Game Workers Alliance, the division of Raven Software QA employees that decided to become the first studio within Activision Blizzard to unionize, announced their decision last week, they ended an ongoing strike and asked the company to voluntarily recognize their union. The deadline for a response was 6 p.m. Eastern […]
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Now available in PDF (softcover coming soon) is the 6th issue of the Awfully Cheerful Engine! And in this one, we taking a lovingly irreverent look at the fantasy tropes of the hobby in true Pratchettian fashion! DUNGEONS MEET DRAGONS! Don your armour, sharpen your sword and ready your lantern. […]
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Indie MMORPG Ship of Heroes has a new beta coming up and the Heroic Games team even has a target release window in mind. With these preparations, the team launched a brand new website with new features and content, and are planning rounds of new beta testing. Ship of Heroes […]
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Malmo, Sweden | January 24th, 2022 – Join Henrik’s stream on Monday the 24th of January at 19:00 UTC and celebrate the eve of the Mortal Online 2 launch! Henrik the CEO of Star Vault and game designer of Mortal Online 2 is hosting a massive sponsored giveaway stream on […]
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NPR Sunday Puzzle (Jan 23, 2022): Wondering What To Do in your State Capital? Q: Name a state capital. Take the last two letters of the city’s name and the first two letters of its state’s name. Then rearrange these letters to name an activity closely associated with this city. […]
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All I wanted Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning – Fatesworn to be was more Amalur. Give me an interesting world filled with interesting people, fun quests, and overpowered weaponry. Fill in more of the mystery of this decade-old world, and show me that this franchise might have a pulse after all, […]
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It’s Friday, and there’s a new peek from the Profane team on development. This time, the peek we’re getting on Twitter is all about skills. This is accompanied by a short video showing off one of the casting animations they’ve created. When it comes to skills and spells, they’ve stated […]
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I recently saw a musical analogy for my board game Britannia that made me think about a related analogy to explain opposed games versus puzzles, and further, RPGs. Let’s have a go. A “Competitive Jazz Quartet” On Boardgamegeek.com Nicholas Bamber said: “In most Euro-games each player gets a keyboard and […]
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The news that Activision Blizzard King has been sold to Microsoft for nearly $70 billion dollars is still reverberating through the community. Blizzard’s Mike Ybarra has released a statement about the deal and what it means for the company going forward. As the remaining lead at Blizzard, Ybarra calls the […]
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The latest update to World of Warcraft Burning Crusade Classic brings back The Black Temple. Take on Illidan Stormrage himself if you’re at level 70 + and you want the classic challenge when it unlocks. The update also adds the Battle for Mount Hyjal to take on the demon Archimonde, […]
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