Liz Schuh directs the publishing and licensing rights for Dungeons & Dragons is quoted by the New York Times today; We want to take that idea of the players crafting that experience to the next level and say: ‘Help us craft the rules. Help us craft how this game is played.’ The article seems to […]
Magic: The Gathering mobile app will come to Android
Wizards of the Coast have announced an iOS application for Magic: The Gathering. The good news is that they’ve also said an Android app is in production.
Pathfinder tops summer RPG sales
ICv2’s quarterly chart of the best selling RPGs is out and, as expected, Pathfinder tops the chart. There’s a different publisher on each of the top five positions with old favourites and newer entries like Green Ronin’s Dragon Age making the cut. IVc2 reports that games had a great summer – with CCGs and especially […]
Game companies battle over Merchant of Venus
Someone has made a mistake, an honest mistake that will leave a host of people rather upset. Fantasy Flight Games and Stronghold Games have both announced they have the license and the rights to produce a re-run of Merchant of Venus. Merchant of Venus originally came out in the 1980s as an Avalon Hill game. […]
Heroes of Neverwinter launch trailer – is it what you expected?
I really hope Heroes of Neverwinter is a great big D&D success on Facebook. I hope it improves Atari’s fortunes and rescues Wizards from the uncertainty of the future. I think Heroes of Neverwinter will be most successful if it goes mainstream on Facebook – and it could. However, I think Heroes of Neverwinter’s first […]
Dungeon Master Gurls
I missed this last year. I’ve two theories as to how that managed to happen. Theory 1: I reached California Gurls parody overload. In a defensive move my brain developed a way to ignore anything that mentioned Katy Perry, California Gurls and perhaps even the word “parody” on Youtube. Theory 2: I was distracted by […]
Madness? Is Innistrad one Magic: The Gathering collection too far?
If you’re a Magic: The Gathering fan then go to Facebook and LIKE the card game. Wizards of the Coast have a funky “visual reveal” panel that’s teasing us with new cards from the latest expansion to the evergreen CCG. Take a look at “Bump in the Night” on the right there; a Black sorcery […]
Win Heroes of Neverwinter beta codes
Update! The goalposts shifted on us, folks! Everyone who entered this competition already is a winner! There are still some codes left in the new flash competition. Did you play Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures only to wake up one day and find it yanked from Facebook? Perhaps you’ve been hearing more and more chat […]
Wizards of the Coast and Atari settle legal battle: D&D digital return to WotC
In 2007 Atari signed a 10-year deal to look after the digital rights of Dungeons & Dragons. The goal was to have the computer game company do more of Dungeons & Dragons Online, Neverwinter Nights and other digital successes. It all went wrong in the last few days of 2009 with Wizards of the Coast’s […]
Gen Con Indy breaks records
This year’s Gen Con Indy has smashed previous attendance records. Compared to last year visitor numbers where up by 20%. Some 120,000 people went through the turnstile and nearly 37,000 were their for the “best four days in gaming”. Gameplay was up too. Organisers report that ticketed game sales were up 26% to over 250,000 […]
