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Zach Schiel of Stratos Group dropped us an email letting us know that they have posted up a second edition of their article entitled “This Week in Gaming”. Here’s a bit of what they have to say: “Truly, this week…

Heart of Winter Preview

GameSpot has posted up a preview of the not-too-distant expansion for Icewind Dale, Heart of Winter. Not only that, but they also have some movies from the game (including the intro) for your viewing pleasure. To tantalize your interest, here’s…

No More 3Dfx?!

Well, this comes as quite a shock to me. I remember seeing the press release awhile back that 3Dfx was going to stop producing 3D cards and instead produce the chips for other manufacturers, but now 3Dfx looks to be…

Warcraft III Interview

The Armchair Empire has posted up an interview with Bill Roper of Blizzard Entertainment, asking various questions about their upcoming RPG/RTS Warcraft III. Here’s a bit of what they had to say: AE: Since heroes imbue abilities upon the other…

Ultima Online: Third Dawn

GameSpot UK has posted up a brief description of the new 3D client for Ultima Online, Third Dawn. Along with the short article, they’ve placed up 9 new screenshots of the client in action. For some UO viewing pleasure, click…

Survivor of the Ages

RPGPlanet has posted up several screenshots for an upcoming 3D RPG entitled “Survivor of the Ages”. I can’t honestly say I’ve ever heard of this game, but the screenshots from the beta build of it look pretty damn good. Check…

BG2 International Patch

BioWare has released the international version of their recent official patch for Baldur’s Gate II. Head on over to download it by clicking here.

Umber Hulk Screenshots and Wallpaper

Planet Neverwinter has gotten their hands on a nice assortment of Umber Hulk screenshots from the upcoming RPG from BioWare, Neverwinter Nights. Looks like there is even a new set of Umber Hulk wallpaper. Check out the goodness by clicking…

Wizardry 8 Preview

Maybe I didn’t read the FAQ well enough but it’s the first time I’ve heard that Sirtech’s yet-to-be-published RPG Wizardry 8 was the last of a trilogy beginning with Wiz 6. All I knew was that it built on the…

Microsoft and Electronic Arts

I received an email from Microsoft today citing an official press release concerning Electronic Arts’ agreement to produce games for the Xbox. This isn’t exactly RPG related, but since some of the games might indeed end up being RPGs, I…