So we’re three days into the largest Games Conference in Europe, and I still haven’t made it onto the show floor. Today was the day, and after a few hours of frantically writing and sorting out photos, it was time to brave the chaos of the main halls. However there was a twist; Dan decided [...]
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Mon, August 23 2010 » Articles » 3 Comments
Just to recap, EA have brought me out to Gamescom in Cologne to cover some of their highest profile titles. Some of you will probably think that this is a free holiday and that writing for a few games, a few EA games no less, is a walk in the park. I’d be lying if I said it wasn’t easier because I’m doing something that I love, but this is no cakewalk…
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Fri, August 20 2010 » Articles » 4 Comments
Game: Dragon Age: Origins Format: PC Developer: Bioware Publisher: Electronic Arts Traditional RPGs seem to have fallen out of favour of late. Whilst turn based games have almost certainly seen their demise on main stream consoles and PCs; replaced with their action-RPG counterparts, there seem to have been even fewer Baldur’s Gate style hardcore RPGs [...]
Tags: David Silverman, Dragon Age: Origins, Mike Laidlaw, PC, RPG, Tom Wallis, Tom01255
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Thu, November 5 2009 » PC/Mac, PS3, Reviews, Xbox 360 » 2 Comments
Last week tom01255 was lucky enough to have been selected to represent the UK for an epic 24-hour team marathon playing Dragon Age: Origins. Ten teams from around the world flocked to London’s County Hall to battle it out for a prize of $50,000… and a big shiny engraved shield thing. Having just got back from the big event; he’s sat down at the first keyboard he can find to give you the inside scoop from Team UK.
Tags: David Silverman, Dragon Age: Origins, Mike Laidlaw, PC, RPG, Tom Wallis, Tom01255, Warden's Quest, XBox 360
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Mon, November 2 2009 » Articles » 7 Comments