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PC

Free-To-Play Microsoft Flight Launches Feb 29

4:30AM February 7, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Microsoft’s casual take on the PC flight simulator takes to the air on February 29, the free-to-play title supplemented with $US20 of downloadable content right out of the gate. why fly just one Hawaiian island when you can fly them all? More »


PC

Dungeons & Dragons Online’s First Expansion Pack Travels To The Forgotten Realms

3:30AM January 20, 2012 | Mike Fahey

The most disappointing aspect of Dungeons & Dragons Online was that the game was set in Stormreach instead of the much more popular Forgotten Realms campaign setting. Turbine rectifies that mistake with the first expansion pack for the six-year-old MMO, Menace of the Underdark. More »


News

Screens And Video From The Old Republic’s Rise Of The Rakghouls Update

5:30AM January 13, 2012 | Mike Fahey

Detailed last week and set to release next week, Star Wars: The Old Republic‘s first major update, Rise of the Rakghouls, looks pretty spectacular. It’s a pity it won’t look this good to players. More »


PC

America, France And Britain Ruin Everything In Total War: Shogun 2 — Fall Of The Samurai

4:20AM November 29, 2011 | Mike Fahey

Earlier this year The Creative Assembly took Total War: Shogun 2 players into the past with the Rise of the Samurai downloadable content. In March the company heads in the opposite direction with the standalone Fall of the Samurai expansion pack. More »


PC

Review: World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Shatters Expectations

3:00AM December 25, 2010 | Mike Fahey

Nothing ruins a perfectly good fantasy world like an enormous angry dragon tearing through the surface of the planet, destroying everything in its path. How does Blizzard’s ridiculously popular online role-playing game fare in the face of this Cataclysm? More »


In Real Life

World Of Warcraft: Cataclysm Is Go

7:40PM December 7, 2010 | Mike Fahey

It’s after midnight Pacific time, and the Goblins and Worgen have begun flooding into Azeroth as World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion goes live. I’ve made my new characters, have you? More »


News

Building Up To World Of Warcraft’s Cataclysm

5:30AM October 27, 2010 | Mike Fahey

On December 7, the world of Azeroth changes forever, but fans waiting for the Cataclysm expansion may want to hop back into World of Warcraft before the big day, when lead world designer Alex Afrasiabi says things will be insane. More »


News

Sweeping World Of Warcraft Class Changes Detailed

3:20AM October 13, 2010 | Mike Fahey

World of Warcraft: Cataclysm preparation patch 4.0.1 is bringing significant changes to the way many of the game’s classes function. From the end of Soul Shards to making Death Knights viable tanks, Blizzard outlines some of Cataclysm’s biggest shake-ups. More »


Is December 7 The World Of Warcraft Cataclysm Release Date?

5:20AM October 2, 2010 | Mike Fahey

A day after Amazon.com suggests a January release for World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm expansion, MMO Champion uses a combination of patch info and official forum posts to nail down December 7 as the date. What does Blizzard say? More »


News

Fly Through World Of Warcraft’s Cataclysm, Quickly

8:00AM May 20, 2010 | Mike Fahey

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YouTube user Supereuropaa has posted a pair of videos taking us through World of Warcraft’s Cataclysm alpha test, from character creation and beyond. Catch them while the catching is good! More »