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iTZKooPA

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I hit up the BG Queue and then go raid towns or farm for phat loots while I wait. I also manage to get into the big 40 man raids with my Guild at least once a week. By doing this I have been able to get enough gear to keep up with most people, without ruining my life

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As we have seen , Star Wars Galaxies , the MMORPG from Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts, has had a spot of trouble recently. Changes to the game in Japan led to it being shutdown, and player backlash in North America caused the newly released expansion to be refunded. But SOE announced that they will be offering a 10-day f

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A new studio has been launched in California dubbed, Trilogy Studios and is founded by a trio of industry veterans from Electronic Arts and Vivendi Universal. Rick Giolito and Mark Skaggs from EA and Michael Pole from Vivendi all have a string of successful titles to their credit including Medal of Honor , and Command & Conquer (before and after Westwood was purchased by EA) respectively and Pole managed VUG's worldwide development. "Our goal is to create an episodic expe

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SEGA has joined the digital distribution world, teaming up with Digital River, the company behind SEGA's online shop. The company will now also handle the sale of SEGA's games including Virtua Fighter, House of the Dead and Eastside Hockey Manager 2005 through SEGA.com . "Online distribution presents growth opportunities for Sega and we are poised to bring leading-edge games into that channel," said Sega's Chris Olson. "Digital

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Sony Online Entertainment and LucasArts will offer refunds to players who purchased the recently released expansion to Star Wars Galaxies . Refunds for Trials of Obi-Wan will be allowed due to the backlash from players over the massive changes that are coming to the game. This new player backlash is the second player reaction to change the game, with Japanese players boycotting the game until its service was <a href="http://tgnforums.stardock.com/?ForumID=141&AID=90955" target="ne

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Activision will be teamed up with Marvel for at least the next twelve years. The publisher will retain the rights for Spider-Man and X-Men until 2017 for PC, console and handheld products. The original deal, which saw the launch of good comic-based games with Neversoft's Spider-Man , was to originally expire in 2009. "This announcement further underscores the strength of our relationship with Marvel and reinforces our leadership position in the superhero genre," states Mike Griffit

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Imaginary Numbers has announced that their upcoming MMORPG Tactica Online has entered its beta stage, and more important that sign-ups for said beta are live. The first batch of beta players will begin testing in a few weeks with more batches being added later. Imaginary Numbers has also announced that forum members will be given preferential treatment for the early beta stages. Source: Beta Registration

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Paradox Entertainment Inc. and Conan Properties International have announced an exclusive worldwide, multi-year licensing deal with THQ to develop games based on the Conan universe. The agreement will cover all current and next-gen systems, along with PC, wireless and handheld platforms. "THQ's proven success with high-profile licensed properties will ensure Conan games deliver an interactive experience worthy of a truly legendary character," said Fredrik Malmberg, Head of Licensing

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According to the fansite Halflife2.net, The Aftermath expansion to the best selling and award winning game of 2004, Half-Life 2 will not be making its tentative target release date of November. Doug Lombardi, Director of Marketing at developer Valve Software is quoted as saying "just wanted to give you a quick update on Aftermath, specically its ETA. We're working very hard to finish this new episode for HL2, however, its going to take us a bit more time to get it into t

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Championship Manager 2006 will be hitting UK stores for the PC in Spring 2006 if all goes well at Eidos. The title which is being developed by Beautiful Game Studios plans to be the most realistic to date, "offering the player a true taste of football management." A new Gameplan 3D will allow players to watch the action as they would on TV, with the ability to adjust tactics or highlight moments they wish to see. As a manager you will also be able to interact with your player

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Wargaming.net has announced the sequel to its popular turn based strategy game, Massive Assault Network . Massive Assault Network 2 will take the hardcore turn based strategy game to new heights by introducing a real-time player interaction into the game, enabling games to take between 20-30 minutes instead of days or weeks. "It's not a game for everyone." - says Victor Kislyi, Wargaming.net's CEO. "You will have to outdo, outwit and outmaneuver your opponents. But what ca

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Ubisoft has announced a new game in their crime fighting series, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: 3 Dimensions of Murder . The game's characters and storyline will be based on the original hit CBS series and will launch for the PC in Spring 2006. The third installment in the franchise will be developed by Telltale Games and will have players working alongside "Gil Grissom, Catherine Willows and the rest of the original Las Vegas cast to help solve intense cases and investigate crimes

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On the day that it shipped the "sequel" to the critically panned Enter The Matrix , Atari also managed to get sued by the developer of one of its top franchises, RollerCoaster Tycoon . Chris Sawyer, the man behind the game, has taken the French publisher to court over royalty disputes, reports the Times. Sawyer claims that Atari owes him some $4.8 million from the sales of RollerCoaster Tycoon and Transport Tycoon games from 1999 to 2003. The suit alleges that S

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KaosKontrol has become the first company to break contract with Digital Jesters, following the publisher's problems . KaosKontrol has terminated their publishing agreement, effective immediately, citing breach of contract. KaosKontrol is also hinting at a possible lawsuit "against the directors of Digital Jesters for fraud under section 206 of the Insolvency Act 1986." KaosKontrol reassured the public that the devel

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Take-Two Interactive has announced that it has purchased Firaxis Games, developers of the famed Civilization franchise. Firaxis will join the 2K Games publishing label of Take-Two Interactive and will retain the designing talents of Sid Meier in his current position at the company. With the current purchase being Take-Two's latest effort in proving to the gaming world that they are a true player in the console and PC markets. "Firaxis Games, founded and led by industry execu

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Game Politics has word that Jack Thompson has exited the Alabama civil suit in the case of video games being responsible for the slaying of three police officers saying "the other side wants to make me the issue. The important thing is that the clients be served." He further states that "it was my idea" to leave the case, and that he wasn't pressured by Alabama Circuit Court Judge James Moore to withdraw. T

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The Associated Press has word that Shockwave.com will be the first web-game site that will drive revenue using in-game ads. Advertisement for web-based games are extremely common, with users having to click around or on ads to get into their desired game. The shift in advertising from the traditional setup, print and television, is due to the market losing its grasp on the target demographic, young men. The advertising business has since began aiming at the Internet, sports venues and pr

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Anyone who liked ECW or the hardcore leagues in WCW/WWF should definitley check out TNA. For a shameless plug its on SpikeTV (formerly TNN, formerly The Nashville Network) on Saturday @ 11pm and replays are Monday at 12AM (so I guess Tuesday).

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Midway Games has announced that they have acquired the license to the WWE's only TV competitor, Total Nonstop Action Wrestling. TNA took over for the WWE on SpikeTV the same week that the WWE moved back to the USA Network, where they debuted their Monday Night RAW program. Midway and TNA hope to grab a piece of the wrestling game pie which is dominated by the THQ's WWE titles, WWE Smackdown! and Day of Reckoning. "TNA Wrestling is one of the fastest growing and most exciting forms of

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