Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning producers Jeff Hickman and Jeff Skalski attempted to calm the waves in the WAR community via letters to the players. The news of huge layoffs at Mythic (owned by Electronic Arts) was cause for concern among many MMORPGamers; clearly, in any such event, a game's future may hang in the balance when 40% of its development staff is laid off.
DefaultPrime.com: "Everything is pushed back into 2010 nowadays; it is the cool the to do. Unfortunately Wayforward has decided to hold Shantae: Risky's Revenge back until Q1 2010 according to Nintendo Power. As of right now we are not sure why the DSiWare exclusive title was delayed, but the more time they put into it the better. Until then Shantae fans will just have to keep on waiting for the sequel to the original Gameboy Color title."
In addition to announcing pre-order bonuses for Larian Studio's upcoming action RPG Divinity II: Ego Draconis, a new gameplay trailer was released to show off some of the game's new tricks, such as turning into a dragon on the fly.
BeefJack writes: "Available as a single and song pack:Tom Petty & the HeartbreakersA Thing About You (Live)American Girl (Live)Even The Losers (Live)Here Comes My Girl (Live)Mary Jane's Last Dance (Live)Refugee (Live)"
EA has released a new update for their free-to-play strategy title BattleForge. The patch brings a new mode where players can engage in randomly generated PvE Maps to earn tokens for upgrading.
EA has detailed Battlefield 2142's upcoming 1.51 patch, noting the removal of on-disc DRM, the addition of new maps and the release of the Northern Strike expansion for all.
Russ has the RPG enthusiast in mind when he scopes out deals all over the place, saying, "Lots this week, unsurprisingly. The better deals will be this weekend, but there are still plenty of deals to take advantage of this week. As a result, simple lists are in effect."
There has been a reliable source giving out information that there will be a Left 4 Dead 3 or some other name.I can't reveal the source because the domain does not exist anymore. It expired and I have no screen shots, wish I had taken one.
Microsoft is getting us ready for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday with the myriad games we'll have to play and various activities we'll be able to participate in via the Xbox 360 console. This includes the social networks and media-delivery services added through the recent dashboard update, the relaunch of 1 vs. 100 Live starting tonight and assorted games that will be available over the next week and a half. We can also look forward to next week's Deal of the Week, which offers discounts on Fable II, Peggle and Death Tank (with the promise of a Sonic the following week).What follows is the full text of the press release, so you can determine for yourself how you want to spend your holiday time.
