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Feature: The Top 10 PC Game News Stories For January 2010

by John Callaham Feb 1st 2010 @ 6:00PM

It's a new year and the first month of January 2010 was a busy one for PC gaming news. Part of the reason was the annual Consumer Electronics Show where there were a few interesting announcements that concerned PC gaming. However there were also plenty of other news items in the past 31 days that will affect us in the coming year.

In fact our normal top 10 list was so full of things we could report that we managed to stick in a couple of extra items as honorable mentions. If this list is any indication 2010 will be a very busy year for news in our industry.

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10. Grand Theft Auto IV expansions finally announced for the PC

9. Hellgate London coming back to the US

7. GoG.com to add Activision-owned games to library

6. Star Wars: The Old Republic gets target launch date

Filed under: Features, Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic

All You Need To Know: The Old Republic

by James Murff Jan 21st 2010 @ 9:00PM

Games that are coming out soon have a lot of unknowns that the average person might not know. Who is this character inspired by? Is all the talk of volumetric fog or cel-shaded graphics really worthwhile? Do the game mechanics really seem solid, or are they lackluster? In All You Need To Know we provide information to help you fully appreciate what these upcoming games have to offer.

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Filed under: Features, MMO, RPG, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Mass Effect 2 among games named in 2010 Visual Effects Society awards

by John Callaham Jan 19th 2010 @ 3:00PM

It's awards season in Hollywood and even games are not immune to be caught up in the glitter. This week the Visual Effects Society announced their nominees for their 2010 awards. As shown by The Hollywood Reporter, they include two game categories. One is for Real-Time Visuals which include two PC games; Modern Warfare 2's Gulag Extraction and Need For Speed Shift's World Sequence.

The other game related category is Visual Effects in an video game trailer. Again two PC games were nominated and both were from BioWare titles; Mass Effect 2 and Star Wars: The Old Republic. The winners will be named on February 28.

Filed under: Modern Warfare 2, Mass Effect Series, Star Wars: The Old Republic

BioWare confirms Spring 2011 target launch for Star Wars: The Old Republic

by John Callaham Jan 12th 2010 @ 8:00PM

Last night during Electronic Arts' financial conference call an unnamed MMO was mentioned for a spring 2011 launch. Today BioWare's message board confirmed what we pretty much figured. Their statement says, "While we have not announced a specific date, we can confirm that we are targeting a spring 2011 release for Star Wars: The Old Republic."

Yep, that means the biggest MMO launch since Poptropica . . . er, World of Warcraft is still over a year away. BioWare's statement adds they still plan to reveal a lot of the 's details throughout 2010 and they also remind folks that they are still taking sign ups for the eventual beta test of the game. Will the game become the MMO champion? Time will tell.

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Filed under: MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars: The Old Republic due in spring 2011?

by John Callaham Jan 11th 2010 @ 8:00PM

Electronic Arts' financial results may be below expectations, but the game publisher's CEO John Riccitiello is making some online waves with a statement about an unnamed MMO project that could be referencing the possible release date of BioWare's Star Wars: The Old Republic. During a financial conference call Riccitiello talked about "our major MMO" and added, " . . . the game is making great progress towards a spring 2011 launch."

Unless he was talking about All Points Bulletin (EA is publishing the game but does not own its developer) it's likely that Star Wars: The Old Republic is the game he was referencing. Of course that may mean the game is still well over a year away.

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Filed under: MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Star Wars The Old Republic reveals new Sith-themed planet

by John Callaham Jan 8th 2010 @ 7:00PM

If it's Friday that means it's time for a new reveal over at the Star Wars: The Old Republic web site. With all of the upcoming MMO character classes now revealed, it looks like the game's developer BioWare might be introducing us to more original content they have planned for the long awaited game.

Case in point: today's reveal of Dromund Kaas. No, it's not a new punk band but the home planet of the Sith Empire in the game. The new screenshots of the planet show of a very lush and green planet that is mixed with some cold looking structures and a stormy sky. We are guessing that's what you get when your planet is full of dark side energy.

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Filed under: MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic

More info on The Old Republic's Imperial Agent

by John Callaham Jan 2nd 2010 @ 5:00PM

Not even the New Year's Day holiday can keep BioWare from updating their official Star Wars: The Old Republic web site. This weekend the site offers up some new info on the previously announced Imperial Agent character class. Interestingly, some of the info on the page has been "redacted". That's appropriate for a class that's basically the "James Bond" of the Star Wars universe.

As the page itself says, "The Imperial Agent is an expert at infiltration, seduction and assassination." BioWare wanted to make a class that didn't quite fit into a typical Star Wars archtype and a super-spy class seems to fit the bill nicely without violating the spirit of the Star Wars universe. Now all we need are super-spy bad guys with lines like "No, I expect you to die."

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Filed under: MMO, Star Wars: The Old Republic

Feature: Big Download's Top 10 Most Anticipated PC Games Of 2010

by John Callaham Dec 30th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Over the past few days we have been going over a ton of upcoming PC games that are currently scheduled for release sometime in 2010. But what games are we personally looking forward to playing in the next 12 months. We went over our lists and picked the top 10 games that we can't wait to get our hands on in 2010.

Now a game on this list doesn't mean we think it will automatically be good. We have been suckered on titles that have gotten a lot of hype and have disappointed us after they actually came out. However the 10 games in this list do represent the PC games we are most excited to play and we are crossing our fingers that they will actually turn out to be worth the wait once they come out.

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Filed under: Features, Action, FPS, MMO, RPG, RTS, Mass Effect Series, Starcraft II, Star Wars: The Old Republic, BioShock 2, Alpha Protocol, Crysis 2, Fallout: New Vegas, Star Trek Online, Supreme Commander 2

Feature: 2010 PC Game Preview - RPG-MMO Games

by John Callaham Dec 28th 2009 @ 6:00PM

So far Big Download has been looking at the action and first person shooter titles currently scheduled for a 2010 release. Today we take a gander at a number of RPG and MMO titles that are also scheduled for release sometime in the next year.

There's lots of MMO expansions due out next year including the latest one for the biggest MMO title around. But if you don't feel like playing online there's also plenty of other offline MMO games to choose from this year as well, and for once not all of them are fantasy based.

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Filed under: Features, MMO, RPG, World of Warcraft, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Alpha Protocol, Fallout: New Vegas, Star Trek Online

Star Wars: The Old Republic gets into the Sith in new dev movie

by John Callaham Dec 26th 2009 @ 3:00PM

Recently BioWare revealed that their upcoming MMO Star Wars: The Old Republic will have two kinds of Force-enabled Sith classes, the Sith Inquisitor and the Sith Warrior. In a new developer diary movie posted on the game's official web site members of the game's dev team go into more detail on the ideas behind each Sith class

The trailer, which shows off some new in-game footage, talks about the differences between the fighting styles of each Sith class (even their light sabers have different design influences) and how BioWare is not treating the classes as just the "evil" side in the game.

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Filed under: MMO, Trailers, Star Wars: The Old Republic

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