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World of Warcraft: Cataclysm - Game Preview
By Emanuel Avram
Published: September 8, 2009
Print As the terrible war against the Lich King continues... The proud defenders of Azeroth fight to secure a lasting peace. But there can be no peace, when the world itself is devoured by rage!
And as World of Warcraft gets more and more popular, the much anticipated announcement of the upcoming expansion pack is here. It is however getting harder and harder even for Blizzard, a company known for its strict secrecy when developing new titles, to keep information from the fans; because even if everybody rejoiced at the impressive features list, this information was already on the internet for quite some time. A little slip here, a fan who knows lore well there... a couple of new Halloween masks in the game resources... you know - it's always the little things.
Without creating an overly extended article so you won't get bored (and so that I could save some material for the review as well - yes, sneaky me), let's get through the list of the most important changes that the third World of Warcraft expansion pack - Cataclysm - brings to players.
So when you think of destruction in WoW - come on, do your worst - you probably come to the same conclusion as Blizzard: Deathwing. Initially known as the benevolent Neltharion, the Earth-Warder and leader of the Black Dragons, he was created by the Titans to guard the Earth and everything beneath it.
However, this exact proximity to the core of the Earth, and evidently the evil Old Gods, was the exact source of his insanity, corrupting him forever. With a desire to see every living thing in Azeroth dead, he will be known from now on as Deathwing, the Destroyer.
We've last seen Deathwing in Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal, but when you think of its offspring: Onyxia and Nefarian, you can imagine how much of a challenge their father might be...
Speaking of offspring, if you don't know by now, Onyxia will be revamped for patch 3.2.2 as a celebration for the five years of WoW anniversary - including new loot and most likely new fight tactics, which will probably include more dots and lots of whelps as well...
Nefarian will also be back in his own instance atop the shattered building of Blackrock Depths, but we don't know much more of this yet.
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Although it does not include all the patch notes, I thought I'd add this now so you get the general idea of what will change in the next major World of Warcraft Patch 2.4.0.
The image on the Blizzard Entertainment Splash Page is updated, continuing to raise expectations that an announcement is forthcoming from this weekend's Worldwide Invitational event.
Electronic Arts Inc. announced today that The Sims Castaway Stories for the PC is on store shelves across Europe.
Tornado & LightHouse PhysX Mod maps for UT3 ready for download now.
Although Pro Street has been released, EA continues to create new patches for Carbon.
Welcome back, LEGION. Indeed, Joe Kucan is back, portraying the legendary self-proclaimed prophet Kane, through 20 years of Command and Conquer history: past, present and future. The 13 missions spread story explains what happened to the Brotherhood of Nod right after the Second Tiberium War, and fill the history gap left by the original Command and Conquer 3. And then of course some more, the action takes us a bit more into the future, showing just a sneak peak of the shape of things to come.
"A murder?...a suicide?...an accident?...a coincidence?... Follow the evidence and find the moment of truth. It's all about the evidence and more like the show than ever" We'll see...
The stellar "Sins of a Solar Empire" hits our PCs with a unique interesting new combination of game genres and a few cool ideas that should draw the attention of quite a few strategy fans. The newcomer Ironclad Games managed the impossible and created a competitive title indeed. But aside from all the prays and high marks this game received overall, its approach on RTS and the mix of elements it brings, one can find some things that will bother a few players and that will eventually influence the grades of this review. Ok, let's take it from the top.
Sherlock Holmes, the worlds` greatest detective, created by Arthur Conan Doyle is about to face his biggest challenge so far: Arsene Lupin, the worlds` greatest thief, created by Maurice Leblanc. Who is going to win this battle of wits? Who is going to be victorious, and, most importantly, who would you like to see as the winner?
I thought a bit about how to start this. While saying that Silent Hunter IV is the best submarine simulator out there is true, it doesn't mean much, especially for new players. Saying it is one of the best simulator games out there is again accurate, but again, a bit of an understatement. Why? Well because... despite the high complexity and realism involved, Ubisoft Romania managed to develop a game that is appealing to the beginners as well, in a certain degree.
Lineage II had it share of success. At the time the game was released, it was one of the most beautiful MMOG on the market. To take its place as the most beautiful MMOG, the Ragnarok Online (or RO) developers from imcGames created Sword of the New World: Granado Espada.
We were able to take part in 2 battles and what we saw pleased us. The transition to the 3D helped the game and gave it a better view on the battlefield. You can move the camera and this way you get a better look at the action. The units are amazing and their animations are clean and good looking. Same goes for spells and effects: you will love what you see.
Last week I began to search some new independent games. Suddenly I stumbled upon this interesting racing game called Nitro Stunt Racing. The title sounds non-original but the content tends to be if not original, at least interesting.
In a perfect world, everything is controlled by a balance between Chaos and Order. But what happens if things start to get messy and a great evil is about to unleash an epic conflict onto the universe? This is what NCsoft decided to unveil and also explain why Aion is a MMO bound to have success.
So here I am back on the road with a BMW. This time in Race 07 demo. The only racing-simulation game that really impressed me at GC. But only with the help of the Steam client which probably will become the "god" of online distribution! Anyway a big minus for this decision of playing the game only through Steam.
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| WoW Cataclysm Announced August 24, 2009 Blizzard has officially announced the next expansion for World of Warcraft, confirming the uncovered trademark filling at the beginning of July.
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