So our fearless leader asked me if I wanted to cover the new Neverwinter MMO. As a long-time enjoyer of MMOs, D&D and the Neverwinter Nights games in particular, I said “hell yes!”. I’m about an hour in at the moment and almost level 5 with my first character, Baran Bitterblade, Half-Orc Great Weapon Fighter. […]
The PAX East Magic: The Gathering – Duels of the Planeswalkers trailer is fiery
Ignite your Spark! is the call to action fo the 2014 version of Duels of the Planeswalkers. This time the computer version of Magic: The Gathering is making itself available on Android as well as iPad, Xbox Live, Steam and PlayStation Network. If you’re lucky enough to be at PAX Easy then booth #562 is […]
Creighton Broadhurst’s success tips as Raging Swan Press turns three
Creighton Broadhurst worked with Wizards of the Coast for nine years before founding the RPG publisher Raging Swan Press. Creighton says he runs the company for “fun and the joy in creation” and has steered the company safely to its third birthday. Geek Native wanted to know what the trick was. How do you have […]
Winter not coming. WotC insist “s’no new mana”
Wizards of the Coast tweted to insist the new snow mana symbol that had appeared in their Magic: The Gathering search engine was a mistake. (Jon) Winter is not coming. The snow mana symbol that is currently on Gather is a mistake. Fix coming soon. — Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) February 27, 2013 You can […]
What were the best selling DnD Classics?
Last week, Wizards of the Coast and OneBookShelf launched D&D Classics. The site opens the archive of old editions of Dungeons and Dragons to let gamers buy old favourites, complete collections or even try old school gaming for the first time. A round 80 games are already live on the site. They are a mixture […]
Official Dungeons & Dragons Classics site launches
Wizards of the Coast and DriveThruRPG have today launched DnDClassics.com. This is a new online store for D&D material. There are 80 titles available today, for launch, and it is expected that additional batches of titles will be added to the store starting in February. Dungeons and Dragons PDF downloads have been made available previously […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera becomes Planescape: Torment sequel
I think the best computer roleplaying game I’ve ever played was Planescape: Torment. Skyrim is great but Planescape: Torment was special. It looks like the stars have aligned and there will be a follow up. Wizards of the Coast have carefully guarded the rights to Planescape and the original Black Isle studio close. Makes it […]
Wizards of the Coast’s owners, Hasbro, deny Disney rumours
After the news of Disney buying Lucasfilm and beginning work on three more Star Wars films there were whispers that Disney was also interested in buying Hasbro. Buying Hasbro would make some sense for Disney because of the rights the toy company owns. For example, with Marvel on board Disney has a modern day Universe […]
Wizards of the Coast sued over trading card patent
We’re used to seeing tech companies suing tech companies in the States. It’s a strange system worth billions of dollars. A company called Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings filed a case against Nintendo, Sony, EA, Konami, Zynga and Wizards of the Coast last year in a patent battle. The name ‘Intellectual Property Holdings’ suggests that Wildcat […]
The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games) Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing) Dungeon […]
