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News archive - search criteriaNews listing - 5071 newsposts foundMount & Blade Preview at Game Banshee ( Preview ) There's a Mount & Blade preview up at GameBanshee written by none other than Brother None of NMA and RPGCodex fame.
I've seen many attempts to quickly describe Mount & Blade. It has been said that the game looks like an interpretation of Dungeons & Dragons from someone who never played D&D, it has been called Pirates! in a medieval setting, and, most aptly, a mix of Pirates!/Elite with role-playing mechanics. It has been a couple of years since I played this. I may have to fire it up again. Check Mount & Blade out for yourself, here. There are 6 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
Sacred Pokes the Penguin ( Game news ) There's a Linux port on the way for action RPG Sacred.
Linux Game Publishing has announced a Linux port of "Sacred Gold," an action role-playing game first published for Windows three years ago. The U.K.-based game publisher plans to ship the title in August of this year, priced at 27 GBP (~ $50). Yep, $50 for a port of a 3 year old title that can be had on the PC for $10 (or less). Are Linux gamers that desperate? Have they finally run out of freeware puzzle games? There are 4 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
See Fallout 2 in Newfangled High Resolution ( Mod news ) NMA brings word of the Fallout 2 High Resolution Patch from a young modder named Mash.
This is something I've been working on for the last several months. As the title suggests this program modifies fallout2.exe in memory for the purposes of increasing the visual resolution. Should make it easier to track down the last shuffling junkie when you go on your next New Reno massacre. Grab the download here and view screenshots here. Thanks to Cthulhugoat for the tip. There are 20 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
New Fallout 3 Concept Art ( Game news ) In the new dev diary on the Fallout 3 site Adam Adamowicz explains his ideas behind the concept art:
I’m Adam and it’s my job to design for Fallout 3. Establishing the big picture for the Fallout universe as a pictorial diary, was my first task. Myself and the rest of the team poured over the lore, related our experiences playing the original, and researched everything 50’s we felt enhanced the drama, black comedy, and rich vintage sci fi that make this a truly unique game. At the end of these jams, as I liked to think of our discussions and debates, I did my best to put on paper what we had reached as a consensus. For my part, I like to feel I initially brought to the table a design sensibility that also favored ridiculous rocket flanged nuclear powered automobiles, and martini swilling characters who fight mutated horrors without scuffing their sharkskin suits. When the dust clears, I hope what you see is a mutated beast stamped indelibly with its inimitable origins. Whew. And new images: 
Read it here. Thanks, VD! There are 37 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
Avernum 5 Reviewed at RPG Watch ( Review ) RPG Watch's Dhruin took at crack at Avernum V, finding it worthy of 4 out of 5 stars. One of the improvements noted over past Avernums is the reduction of pointless crap combat.
Speaking of encounters, Jeff Vogel spoke in interviews prior to release about trying to remove the “trash” combats – those generic fights that serve only to fill out the content. The Avernum series has always leaned towards lots of combat – and Avernum V is no exception – but it's obvious that a lot of effort has been put into reducing random encounters and beefing up quest-related sequences and boss fights. And boy, are some of them memorable – the Soultaker's Pit, for example, is one of the most insidious dungeons I've played in a long time; equal parts frustratingly difficult but satisfying to finish. Read the full review here. There are 3 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
The Germans get to choose Witcher voices ( Game news ) As Atari's choice of voice actors for the German version of The Witcher sucked, in an unusual move for a developer, CD Projekt is re-recording the lines of some of the characters for the Enhanced Edition of the game. Even more unusually, the players get to choose the actors. This mainly refers to the German speaking Witcher community. But if you all wish to raise your voice as well, you are welcomedThe English voices will also be re-recorded, but with the same actors, as the issue in the English version were the chopped dialogues rather than crappy voices. Spotted at: The Witcher forum There are 26 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
Alan Miranda/Mysteries of Westgate interview at GameSpy ( Interview ) GameSpy interviews Ossian Studios' CEO Alan Miranda about the upcoming Mysteries of Westgate adventure pack:
GameSpy: One of the best elements of Neverwinter Nights 2 and the first expansion was the interplay between companions and your influence over them. Will Mysteries of Westgate take advantage of this system? Read the rest of the interview here Spotted at: RPGWatch There are 3 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
How BioWare was born: The Ray Muzyka story ( Company news ) The Guardian have an interview with BioWare founder Ray Muzyka. Here's the intro:
It is not what you'd call an obvious career progression. In 1992, Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk were practising medicine in Edmonton, Canada. Greg was a GP and Ray was an emergency room physician – and they were both keen gamers. Sadly, BioWare never did get around to hiring those good programmers. HOHOHO. Read the rest here, including how their medical experience helped them make Mass Effect and what the "Bio-RPG" tool does (Hint: It has little to do with any actual RP'ing, unless you consider pulling faces the height of RPG development). Spotted @ Sorcerers.net There are 12 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
MOAR Gothic 4 screenies ( Game news ) Some website I can't read appears to have more screenshots for Gothic 4¹. Unlike the earlier batch, they don't appear to be magazine scans either.
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EU Cantina interviews MCA ( Interview ) EU Cantina got a hold of Chris Avellone. A large chunk of the interview deals with KOTOR 2, which the interviewer really liked (and it shows in the way he phrases his questions). Here's the obligatory "wut u change" question: EUC: If you could go back and change one thing about Kotor II, what would that be?Read it here Thanks, Fastpunk - the interview was out since April 27th, but we missed it There are 1 comments on this article. Click here to comment.
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