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Monday, October 16, 2006
The Artistry of Lord of the Rings Online -- The Ered-Luin
The home of Thorin Oakenshield during his long exile from the Lonely Mountain remains a place of wonder and excitement. (more)
The Artistry of Lord of the Rings Online -- Breeland
The central portion of Eriador is built around Bree, home of the famous Prancing Pony where there's much devilry afoot these days. (more)
The Artistry of Lord of the Rings Online -- The Shire (PC)
It's a gentle place of rolling hills and placid farmers where the unlikeliest of heroes emerged to fight the evil of the Ring. (more)
EA Offers Unlockables for Cash
You can earn your extras, or you can just pay for them on Xbox Live. (more)
Xbox 360 Gets Source
Valve Software's shiny game engine is available for Microsoft's shiny system. (more)
Judge Gives Bully a Green Light
An attempt to ban Rockstar's new videogame fails. (more)
New E3 Details Unveiled
The ESA finally spills the beans on the new E3 Media and Business Summit. (more)
The Artistry of Lord of the Rings Online
It's one of the most beloved places in the universe that doesn't actually exist. Here's how Turbine is bringing it to life. (more)
Lord of the Rings Online -- The Creatures of Middle-Earth
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Is It Tolkien Yet? -- Art & Design in Lord of the Rings Online
GameSpy talks with Turbine about Tolkien, good, evil, and the importance of pronouns in Lord of the Rings Online. (more)
Friday, October 13, 2006
Into the Hellfire
We take our first steps into the Hellfire Peninsula and the high-level content of Outland, courtesy of the Burning Crusade beta. (more)
The Draenei Experience
We crash land on Azeroth and begin the trek to level 70 as a blue-skinned Draenei Shaman. (more)
Blood Elf 101
An initial run of kill-stealing, leveling and exploring as a Blood Elf Pally in The Burning Crusade. (more)
Ridge Racer 7 Developer Diary #3
Associate producer Hideo Teramoto talks about what's different this time around. (more)
Dancing MMO Coming to PC
Why fight when you can boogie? (more)
Behold: The Real Sword of a Thousand Truths
Blizzard confirms the existence of the magical sword from the South Park premiere. (more)
Comcast Hands Control of G4 to E!
Management of the network that was "TV for Gamers" is changing. (more)
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Xbox Live Temporarily Unplugged
Microsoft's online service will be down for maintenance on October 17. (more)
Microsoft Seeks to Inform Parents
The software giant is undertaking a campaign to educate parents about the ESRB. (more)
World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
Blizzard kicks off the beta test for its upcoming WoW expansion, and our team has initial impressions of the new races, starting zones and high-level content. (more)
Sam & Max Cartoon Series Returns
GameTap will begin airing episodes of the old cartoon online. (more)
The End of Clover Studio
It's over for the development house behind God Hand and Okami. (more)
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Rockin' Out With Guitar Hero II
We play through 24 songs from the upcoming Guitar Hero sequel and share results and impressions from each. (more)
PlayStation 3 Pre-orders Sold Out
GameStop and EB Games burn through their quota of PS3 pre-orders in less than a day. (more)
Phantasy Star Universe Beta Postponed
Sega pushes back the release date for its beta test. (more)
Dig Dug Goes to Live
The classic arcade game is available today. (more)
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Nintendo on the Wii Remote Sensor
Does sunlight affect the functionality of the Wii? (more)
The Return of After Burner
Sega's classic arcade flying game heads to the PSP. (more)
Blockbuster Video Top Ten Video Game Rentals
Tony Montana shows everyone who the real boss is. (more)
Monday, October 9, 2006
Sega Offers Open Phantasy Star Universe Beta
Play the latest Phantasy Star game online for free. (more)
The Complete Guitar Hero II Song List
The track list to the rockin' guitar game from Harmonix is finally released. (more)
Experts Forecast 20% Growth in Videogame Sales
Wedbush Morgan Securities anticipates continued growth in the game industry. (more)
Friday, October 6, 2006
Lacey Chabert Voicing Sonic Character
Princess Elise gets a celebrity voice in the new Sonic the Hedgehog game. (more)
Study on Gamers Released
Nielsen Entertainment's third annual Active Gamer Benchmark Study is now available. (more)
Thursday, October 5, 2006
Sam & Max Gets Priced
Find out how much it'll cost to join the infamous furry duo on their latest adventure. (more)
New Videogame Cartoon Coming to Cable TV
G4 Network snags an unnamed, original animated series about game programmers. (more)
GameSpy Gets Cooperative with Google
Streamline your videogame searches with Google's new search refinement service. (more)
Dungeons & Dragons Online: Stormreach -- The Demon Sands
Delsyn goes hands-on with DDO's Module 3, where he learns to hate sand, jackal-men and women with six arms. (more)
Wednesday, October 4, 2006
Battlefield 2142 Demo Out Friday
Get a sampling of the latest game from DICE. (more)
Blizzard Announces WoW: The Burning Crusade Collector's Edition
A collectible version of the highly anticipated expansion pack is on the way. (more)
