interviews

WoW’s last major Draenor raid is Hellfire Citadel

Jef Reahard - July 2, 2015 136

Warlords of Draenor's last major raid will be Hellfire Citadel, according to an interview with World of Warcraft lead game designer Cory Stockton. Patch...

World of Warcraft offers a slew of activities in July

Justin Olivetti - June 30, 2015 22

With summer in full swing and plenty of people out of school and enjoying vacations, World of Warcraft figures that it had better darn...

Chaos Theory: ‘Never say never’ for The Secret World housing

MJ Guthrie - June 29, 2015 85

I have to admit, so many dreams were shot down this past week when the news came out suggesting that personal housing would never make...

Trove on graduating Beta University and heading into the real world

Justin Olivetti - June 27, 2015 10

The stages of pre-launch development always conjure some measure of protection for a fledgling video game. It may be rough, but that's OK, it's...

Villagers & Heroes’ Slye on the new Reborn overhaul

Jef Reahard - June 26, 2015 15

In case you missed it, Villagers & Heroes got a facelift earlier this month. The fantasy sandbox from Mad Otter Games is now known...

Ascent’s James Hicks: ‘We really are onto something unique here’

Jef Reahard - June 26, 2015 45

Ascent: The Space Game is one of the MMO genre's most ambitious titles. Whether it's the seamless transitions between the vastness of space and...

Destiny sells DLC extras separately, prepares promotion with Red Bull

Justin Olivetti - June 25, 2015 23

While Bungie is putting out one Destiny public relations fire, another one springs up behind it. The studio addressed its recent bungling of The Taken...

Skyforge will finalize open beta after this week’s test

Eliot Lefebvre - June 24, 2015 9

Skyforge has entered its final beta test, which means that open beta and soft launch is just around the corner. If you've been watching...

Bungie responds to Destiny’s ‘tone deaf’ DLC fiasco

Eliot Lefebvre - June 23, 2015 78

Destiny has already launched some downloadable expansions for itself, and they've been cheaper than the upcoming The Taken King. In fact, they've been much cheaper...

E3 2015: Blade & Soul’s ‘full-access F2P’ model and hands-on

MJ Guthrie - June 23, 2015 74

Long before NCsoft officially announced that Blade & Soul was heading west, fans were eager for the chance to get their hands on the game...

Path of Exile: The Awakening eyes July 10 release

Justin Olivetti - June 22, 2015 7

Path of Exile's next big content update, The Awakening, is coming soon... but how soon? The team said that it's getting close to nailing...

E3 2015: Life is Feudal isn’t just another gankbox

Andrew Ross - June 21, 2015 31

I'm standing with my PR contact at the Life is Feudal booth when suddenly a guy with a thick Russian accent walks up to me,...

E3 2015: Blizzard on Heroes of the Storm’s Eternal Conflict

Andrew Ross - June 19, 2015 46

While Heroes of the Storm just released, Blizzard is not resting on its laurels. The Eternal Conflict is coming, first on the public test...

E3 2015: Torchlight Mobile is a new Torchlight, not Torch-lite

MJ Guthrie - June 19, 2015 14

When Perfect World and Runic Games announced last week that Torchlight was stretching out into the mobile market, it caught many folks quite unawares. (It's...

E3 2015: Cory Jones discusses HEX, lawsuits, and cake

Andrew Ross - June 18, 2015 46

I first saw MMOTCG HEX at E3 2013 at the same time the Kickstarter was revealed to the public, which was actually after it had...

Hall drops Ion hints, says he worked on DayZ ‘longer than [he] intended’

Jef Reahard - June 17, 2015 21

What exactly is Ion, the new sci-fi sandbox being developed by Dean Hall in collaboration with virtual world firm Improbable? We still don't really...