Sony Online Entertainment this week stated they’d have a ‘new announcement’ on Friday at their annual Fan Faire player event. SOE President John Smedley addressed the assembled players, revealing an in-game trading card game that’s to be rolled out to players of EverQuest and EverQuest 2 sometime before the end of the month. The game […]

This past week the winners of the 2007 E3 critics awards were announced. Newsweek’s LevelUp blog had the chance to speak to some of the developers behind the award-winning games. Along with speaking to folks like Alex Ward for Burnout Paradise , Alex Rigopulos for Rock Band , and Herman Hulst for KillZone 2 , […]

ANAHEIM, Calif.–Hundreds of attendees here at BlizzCon took time off from playing Starcraft II and the newly announced World of Warcraft expansion, Wrath of the Lich King, to attend a spirited panel on the upcoming WOW movie, plans for which finally seem to be coalescing. Blizzard COO Paul Sams and chief creative officer Chris Metzen […]

GamePolitics has extensive coverage on the aftermath of this past week’s Federal raids on suspected modchippers. There were numerous negative reactions to the action here on the site, and your comments were not alone. Many commenters at the site Dvorak Uncensored expressed similar frustration and disbelief at the federal government’s priorities. As stated on the […]

It isn’t all World of Warcraft at BlizzCon this year. That little sequel they’re making to StarCraft has gotten quite a bit of attention as well. Gamespot has a liveblog transcript of a StarCraft II demo. This one, unlike the last, focuses on the Terrans rather than the Protoss. Several new units and build options […]