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In an unexpected move, VentureBeat is reporting that John Smedley has resigned as the CEO and president of Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment. Current COO Russell Shanks will temporarily step into Smedley’s place until a replacement is found.
In an unexpected move, VentureBeat is reporting that John Smedley has resigned as the CEO and president of Daybreak Game Company, formerly Sony Online Entertainment. Current COO Russell Shanks will temporarily step into Smedley’s place until a replacement is found.
Knights of the Old Republic 2 is getting a large PC update today along with a new Steam launch that supports PC, Mac, Linus and SteamOS with up to 5k resolution, Steam Workshop, widescreen support, achievements, and controller support.
Dark Souls fans will be happy to hear that the third game in the series, Dark Souls III, will be playable at this year’s Gamescom. Players will be able to get their hands on the game at the Bandai Namco booth during the convention.
Blizzard has put out a last call for entries to the Blizzcon 2015 Movie, Art, and Talent contests. Entries come in the form of a YouTube video from this year and sent in according to each game’s submission form on the Blizzard site.
It wasn’t very long ago that the MMOG category was practically unknown. Indeed, with only a very small selection of titles running, none of which had the number of players we can often find these days on a single server, it was barely a category at all. So, for those of us who remember the original Neverwinter Nights, Air Warrior, The Realm Online et al, many pleasant surprises lay ahead. A lot of them took place between 1997 and 2004. Naturally some particularly stood out.
During an upcoming interview with Scott Hartsman, it was revealed that Trion has ended its experiment with selling single-player DRM-free games. All third party games not published by Trion have been removed from Glyph. Affected consumers were notified Friday evening along with the news that they purchased games will be retained. Players will receive keys for other services that support those games alongside $100 in free credits for any of Trion’s stable of titles.
Nexon is ready to unleash Fantasy War Tactics on the world in the near future, a game with roots firmly in the best strategy role-playing games of the past. We had the opportunity to interview Jungkeun Lee, Director, Nexon GT to find out more about Fantasy War Tactics and why you should be paying attention.
Guild of Dungeoneering is a beautifully simplistic strategy RPG that hearkens to the many days spent with table-top RPGs. With a gorgeous but minimal art style, addictive progression, and loads of charm this might be the perfect game for just about all of you out there.
Capcom has released a benchmark for its upcoming MMORPG Dragon’s Dogma Online that will be released 31st of August in Japan.