Whatever you think of him, Tim Tebow has made a contribution — if indirect — to video games development. Last year, as the quarterback was leading the Denver Broncos to an improbable six-game winning streak. David Murray got an idea to create a “Tecmo Tebow” image — Tebow, as an 8-bit Tecmo Super Bowl player, kneeling in the end zone.
Check out this trailer for French studio Cyanide’s Game of Thrones RPG. The video reveals the town of Riverspring, a once thriving hub of commerce now suffering recession and the death of its lord.
Coming soon to Pinball FX 2 and Zen Pinball platforms everywhere, Epic Quest is a pinball table that merges the science of the silver ball with the loot gathering, experience points, and levelling of a role-playing game. How dangerous is that concept?
Bethesda previously announced the Skyrim Creation Kit, which will let PC users re-invent their hit RPG in unimagined ways.
Yes, it’s the most tiresome practice in all of hype-dom: the clip that promotes another clip. Still, Capcom’s been very quiet regarding its Japanese-developed, Western-styled action/RPG so any new look at it is worth paying attention.
Curt Schilling, the head of 38 Studios, has taken to his studio’s own forums (and also NeoGAF’s) to face the music regarding a buggy demo version of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning and plans for day-one downloadable content. He’s as plain-spoken here as he was on sports radio when he was a Major League Baseball all-star. It’s an attribute that got him in trouble in his baseball career, but gamers seem to respond to it little better.
More than 350 retired server blades — the physical manifestations of World of Warcraft‘s virtual realms — are being auctioned off by Blizzard, which will donate the proceeds to the renowned St Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital.
The advocacy publication for disabled video game enthusiasts has named Star Wars: The Old Republic its Mainstream Game of the Year, meaning it is the most widely released title that also is most accommodating of gamers who have different needs to enjoy full-featured gameplay.
If you’re an MMO fan and you haven’t heard of TERA yet, then you’re missing out. A beautiful and fluid MMORPG that features real time combat, it’s the kind of game that even hardened MMO vets like me have been waiting for.
