You know the one we're talking about: That sparkly winged horse, right? In today's WoW Factor, we take a look at cosmetic mounts and their effect on World of Warcraft. See what you think!
The latest Anarchy Online Monthly Update has arrived with all sorts of news about big changes coming to the game. The update covers the new game engine, the overhauled new player experience, profession changes, server migrations and more. It's a must-read for AO fans.
Develop-Online.net is reporting that World of Warcraft, Starcraft and Diablo developer, Blizzard Entertainment, is making 600 jobs 'redundant'. According to the report, 10% of the jobs will come out of the development crew with the rest coming out of business oriented departments like customer support.
If you know what a MUD is, you're one of an increasingly small number of people who do. Maybe you remember your first MUD and wonder why it hasn't made the jump to a full-fledged MMO. Read our latest No Elves Allowed column for more thoughts about MUDs, MMOs and more.
During the Guild Wars 2 press beta a week or so ago, we had the opportunity to check out all of the game's professions. In our latest preview, we check out the Elementalist, that purveyor of fire and ice. See what you think and then leave us a comment or two.
While not an MMO, 38 Studios' Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is of interest to our readers. This is largely due to the future release of Copernicus, an MMORPG set in the same world as Reckoning. See what we thought of KoA:R and then leave us your thoughts in the comments.
Namco Bandai's PSP RPG Tales Of The Heroes: Twin Brave is the new Japanese all-formats number one.
It's been a busy week for new releases in Japan, with the entire top six consisting of new entries. Harvest Moon's 3DS debut takes second spot, with Capcom's Asura's Wrath in fifth, selling just over 30,000 units during the week.
Raspberry Pi, the $25 PC that it is hoped will give rise to a new generation of programmers, launched this morning, and sold out within hours.
Gamesindustry.biz reports that demand for the low-spec PC, which launched in the UK priced at just £22, brought down its stockists' websites. Premier Farnell limited sales to one per customer, while RS Components is building systems to order.
This morning's news that Game Group will not be stocking EA titles, including Mass Effect 3, from next week onwards has predictably hit the company's share price hard.
At the time of writing, a single share in the nation's largest specialist videogame retailer costs 5p - a drop of 14.97 per cent since the day's trading began.
If Nintendo is to differentiate its eShop from the App Store it needs more software as substantial as Dillon’s Rolling Western, which offers thirty levels of its unique, idiosyncratic spin on the tower defence genre. Yet while Vanpool’s game comfortably clears the 10-hour barrier – perhaps double that for those wishing to pursue its elusive five-star goals – it comes at a cost, and that’s not just the £9 pricetag.