The fifth day of Steam’s Summer Sale is a go and PC gamers can get Star Wars: The Old Republic, Age of Empires III, Dear Esther and Metro 2033 with a 75% discount. In addition, those interested can get the … Continue reading →... Read More»

Speaking at the Develop Conference in Brighton yesterday, Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter said that EA CEO John Riccitiello was “worried about being fired.” Though Pachter later explained that he was joking at the time, a new report from GameFront claims Riccitiello has good reason to be concerned. According the rumor, sometime after the company’s July ... Read More»

If you’re on the fence about paying a subscription fee for Star Wars: The Old Republic, then EA and BioWare have an interesting proposition for you. Play it for free, no time limits and no hidden charges, up to level 15. With the SWTOR team launching their free trial promotion, their hope is that you’ll sign up for ... Read More»

BioWare has announced today that Star Wars: The Old Republic will now be offering a free trial, similar to how World of Warcraft offers a level-capped experience for new players to be able to try out the game and decide for themselves if they want... Read More»

Wedbush Securities analyst Michael Pachter believes that MMO subscriptions have reached their peak according to PCGamesN. He believes that there are only six to seven million people who are willing to spend $15 per month. "I thought Star Wars: The Old ... Read More»

Nvidia has released a new set of beta drivers for its GeForce graphics cards. GeForce 304.79 introduces a new anti-aliasing technique called TXAA. NVIDIA TXAA is new film-style anti-aliasing technique designed specifically to reduce temporal aliasing (crawling and flickering in … Continue reading →... Read More»

Both GameStop and Amazon are listing Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Collection for a July 17 launch, Joystiq reports. It’s to cost $20, and it’s exclusive to PC. There’s been no announcement as yet, but expect more soon. ... Read More»

It’s a good day for Star Wars fans everywhere as both GameStop and Amazon are currently carrying listings for a Knights of the Old Republic Collection, hinting at a possible re-release of BioWare’s critically acclaimed RPG and Obsidian’s sequel. The compilation is listed as a PC exclusive, priced at $19.99, and, according to amazon’s penciled date, will release ... Read More»

South Park fan? RPG fan? In March 2013, worlds collide to bring you South Park: The Stick of Truth. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the creative geniuses behind South Park and Book of Mormon, have a new video game in... Read More »... Read More»

LucasArts, BioWare and EA (ugh… when you put it that way it’s very worrying to see one of the greatest creative developers ever lodged between two money-hungry publishers) have announced today that the latest free update for their mooted WoW-killer is available for download right now. The update 1.3 titled ‘Allies‘ provides a number of ... Read More»

BioWare and LucasArts announced today that the latest free game update for the award-winning MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Game Update 1.3 – Allies, is available now. Allies delivers many of the game features the community has been asking … Continue reading →... Read More»

BioWare has announced the release date of patch 1.3, known as Allies, for Star Wars: The Old Republic. The update will go live tomorrow, June 26, and introduces new Legacy Perks, Ranked Warzones, Adaptive Gear, and the much-requested Group Finder. Servers will go down tomorrow for around four hours, once they return you will be prompted to download the ... Read More»

Will Star Wars: The Old Republic move fully to the free-to-play model? BioWare's not telling.Star Wars: The Old Republic will offer players the chance to play up to level 15 for free from next month, but BioWare remains coy on whether the subscription... Read More»

There’s a lot of presumption out there that MMORPGs can’t or don’t tell stories like their single-player counterparts. Me, I think it’s nonsense. Maybe that was true in the past. It isn’t now. In fact, I’ve been amazed at how much they’ve evolved from oldschool monster-clubbing. Somehow, some way, MMOs started telling stories. Final Fantasy XI has character-focused missions bound together into a grand narrative, Age of Conan has its early-game switches between single-player and multiplayer, and Guild Wars has its hub-and-instance structure. Dungeons and Dragons Online actually has a narrator. Storytelling’s gotten big, and storytelling choices has become key to differentiation within the genre. Even World of Warcraft (WoW) has evolved into a story-focused game... Read More»

Nvidia has released a new set of beta drivers for its graphics cards. These new drivers come with increased performance for GeForce 400/500/600 Series GPUs. In addition, Nvidia has included new SLI and 3D profiles for most recent games, and … Continue reading →... Read More»