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New Shadowbane Website

Those of you who have been following the MMORPG community for some time will no doubt have heard of GameZNet and their popular sites, such as EQ’Lizer and the Camelot Guild. Well, GameZNet’s JC Smith has now opened a new…

German Dungeon Siege Preview

And in more Dungeon Siege news, the German website Gamigo.de has written up a preview of the game. Even though it’s not in English, there are several very nice screenshots from some of the later areas of the game posted…

Dungeon Siege Press Event Pictures

SiegeTower.de, a German Dungeon Siege fansite, has posted seventeen pictures from the Munich press event with Gas Powered Games’ Chris Taylor.

Chat Wrapup

The chat at Planet Dungeon Siege was a blast, even if the dev’s never showed. The two interviews that were promised by PDS can be found here and here.

Equipment Update

Today’s update includes some of the most powerful items found in Albion (Legendary Afanc, Dartmoor, and Lyonesse), as well as a few Hibernia items. For those of you who are submitting screenshots, you may or may not be aware of…

Icewind Dale II Preview

The Armchair Empire has written up a preview of Black Isle’s upcoming Icewind Dale II. Here’s a snippet: The game will take place about one and a half generations after the events of the original, continuing to allow players to…

Dungeon Siege Chat

There’s a chat due to beggin any minute on mIRC hosted by PDS.The server is “irc.gamesnet.net” and the channel is “#planetdungeonsiege”. Sorry about the late news.

Might & Magic IX Hands-off Preview!

Now here’s something to lick one’s chops on – a tasty hands off preview (but well done) from ToTheGame.com of 3DO’s (read: New World Computing’s) RPG that’s soon to come, Might & Magic IX. Included in the preview are a…

Icewind Dale II Designer Diary #1

Icewind Dale II’s Dave Maldonado has written up a Designer Diary for RPGVault, talking about when the game went into development and what he has worked on. An excerpt to follow: Each designer handled this in his own little way,…

BioWare’s David Chan Speaks

Penny Arcade has posted what looks to be an email from David Chan of BioWare, in which he talks about how he got started into the gaming industry and what exactly he does at BioWare. Here’s a snippet: In the…