London, Berlin and Madrid have all had some racing game sponsored street art splashed onto a dull wall. In London’s case the art attack happened in Hackney and was lead by Gavin Nolan, the guy behind The Rockwell Project. It’s supposed to be 3D art. Tough to do in graffiti style – but I’ll leave […]
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Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures gone from Facebook
There you have it. Wizards of the Coast’s Facebook D&D game has been removed from Facebook. This comes as a surprise to me as despite playing it a lot (hey; I travel) I was totally unaware that the game was about to retire. If you go to the old URL for the game application at […]
Become the Avatar – Facebook RPG review
Seattle based social media Banyan Branch reached out to see if I would be interested in taking a look at the new “Become the Avatar” Facebook game. They’re working with Paramount. Since they seemed polite enough and Paramount’s busy internal PR people haven’t quite gotten around to treating this Scottish blogger with the VIP treatment […]
Jagex announces RuneFest 2010
To celebrate the hugely popular free-to-play RuneScape MMORG Jagex has announced RuneFest 2010. Held in central London on Saturday August the 28th the event will allow players to visit areas themed and dressed as places in RuneScape, play games, meet each other, ask questions and meet co-founder Andrew Gower. If you do meet Mr Gower […]
Lord of the Rings and D&D Online owner bought by Warner Bros
Turbine Inc, the company responsible for Lord of the Rings Online, Dungeons & Dragons Online and Asheron’s Call has been bought. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc – part of the giant Time Warner Inc – is believed to be paying up to as much as $160 million for the Boston based company. The final figure […]
Turbine backs down from Dungeons and Dragons revolt
Turbine have their heads screwed on. First the company takes D&D Online from a $15 a month subscription package to a free game – which generates thousands of new players. Next it enables those players to buy power-ups and enhancements – responsible for a huge boost in profits. Recently, though, Turbine pushed the power-up for […]
The Celestial Mount might earn World of Warcraft $2.5m an hour
Activision-Blizzard’s bankers will be happy. The folks at ITworld have done some maths and figure the new Celestial Mount could be earning the World of Warcraft owners up to $2.5m each and every hour. This is due to two basic rules; high price and high demand. How high is the price? The Celestial Mount costs […]
A roundup of Crysis 2 trailers
Here’s a game that looks as if it’ll make your PC weep – but that it’ll be worth every tear. More info is available at inCrysis but for the gorgeous eye candy simply lap up the following videos. The song in this Crysis ad is “New York, New York” by Polly Scattergood. Yeah; it’s a […]
Billing error embarrasses EA and leaves Warhammer Online players in debt
A mistake in the online billing system for EA‘s Warhammer Online (based on Game Workshop’s Warhammer) has left some players with charges from their bank and embarrassed the publisher. Posting in the Warhammer Online forums, Brules opens a thread which sums up the situation clearly. My account I pay my sub from was billed today […]
Confirmed: Dr Who adventure games are coming
The BBC have confirmed they will publish Doctor Who: The Adventure Games as a four part series on the website. The first adventure can be downloaded for either the PC or Apple. The games feature both the 11th Doctor and Amy Pond; players assume control of both during their adventures. The team behind the Doctor […]
