What could be greater than playing the recently released Dawn of War II ? Well, how about a life-size Space Marine towering above you while you do so. Announced last week via Facebook, five lucky fans in the UK will win a Blood Raven Space Marine statue on February 26th. With an endless wall of comments from eager fans on the contest page, it’s going to be a tough choice for the folks over at THQ. Read More »
Tough economic times have struck another video game company. This time it’s THQ, who’s announced a $191.8 million net loss over 3 month span lasting from October to December 2008. Last year THQ posted a 15.5 million dollar net profit in the same period last year.
Age of Conan, Interviews, MMORPGs, Virtual Worlds
In case you spent some time this summer under a rock, in some sort of bomb shelter, or frozen in carbonite, Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, Funcom’s latest MMO, launched last May amidst much hype and fan anticipation. While the game was initially well-received and sold in record numbers for an MMO without “Warcraft” in its name, subscription numbers have since tapered off. These subscriber drops have been attributed to reasons as varied as the extremely high-end computing requirements of the game to lack of promised features. In a recent interview on Gamespot, director Jørgen Tharaldsen discussed the good, the bad, and the refreshingly realistic facets of AoC.
It’s no secret that these two gigantic MMOs–World of Warcraft and Warhammer: Age of Reckoning–will produce a war greater than any previously witnessed on the gaming battlefield. In the unforgiving world of MMO dominance, WoW sits on top, undaunted. For the past few years, we have been teased and tickled with Warhammer: Age of Reckoning and its release dates. Now, we’re closer than ever to the release of WAR and EA/Mythic should be deeply concerned. Blizzard will let none survive in its quest for MMO glory, and have literally pulled a fast one in order to maintain their dominance.
