News Roundup: Vanguard Going Over the Hedge

by: Randy - posted: 10/11/2006 11:39:00 PM

Thanks in advance to Atomic Gamer, Killer Betties, MMORPG.com, and Legit Reviews for today's News Roundup.

Reviews, Interviews, Editorials

• The hardware honchos at Legit Reviews put the ECS KA3MVP Extreme Motherboard to the test.  See if the previously low-brow ECS nametag pulls it off this time.
• Brad McQuaid and Jeff Butler are at the forefront of this Vanguard: Event interview.
• "Static Rewards, Static Avatars" in MMOs.  Any mention of static cling, static electricity?
• MMORPG.com suffered a database error yesterday, so here's a restored reposting of the Neocron 2 interview with Christian Schuett, ArchLord exclusive screens, and a "What's Next for EA Mythic" editorial.
• Bioware's Jennifer Hepler gets a talkin' to in the middle of her upcoming project as Managing Editor, Dragon Age.
  

Screens

• Get 'em while they're hot:  Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, Spiderman Battle for New York, Over the Hedge -- Hammy Goes Nuts, Enemy Territory Quake Wars, Call of Duty 3, and Activision Hits Remixed.

Trailers

• I told you.  Untold Legends Dark Kingdom tells of trailer #3.
• Cry havoc and let loose the Gears of War!  Here are the Emergence, Locusts, Marcus, and Coalition trailers.
• Eagle-eyed players can see Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam trailer #4 and DS trailer.
• Win the Acronym Champion of the Day prize by identifying what the LOTR BFME2 Rise of the Witch King trailer is.
• So, does this title mean it's always summer?  Neverwinter Nights 2 heats up with video diary #4.
  

Patches

• Conquest of the Aegean rows in a v1.37 patch.
• Settlers 2 gets a 10th Anniversary v9800 patch.