Aion vs World of WarCraft: Launch Conditions

Aion is the next game in line to try and snoop some subscribers out of World of WarCraft’s uncontested grip on the fantasy MMORPG genre. Closed beta testing is over, an open beta will arrive next week, and launch is less than a month away (September 25th in Europe). The general consensus appears to be [...]

Aion 1.5: More Western-y

Aion in retail will not be the same game we’ve beta tested. NCSoft has repeated this statement many times, referring to their 1.5 update that will ship with the game (and be playable in open beta).
But what exactly does this 1.5 update, titled Shadow of the Balaur, contain? Apart from more quests, what else can [...]

Mini Ninjas Demo Impressions

Mini Ninjas is a cheerful and colourful fighting/platform game by IO Interactive, developers of the Hitman franchise. Not immediately the most obvious source for a child-friendly game where no one dies, an evil emperor has to be stopped from subjugating all the animals in the realm, and the protagonist is a 10-year-old (or thereabouts) mini [...]

Are You Pumped for Guild Wars 2?

Guild Wars 2 was announced more than 2 years ago, but it’s been only a few days since ArenaNet finally decided to reveal an impressive trailer and some actual gameplay information. I wrote up a comprehensive preview this weekend, which covers just about everything that’s know of the game thus far.
But now that we know [...]