first release and Dungeon Lords 2, which will feature an all-new graphics and physics engine, a new epic quest and original art.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 11:40 AM

Category: Developer

We're just playing through the opening scenes of the game, which is childhood. When you first play the game, you start off as this eight-year-old kid who's either a boy or a girl. We're just playing through the first thirty minutes of childhood at the moment.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:30 PM

Category: Role Playing

Karlsruhe, MARCH 20th, 2008 - SouthPeak Games and ZUXXEZ Entertainment today announced that it will be releasing a sequel to its popular open world role-playing game, Two Worlds. Entitled “Two Worlds: The Temptation”, the game is slated to be available on Xbox 360® and Windows PC this fall.

Taking place shortly after the events portrayed in the first Two Worlds, The Temptation takes place in Eastern Antaloor, in the regions surrounding Oswaroh and the Drak’ar Desert. Featuring as much content as the original, Two Worlds: The Temptation will feature more intricate missions, improved voice-overs and animations, retooled horseback riding, completely revamped combat, and a new game engine that delivers visuals that have to be seen to be believed.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 1:04 PM

Category: General

The Somerset-born author came to fame in 1968 when short story The Sentinel was made into the film 2001: A Space Odyssey by director Stanley Kubrick.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 8:36 AM

Category: First Person

The follow up to “Action Game of the Year” (PC Gamer), reprise your role as Tommy, the native warrior who saved Earth from alien invasion in Prey. This time, abandoned and framed for the disappearance of his family and girlfriend, Tommy escapes an Earth that no longer wants him for a future that cannot survive without him. Building on the mind-bending portal and gravity-defying gameplay of the original with several innovative new twists, Prey 2 promises to once again take players into a compelling science-fiction world with breathtaking visuals and adrenaline-pumping action gameplay. Prey 2 is currently being developed in cooperation with Human Head studios and slated for Xbox 360 and PC platforms.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:11 PM

Category: First Person

While this game is your basic first-person shooter and feels nearly identical to Far Cry in most ways, it does have some significant departures from your standard shooter fare, in the form of the Nano-suit your character wears. The Nano-suit provides four different powers that you will need to use in order to make it through the journey in one piece. These abilities are triggered via the middle mouse button and are fairly easy to trigger and use on the fly with a little practice.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:32 PM

Category: Role Playing

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 7:17 PM

Category: Role Playing

"When you make a statement like 'this is the RPG that people have been waiting for', then you better back it up and you better spend a hell of a lot of time on it," Atwood told Eurogamer.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 1:13 PM

Category: Role Playing

We haven't announced plans for timing on Mass Effect 2, period, so at this point we're not really ready to talk about it, but because we've got a really great PC fan base we think it's really important to deliver the PC experience as quickly as possible.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:40 PM

Category: Role Playing

When fighting multiple enemies, it's rather crucial to note that they will try and flank you. During these moments, you have the option to enter "close combat". In close combat, your hero stops swinging in wide arcs and starts kicking away those behind him, punching when needed and stabbing rather than slicing. The most appropriate skill from your skill set is chosen.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:09 PM

Category: Role Playing

2K Games said today that BioShock 2, the sequel to the wholly owned and internally developed title, is being developed by 2K Marin and is planned for release in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009. The critically acclaimed BioShock title has sold over 2 million units worldwide since its launch in August.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 1:13 PM

Category: Role Playing

The spark that fired my imagination for RP gaming was D&D, where Gygax shared with me adventures in lands from his own imagination. To depart a bit from the usual RP conversation here, I want to tell you what else I learned from D&D, things about the real world that were taught to me through a fantasy game, and how they have and are coming full circle.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 2:08 PM

Category: General

Dungeons & Dragons’ elaborate yet elegant game system is the bedrock upon which all modern videogames are built. Most of the gaming paradigms we know and love were forged on the anvil of TSR’s Dungeons & Dragons in 1974. So-called “RPG elements” have infiltrated every genre under the sun from shooters to platformers to racing games.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 8:35 AM

Category: Massively Multiplayer

In a world filled with cruel gods, mythical creatures, lost civilizations and a struggling human race, the mighty barbarian has finally seized the throne as king of Aquilonia. But Conan's rule is on the brink of chaos, spiraling towards the doom of ancient evils. In this twisted fantasy world, dark magic and brutal combat lurks around every corner, and each man and woman must carve their own unique destiny under Conan's reign. In the true vision of Robert E. Howard's dark universe it's now time for you to become a messenger of death.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:11 PM

Category: Role Playing

King’s Bounty: The Legend is a knight saga, an exciting blend of role-playing adventure and tactical battles reviving glorious traditions of the legendary “King’s Bounty” game.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 8:01 PM

Category: Strategy

Designed to be the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game, StarCraft II will feature the return of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg races, overhauled and re-imagined with Blizzard's signature approach to game balance.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 9:58 PM

Category: General

It was in the basement of his own home that Gary Gygax held the very first Gen Con. Little did he know his small group of twenty would soon grow into the world's largest hobby-games convention that would have a direct impact on our culture some forty years later.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:17 PM

Category: Role Playing

Drakensang brings back epic party-based RPG gameplay in a breathtakingly detailed world, based on one of the world’s biggest pen & paper franchises. With incredible eye for detail, the world of Aventuria comes alive on the PC in state-of-the-art 3D graphics that bring to life the epic vistas and stunning variety of this one-of-a-kind fantasy world.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 5:50 PM

Category: Developer

Gary Gygax, one of the co-creators of the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, died Tuesday morning at his home in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, according to Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games.

Gygax designed the original D&D game with Dave Arneson in 1974, and went on to create the Dangerous Journeys and Lejendary Adventure RPGs, as well as a number of board games. He also wrote several fantasy novels.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:43 PM

Category: General

Two, the numbers on piracy are really astonishing. The research I've seen pegs the piracy rate at between 70-85% on PC in the US, 90%+ in Europe, off the charts in Asia. I didn't believe it at first. It seemed way too high. Then I saw that Bioshock was selling 5 to 1 on console vs. PC. And Call of Duty 4 was selling 10 to 1. These are hardcore games, shooters, classic PC audience stuff. Given the difference in install base, I can't believe that there's that big of a difference in who played these games, but I guess there can be in who actually payed for them.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 9:08 AM

Category: Entertainment

Legendary Toronto blues guitarist and old-style jazz aficionado Jeff Healey died Sunday in Toronto’s St. Joseph’s Hospital after a lifelong battle with a rare form of cancer - retinoblastoma - that blinded him in his first year. He was 41.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 8:32 PM

Category: Movies

One of the biggest complaints about the pending third Underworld picture isn’t that it’s being made in the first place, but that the star of the first two movies isn’t coming back for the third one.

Posted by Darren 'Doom Dude' Finch at 12:44 PM

Category: Action

The story so far is this: In the near future, the world is utterly decimated by pandemics, terrorism and wars. Humanity is in shambles, and from the wreckage arise The Cardinals, mysterious figures who posses the power of time travel. The Cardinals go back and undo the causes of the destruction, but become so drunk with power in the process that they reshape the whole world specifically to their liking. Now, they are free to rule as they wish, as the sands of time have flowed in such a way that their leadership is unquestioned, and they wield supreme control.