Blizzard Entertainment has released an official v1.8.1 patch for World of Warcraft, which addresses a few bugs with the game’s user interface, some exploits in the Arathi Basin battleground, and more. Check out the full patch notes for both v1.8.1…

MMORPG.com has tossed up a short preview of Cryptic Studios’ City of Villains, after spending some firsthand time with the game. A little something to get you started: Cryptic did a particularly masterful job on the archetypes; they’re close enough…

The folks at Eurogamer have gotten their hands on the very first screenshots showing off Obsidian Entertainment’s Neverwinter Nights sequel. They definitely look better than the ones we saw in the Dragonshard manual!

BioWare’s official website has once again received its weekly update of in-house game news, which includes the second installment of their BloodSpell profile. Straight from BioWare’s front page: The second part of our BloodSpell profile continues with this week’s focus…

The Philadelphia Inquirer has published a short article that provides a retrospective look at the last four years of Microsoft’s soon-to-be-retired Xbox. A snippet: Gamers who took the Xbox plunge quickly discovered that this was a system like no other.…

RPG Vault continues their “It’s Alive” series for Anarchy Online, this time discussing free play, in-game advertisements, and an influx of new subscribers. An excerpt to follow: With the addition of video-based functionality, it also adds another tool for the…

The Armchair Empire has put together a preview of Darkfall Online, the upcoming fantasy MMORPG from Razorwax. Check it out: While things are fairly open-ended in terms of character development, the game is a lot more concrete in how it…

Two more gaming sites have kicked up reviews for Atari and Liquid Entertainment’s RTS/RPG hybrid, Dragonshard. The first is at ComputerAndVideoGames with an overall score of 78/100: There are only two resources in Dragonshard: gold and the eponymous dragonshards. These…

Spike TV has announced the nominees for their Video Game Awards 2005 event, with five of the games we cover on GameBanshee making the list. Of course, they all fall into the “Best RPG” category: Jade Empire(TM) (Microsoft Game Studios)X-Men…

BioWare sent over a press release earlier today announcing that they have been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Employers. EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada, October 25, 2005 BioWare Corp. is honoured to announce that it has been recognized as one…