Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of December 2009

The news that many top games, such as Aliens vs Predator, BioShock 2, Mass Effect 2 and Mafia 2 were to be delayed until early 2010 due to excessive competition was a hard blow earlier this year. I have to admit I was a little worried as to whether we’d be seeing any decent games [...]

Upcoming PC Game Releases – as of November 2009

Yet another stellar game month has just passed us by and the coming month proves to be even more worthwhile for PC gamers. November 6th looks to be a particularly interesting date for Europeans as no less than three different RPGs launch on the same date: Dragon Age: Origins, Divinity 2 and Sacred 2: Ice [...]

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 [...]