Archive for the ‘Game News’ Category

Orc-aniser - Learn to Speak Orcish!

Monday, February 4th, 2008

WAR-Europe has created an awesome new tool that will help you translate normal English (French, German, Spanish, and Italian) into Orcish! Here's a sample: Hello, you lazy, weak, good for nothing snotlings. Check out this cool translator or the warboss will have your head on a spike! translates to... ’ello, you lazy, ...

No “Official” Forums for WAR? EA Mythic… I Salute You!

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Tobold has an interesting article over on his blog discussing the steaming, stinking, cesspool of stupidity that is the official WoW forums. How's that for alliteration? Ka-ching! I wanted to write an in-depth, thought-provoking reply on his site, but that reply would have been at least three times the size ...

WarCry Dev Chat (cool bits)

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

Here are the most interesting parts I took away from the chatlog: <~DelmarWynn> {TO}Vortan: Will there be any kind of Open Beta or Stress test? If so, how do you get into the event? <@[WAR]James> Open Beta to us means a larger test with no NDA, so yes there will be one! ...

In case you missed it… WarCry Dev ChatLOG

Wednesday, January 30th, 2008

So there I stood, arms elbow deep in tepid dishwater, fingers pruning up, when a little light bulb ignited in my brain. A quick glance at the microwave clock confirmed my fears... I HAD MISSED THE WARCRY DEV CHAT! :P Doh! Well, if you missed it like I did, WarCry immediately posted the ...

WarCry Interview #13 + Further Greenskin Reading

Tuesday, January 29th, 2008

Oh no, not ANOTHER WarCry dev interview. Don't they have anything better to do?! :P Also, you should check out this article on greenskins over at Massively. They link to a bunch of great orc and gobbo information! Don't forget to read our greenskin lore too!

The Greenskin Mentioned at Warhamma: The Podcast! *Woot*

Saturday, January 26th, 2008

The Greenskin recently received some love during episode #9 of Warhamma: The Podcast! Ted gives a shout-out to our comic and also the "thought-provoking blog posts." Thanks a lot! :) Y'all should head on over to have a listen and let him know what you think! I've recently become a regular ...

Tuesday Quickies - WAR on the Web

Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Here's a quick summary of what I found interesting about WAR today: EA is apparently investing US $20M in Korean Studio, which may bring Warhammer Online to the Asian market (Source: Next Generation) In the shadow of WAR, WoW's PvP appears increasingly lacking... (Source: WoW Insider) Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning could be ...

Mounts are for Love not War

Friday, January 11th, 2008

In their 12th exclusive interview with Warhammer Online devs, Warcry uncovered a few interesting tidbits: EA Mythic: Mounts are primarily a form of travel in the game, as well as a visual status symbol of player achievement. There are no other major game play features beyond travel intended for mounts at ...

Warhamma - A WAR Podcast!

Sunday, January 6th, 2008

UPDATE: Podcast #8 is up! I just came across Warhamma, a podcast dedicated to WAR over my Sunday morning coffee. I can't believe I haven't seen or heard of it before! It releases semi-regularly (3 times in November alone), so you may want to grab their RSS feed to keep aware ...

WAR on the Web

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008

There were several interesting WAR-related stories posted today and I thought you'd enjoy them: Darren, over at the Common Sense Gamer writes about Fighting the WAR. He speculates on what existing a soon-to-be-released MMOs will need to do to remain competitive with WAR, the most highly anticipated game in its genre ...