When Dragon’s Dogma, an action/adventure game developed by Capcom, ships in July, there’ll be an exciting bonus packed along with the game. Today, Capcom announced that an online download code for a demo of Resident Evil 6, the next mainline addition to the long-running franchise, will be provided for every gamer who purchases a new copy of Dragon’s Dogma. A move like this isn’t underheard of in the videogame industry, and, in fact, has led to increased sales for titles like Crackdown (included a demo of Halo 3), Tobal No. 1 (Final Fantasy 7) and Zone of the Enders (Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty) and is sure to improve exposure for Dragon’s Dogma, a new franchise from Capcom.
-
You Cast Star Wars: Heir to the Empire
-
Manga & Graphic Novels
-
Cage Match–2011!
-
Tim Zahn’s “Judge’s Call”
-
50 Page Fridays
-
Star Wars: Lost Tribe of the Sith collection
Gaming
Tabletop gaming company Chaosium and indie software developers Red Wasp Design have teamed up to bring the Cthulhu and the Elder Gods to the iPad, iPhone and other IOS devices.
Read More
Middle Tennessee State University grad student Michelle Drury needs your help. She’s currently collecting data as part of a study on gamers of all sorts, and needs a lot of participants to make it a success. Whether your passion is MMORPGs, tabletop roleplaying or collectible card games, Drury would really appreciate your participation.
When Lord of the Rings Online first went free-to-play, I jumped on board, curious to see how well Turbine, the celebrated developer of other MMORPGs such as Asheron’s Call, could capture Tolkien’s legendary Middle-Earth. It’s not an easy task, as Middle-Earth is such a foundational part of my love for Fantasy that it would be near impossible to do justice to the world with a digital playground. Naturally, wanting to start life in The Shire, I created a cute Hobbit Minstrel named Cabenting, and jumped in feet first.
For hours afterwards, I was lost in Middle-Earth. Not just a digital playground version, but the Middle-Earth. I was in love.
Read More
EGM has confirmed that a demo of Mass Effect 3, the highly anticipated Action RPG from BioWare and EA, will hit the PlayStation Network and the Xbox Live Marketplace on February 14th.
Shelly Mazzanoble is the author of Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Dungeons & Dragons: One Woman’s Quest to Trade Self-Help for Elf-Help, a humorous yet emotionally honest memoir about finding fun and meaning in America’s best-known fantasy role-playing game. She recently took a few moments to speak with about her experiences as [...]
Read More
I broke down and bought Grand Theft Auto IV a few months ago when I was in the mood for some open-world mayhem, only to be sorely disappointed. Why was I driving some guy’s girlfriend around? And why do I have an angry, a-hole boss? Why am I some low level schmo, and why can’t I customize my character, beyond just a couple of wardrobe changes? Where was the fun? Well, I figured out a few weeks ago. All of the fun that I was expecting can be found in Saints Row the Third.
How would you like to play all of the hottest games before they hit the market and get paid to write about them? David Knight has what might seem like a dream job for many gamers, but it’s not all fun and games. I recently interviewed Knight, the author of many of Prima’s official game [...]
Read More
Jason Thompson is one half of the creative duo behind the hit graphic novels King of RPGs and King of RPGs 2. Thompson, along with artist Victor Hao, has created a series that both celebrates and lampoons the high drama, dysfunction and camaraderie that permeates gaming fandom. Read on to learn how a self-described “shy, [...]
Read MoreIt’s back! King of RPGs, the New York Times bestselling manga/RPG mashup graphic novel series from Del Rey, returns with a second volume of fiery gaming action!
Volume 2 hits stores Tuesday, and to celebrate, we’re having two launch parties! Join the artist and author (that’s me) of King of RPGs in Seattle and San Francisco [...]
New Releases
-
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis
James Luceno -
Star Wars: The Millennium Falcon Owner's Workshop Manual
Ryder Windham, Chris Reiff, and Chris Trevas -
Embassytown
China Mieville -
Mass Effect: Deception
William C. Dietz -
Star Wars: Shadow Games
Michael Reaves and Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff -
The Human Blend
Alan Dean Foster -
Star Wars: The Old Republic: Revan
Drew Karpyshyn -
Star Wars: Riptide
Paul S. Kemp
CrazyAzianFool
You guys must also consider that Drew here didn't write the stroyline for the second installment...