World of Warcraft Miniatures Game Released
By Centauri2002 • Nov 11th, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsToday sees the release of the hit MMO, World of Warcraft’s very own miniatures game. Created by Upper Deck Entertainment, the company behind the WoW TCG and various sporting memorabilia, the game offers players a recreation of the MMO’s gameplay for the tabletop.
Combining the use of figures and terrain pieces, players can take the role [...]
Star Wars: The Old Republic Announced
By Centauri2002 • Oct 22nd, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsBioWare and LucasArts announced yesterday that they would be working on the new MMORPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic, also being referred to as Knights of the Old Republic 3. The news has been long awaited by the gaming community and has been rumoured for some time.
The game is set 300 years after the events [...]
Blizzcon ‘08: Day Two
By Centauri2002 • Oct 13th, 2008 • Category: Articles and Features, Videogame ArticlesAfter the revelations of the first day of Blizzcon ‘08, attendees were able to sit in on more panels, tournament action, contests, game footage and play testing. As with the Day One feature, here is a round up of the events of October 11th at the Anaheim Convention Center.
Among the major events of the convention [...]
Blizzcon ‘08: Day One
By Centauri2002 • Oct 11th, 2008 • Category: Articles and Features, Videogame ArticlesFriday 10th October saw the first of a two-day event for Blizzard Entertainment’s very own convention, Blizzcon ‘08. Hosted in the Anaheim Convention Center, California, where it has been held since 2005, this year sees the event also being televised on pay-per-view on DirecTV. For the $100 ticket, attendees will have access to the full [...]
Review: DOFUS
By Centauri2002 • Oct 11th, 2008 • Category: PC & Mac Reviews, Reviews, Videogame NewsTitle: DOFUS
Developer: Ankama Games
Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, Windows
Release date: September 1, 2005
Genre: Fantasy Tactical MMORPG
Subscription: Free/£3.99 a month/£37 a year
Rating: PEGI - 12+
DOFUS, created by the Ankama Group, is the leading MMO in France, having won several awards, and has recently reached a landmark 10 million players since [...]
Tokyo Game Show: PC Game Trailer Round Up
By Centauri2002 • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: Articles and Features, Videogame Articles, Videogame NewsThis year’s Tokyo Game Show is an opportunity for many games companies to showcase their upcoming projects. As such, there are plenty of trailers being screened for the press and public to view. Here’s a quick overview of some of the PC games shown at the event so far.
Prince of Persia
Developer: Ubisoft Montreal
Publisher: [...]
Square Enix and NeuroSky Unveil MindSet
By Centauri2002 • Oct 10th, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsSquare Enix, one of Japan’s biggest game developers, has teamed up with NeuroSky, the leading manufacturer in “wearable” consumer bio-sensors, to give us a game demonstration, using MindSet, on October 9th at the Tokyo Game Show.
The technical demonstration was performed on a Windows PC and featured the MindSet headset, which is capable of interfacing to [...]
Deus Ex 3 First Look
By Centauri2002 • Oct 4th, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsSince its announcement in March 2007, Eidos Montreal has been keeping a tight lid on details concerning Deus Ex 3, the latest in the series of popular role playing game-first person shooter hybrids. A teaser trailer was revealed in November 2007 but not much has been seen since. That is, until PC Zone’s 200th issue [...]
Trailer for Gothic 3 Expansion Released
By Centauri2002 • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsAustria based games publisher, JoWood Productions have recently released a new trailer for their Gothic 3 add-on, Forsaken Gods. Gothic 3, a role playing game released in October 2006, received mixed reviews but was fairly successful, winning awards and being praised for its open-ended world, landscapes, and musical score.
It was announced in April 2008 that [...]
Blizzard Battles Against Bot Developer
By Centauri2002 • Oct 3rd, 2008 • Category: News, Videogame NewsGames developer, Blizzard Entertainment, has taken legal action against MDY Industries, provider of the Glider bot, winning an estimated $6 million in damages. Blizzard claimed that the software infringed the copyright of their MMORPG, World of Warcraft and, in July, US District Court Judge David Campbell ruled that it broke the players’ terms of license.
Glider [...]









