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WoW: Community Interviews: Enigma (Blizzard)
We've updated World of Warcraft's five-year anniversary site to include a frank ...

EVE: DEV BLOG SNIPAH: Alliance Tournament 8! (CCP)
Hello eSports fans!It is my proud duty to bring to you the details of Alliance Tournament VIII - it's like Alliance Tournament VII, but with an extra I!Along with this blog release comes the latest update to the Alliance Tournament section of the site. Cast your eyes a little bit to the left, and a little bit downwards; almost...almost...there we go! Both the rules and the format sections have been updated, so I'd like to explain some of the thought processes behind these updates.We h ...

Ars: etc: Lady Gaga will find her way to the Rock Band store next week. Four songs will be available, along with one cover track with vocals from South Park's Cartman. (Ars)
Lady Gaga will find her way to the Rock Band store next week. Four songs will be available, along with one cover track with vocals from South Park's Cartman.Read More:Rockband.comRead the comments on this post ...

Exteel: Coming Soon - Screenshot the Spot Contest! (NCsoft)
Beginning Wednesday, March 10 we will have a new forum contest. Nyx will take screenshots in-game and you have to figure our where she is! Prize is a custom forum title!... ...

EQ2: Update Notes: Tuesday, March 9, 2010 (SOE)
GENERALIt should be more difficult to get out of PvP combat after engaging someone in PvP combat.You can no longer break PvP encounters by using /yell.All raid mobs have had their damage and melee reduced by 10-20%BATTLEGROUNDSYou will now only get a death credit in a battleground if you actually die.Ungrouped members on the same team should be autogrouped after a few seconds.The old group icons are back. So custom UI group icons should work normally now.Russian names now display properly in the ...

Ars: Valve: full "Steam" ahead on Mac OS X with free syncing (Ars)
Valve has stopped with the teasing and has officially announced that its online gaming service Steam is coming to the Mac. As a bonus, the company also plans to make the Mac a "tier-1" platform, promising simultaneous release of games on Mac OS X, Windows, and Xbox 360.Valve has developed a Mac-native version of its Source engine, using the cross-platform OpenGL. "We looked at a variety of methods to get our games onto the Mac and in the end decided to go with native versions rather than em ...

L2: Server Maintenance - 3 - 9 (NCsoft)
All servers will be down for maintenance on Tuesday, March 9th at 8am PST / 10am CST / 11am EST / 4pm GMT. Estimated downtime is approximately 2 hours. Click here for patch notes. ...

Ars: Ubisoft on DRM snafu: servers attacked, pirates locked out (Ars)
Those playing Assassin's Creed 2 on the PC got a rude reminder of DRM's pitfalls when the servers that authenticate the game went down. Many complained on the company's official forum, and tempers ran hot. Remember: the game has to be in contact with Ubisoft's servers to work; if the connection is lost, the game shuts down.Ars Technica contacted Ubisoft to ask about the issue, and we were told that the issue wasn't simply a server malfunction. "This 'failure' was due to a massive DDoS attack on ...

VG: Game Update - Wednesday March 10th, 2010 (SOE)
Magi Hold: Chapter 2 has arrived! There are new adventuring, crafting, and diplomacy quests now available for level 50+ players.You can find quest boards leading to Magi Hold in New Targonor, Ahgram, and Tawar Galan. See Naji Sevenblade in the Magi Hold barracks before the furnace room to start the first part of the main quest line, or her assistant Shou Kai Skyfall for side quests.ContentMagi Hold NPCs have been updated with new attacks and abilities. The Sisters event has been fixed and re-ena ...

EQ: Game Update Notes - Wednesday, March 10, 2010 (SOE)
Here's a sneak peek at Wednesday's Game Update Notes. These notes are subject to change before the servers reopen on Wednesday.*** Highlights ***- The Convorteum and the First Creation:The Convorteum is a secluded area of the Underfoot that is the home of the First Creation and the heart of the conspiracy against Brell. It is a massive, inverted pyramidal structure sprouting from the ceiling of a huge, lava-filled chamber. Those that have been converted to the Faith of Self come to the Con ...

WoW: Elitist Group Addon Review at Ten Ton Hammer (TenTonHammer)
Is Elitist Group for Elitist Jerks or is it a useful mod? Find out here!In this day and age in World of Warcraft it's hard not to judge someone based on their gear. ...

Global Agenda: Robotics in PvP Guide at Ten Ton Hammer (TenTonHammer)
How to PvP as a Robotic in Global AgendaWe've all had it happen. We join a random PvP queue and get a bunch of scrubs who don't know how to play. ...

Star Trek Online: Captainâ€™s Blog, GDC and STFs at Ten Ton Hammer (TenTonHammer)
Devs show patience at GDC, Medeor SteamsStar Trek Online heads to the Golden State with a lot of questions to answer (some from our very own readers). ...

Fantasy Earth Zero: Hands On Combat Preview (MMORPG.com)
MMORPG.com's Carolyn Koh took Square Enix's new fantasy MMORPG Fantasy Earth Zero for a test drive in this latest hands on preview focused on the game's combat gameplay. ...

AoC: Funcom Community Managers Join Podcast to Talk About AoC and TSW at Ten Ton Hammer (TenTonHammer)
Funcom CMs talk abou AoC and TSW.Funcom personalities Glen â€œFamineâ€ Swan and Oliver 'Tarib' Kunz recently joined the cast of the podcast ...

Portalarium Interview (MMORPG.com)
MMORPG.com's Garrett Fuller spoke to Portalarium CEO Fred Schmidt and Chairman Dallas Snell about their partnership with gaming visionary Richard Garriott, as well as their plans for Portalarium in the social networking game space in this latest interview. ...

Final Fantasy XIV: FFXIII PS3 Contains Exclusive FFXIV Item, Beta Opportunity (MMORPG.com)
Those of you picking up your copy of Final Fantasy XIII for the PS3 today should be excited by the latest revelation to come out of the US PlayStation blog. Every copy of the PS3 version of Final Fantasy XIII will come with an exclusive in-game item for Final Fantasy XIV, as well as the ability "to enter for a potential opportunity to become a beta tester for FINAL FANTASY XIV for PS3." ...

WoW: FigurePrints, Printwarcraft.com, and SwagDog Promotion (Blizzard)
Our partners at FigurePrints, Printwarcraft.com, and SwagDog are currently offering a 10% discount on select custom World of Warcraft products until April 30. Whether you visit ...

WoW: Printwarcraft.com Custom Poster Contest Week Four (Blizzard)
The Printwarcraft.com Custom Poster Contest has come to a close. We've seen thousands of amazing poster creations, and have chosen one among them all as our week-four winner, and also our grand prize winner as the top poster creation across all four weeks. Congratulations go to Ainyan from Durotan. ...

WoW: Mastery Sneak Peek (Blizzard)
Cataclysm will alter the face of Azeroth forever, but the landscape isn't the only thing that's changing. As part of our ongoing look at how stats and other game systems are evolving in the expansion, we've posted an in-depth preview of the ...

Ars: feature: God of War 3 review: this is the way it ends (Ars)
Kratos wants to do one thing: kill Zeus. It's the only goal that the "Ghost of Sparta" has in the entirety of God of War 3, and everything from the epic beginning moments to the final credits serves to make that happen. If you haven't played the first two games and you have a PlayStation 3, it's worth your time to pick them up and get up to speed on how our "hero" became what he is today. Also, don't skip on the PSP adventure Chains of Olympus.You can't respect how something ends before you ...

Ars: Blur's multiplayer beta hints at a spectacular game (Ars)
Bizarre Creation's Blur is shaping up to be a great arcade-style racing game for the PC, PS3, and 360. The game's multiplayer beta is officially launching today on Xbox Live; we got to spend some time with it this weekend, and it's a ton of fun to play. The beta lets players check out four tracks, four play modes, eight power-ups, and fourteen vehicles.Getting access to most of this content utilizes a ranking system that will seem familiar to anyone who's played a game with competitive multiplay ...

L2: L2 In The View:Last Queen Of Rune Town (Lineage 2 Vault)
Link Last Queen Of Rune Town / L2 VAULT Screenshots database For thousand of years Rune Town has been a powerfull town.Her commanders and soldiers... ...

NWN: New Community Content! (Neverwinter Nights Vault)
Below is the latest list of community submitted entries to our databases.NWN2 Original HakpaksTrinity Soloria Student Cloak by Daronas (Gaming... ...

DAoC: Immediate EU Server Downtime - 3/9/2010 (Dark Age of Camelot Vault)
The Herald tells us today that EU Server is offline for immediate maintenance!We will be bringing down all EU servers at 900 PM EST/200 AM GMT for... ...

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