I think it’s safe to say that Star Wars: The Old Republic is one of the most anticipated Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games to come out in nearly a decade. When you look at the pedigree, it’s hard to deny that there are a lot of high caliber forces coming together to make this game. Star Wars is one of the most beloved Sci-Fi franchises of all time, Bioware is one of the premiere RPG developers, and Electronic Arts has one of the biggest coin-purses in the video game industry. So with all this expectation and fawning, can the title…
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Moments ago, Bioware sent out a mass email to gamers who may have previously played their classic RPG Neverwinter Nights and may be affected by this latest security breach. We recently learned that hackers gained unauthorized access to the decade-old BioWare server system supporting the Neverwinter Nights forums. We immediately took appropriate steps to protect our consumers’ data and launched a thorough ongoing evaluation of the breach. We have determined that no credit card data was compromised from the servers, nor did we ever have or store sensitive data like social security numbers. Our investigation shows that information such as…
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I recently dusted off my Mass Effect 2 disk and suited up once again with Commander Shepard, this time to pick up the latest and final downloadable content (DLC) called Arrival, which sets the stage for the third Mass Effect game. In this DLC, Shepard is sent by Admiral Hackett from the Human Alliance on a jailbreak of a human spy from a secret Batarian prison. With the state of the galaxy being what it is, the Batarians aren’t super friendly towards humanity (in the Bring Down the Sky DLC for the first Mass Effect, for example, they were looking…
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Figuring that everyone would be writing reviews for Dragon Age 2, I had no plans to review it myself. Yet after reading all the reviews out there, I felt that there was a voice missing from the discussion. The voice of the traditional role playing game fan. A person that has rolled dice, kept a note pad handy for puzzles and loves blatant math in their gameplay. Simply put, the type of person a franchise like Dragon Age should appeal to. The love affair betwixt Bioware and myself is a long one. For over a decade I have foamed at…
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Spike TV had its annual Video Game Awards this past Saturday, and there were some pretty large announcements. Multiple triple A franchise sequels were revealed. Bethesda Software announced that the newest entry in the Elder Scrolls series, titled Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, would be launching on November 11th of next year. Sony also revealed that the next installment of the Resistance FPS series is on the way. It is currently slotted for a Summer release and is scheduled to hit shelves on September 6th. While this is great news for PS3 owners, they have even more to look forward to…
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