The Wondrous World of Gaming Collectibles

Special Editions. Collector’s Editions. Game of the Year Editions. Official Soundtracks. Books. Movies. Anime. Comics. Art Books. Figurines. Trading Card Games. Boardgames. The world of video game collectibles is enormous and spans just about every entertainment medium you could think of.
And just when you think things can’t get any crazier, a company like Activision announces [...]

Aion Server Queues Revisited

Aion’s launch has been a little underwhelming. Sure there haven’t been any major incidents and the game is very polished, bug free and fun. But there is this one nagging little pest that just keeps coming back: server queues.
NCSoft did not foresee the traffic that would overwhelm their servers during the first few weeks, which [...]

Screenshots Galore: Majesty 2

It’s been a joy to once more defend my fantasy realm in Majesty 2, or in this case reclaim would be more appropriate.
Majesty 2 is a proper sequel to the decade old hands-off strategy game, with nigh-identical gameplay and very similar units, buildings and upgrades. It may not expand upon the basic gameplay premise much, [...]

Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of October 2009

This month a lot of quality (and less impressive) games have been published, I count no less than 12. That’s not exactly commonplace for September, which ordinarily serves as a mere prelude for what’s to come. Hopefully that holds true in this case as well.
In an odd move three multi-platform games were delayed for PC [...]