Major League Gaming have sold MMO-Champion to Curse.com for an undisclosed sum. This likely represents MLG getting rid of none core assets to try and increase liquidity and Curse.com, very much, continuing on their “ooh, they look successful; buy them!” spree. MMO-Champion’s CEO Fabien Bonte will be joining Curse. They’ve promised a redesign of MMO-Champion […]
The 2010 Ennies nominations have been announced
The Ennies may well be the most significant of the RPG industry awards. Certainly, everyone who’s made it through to this round should be very happy with themselves and will hopefully see a rise in sales just because they’re a nominee. You’ll see some of the products marked with HM – these are honourable mentions […]
Jervis Johnson on new Warhammer “We’ve ramped the rules up to the next level”
Jervis Johnson is a name rich with Games Workshop history. In this video promotion/intro for the new Warhammer Johnson discusses how the game offers your chance to impact the game world. We learn that you can’t really trust the landscape. Rivers might run with blood, buildings might be magical or woods filled with monsters. The […]
Warhammer and romantic narrative? What? Let Phil Kelly explain
Games Workshop have a new video for their forthcoming Warhammer revision. Today we’ve games developer Phil Kelly doing a splendid job of talking us through the background to the world. Mountains are sentient creatures that grumble and growl, the whole landscape has been warped by wild magic – it’s hell on earth. My favourite bit […]
Mercenaries that eat your own troops: Jermey Vetock previews Warhammer Battles
Games Workshop are on a YouTube roll. We’ve another sneak peak at the new Warhammer book from them today. The video is preview/interview of games developer Jeremy Vetock. You can see he’s really pleased with the new rule book. I’m also a little more clear as to what the book is about. I always assumed […]
Games Workshop show off impressive new Warhammer gaming aids
I must admit I’m a big fan of any gaming mechanics that help enhance or contribute to the mood of the game. I think this video from Games Workshop shows how this approach can be applied to wargaming too. The video shows some in-theme measuring devices. Not only does this mean putting an end to […]
A sneak peek at the new Warhammer
Want to see inside the forthcoming Warhammer? We’ve got pictures. I’m so stuck the past that I still look at this product and think “Warhammer Fantasy Battle” but its clearly called “Warhammer” (with Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay being the supporting game). The new rulebook with be 528-pages long – big. You can advance order it from […]
Games Workshop sues Curse Network: Let’s us ask why?
British born Games Workshop have unleashed the attack lawyers on the up-and-coming Curse Network. This will not surprise industry watchers of any experience. Games Workshop are fiercely protective of their IP (intellectual property). In fact, Games Workshop are so quick to rip bleeding chunks out of anyone who might be mis-using their IP that I’m […]
Fantasy Flight Games re-imagines DungeonQuest
Gaming behemoth Fantasy Flight Games have announced their re-imagined version of the famous board game; DungeonQuest. The original DungeonQuest is Swedish. It was published back in 1985 under the name “Drakborgen” or Dragon Fortress. By 1987 it had been picked up by Games Workshop, translated and known as DungeonQuest. When Fantasy Flight Games picked up […]
A Games Workshop announcement – a new Warhammer?
Games Workshop, today, published a series of videos to YouTube that seem to trail a new Warhammer (Fantasy Battle). It’s not all that clear what we should expect. The video teases us with “A New Beginning. 10 July 2010”. The videos are all the same; just different languages. At the time of writing there’s no […]
