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RPGuides eingestellt

erstellt am 20.01.2010 um 00:23 Uhr von Pandur

Mehr als fünf Jahre sind vergangen, seitdem ich RPGuides ins Leben gerufen habe. In dieser Zeit haben zahlreiche [RPG] Board Mitglieder geholfen, die Seite zu pflegen und Guides zu schreiben. Zwischenzeitlich bin aber nur noch ich, Pandur, übrig geblieben und wie ihr die vergangenen Monate sicherlich gemerkt habt, kann ich die Seite nicht alleine aufrecht erhalten. Meine Freizeit reicht so gerade, um die von mir beaufsichtigte World of WarCraft Sektion halbwegs aktuell zu halten.

Mit dem Erscheinen von Dragon Age im vergangenen Jahr, hatte ich eigentlich gehofft, mich vom MMO Sektor zu lösen und mich wieder den klassischen Single-Player-Rollenspielen zuzuwenden, um RPGuides neu aufleben zu lassen. Aber der Dragon Age Vertrieb hat mir bzw. uns relativ schnell klar gemacht, dass in der Marketing-Kampagne zwar eine gewisse Unterstützung für Fanpages vorhanden ist, aber die großen Magazine doch deutlich besseren Support erhalten und unsere Guides somit überflüssig sind.

Nachdem somit auch die letzten Kollegen das Schiff verlassen haben, habe ich ebenfalls meine Konsequenzen daraus gezogen und stelle die Arbeiten an RPGuides nun ein.

So lange die Werbebanner durch eure Besuche / Klicks die Serverkosten abdecken können, wird die Seite mit ihren existierenden Guides weiter online bleiben. Die Sektionen ohne fertige Lösungen werden jedoch verschwinden und Änderungen an jeglichen Inhalten sind aber logischerweise ebenfalls nicht mehr zu erwarten.

Abschließend möchte ich allen Kollegen danken, die sich im Laufe der Jahre um die zahlreichen Sektionen gekümmert haben.

Im Speziellen möchte ich da selbstverständlich Avantenor danken, der sich jahrelang um zahlreiche Spiele und die Pflege der Seite selbst kümmerte. Ebenso C-Real für seine Aufopferung für Neverwinter Nights.

Darübeber hinaus gilt mein Dank:

AnTeevY
Dying Despot
FleurDuMal
McCrazy
Novil Ariandis
Palahn
TheDarkShadow
Zauriel

Und letztlich selbstverständlich Andreas "Monti" Bytzek für die Programmierung unseres [RPG] Boards, welches von der Schließung des Portals unberührt bleibt.

Warner Bros. kauft Snowblind Studios

erstellt am 05.02.2009 um 12:12 Uhr von Pandur

Warner Brothers hat ihrer eigenen Pressemitteilung zur Folge die Snowblind Studios übernommen. Um die Entwickler von Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance und Champions of Norrath Entwickler war es in letzter Zeit ziemlich ruhig geworden. Die Übernahme lässt nun auf ein neues Action-RPG vielleicht sogar im Forgotten Realms Universum hoffen.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group Acquires Snowblind Studios

BURBANK, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kevin Tsujihara, President, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group announced today the acquisition of Snowblind Studios, an award winning, independent game development studio specializing in action and fantasy-based games, strengthening Warner Bros.' growing presence as a full scale games publisher.

"This is a good fit for Warner Bros. and Snowblind Studios," said Tsujihara. "The arrangement broadens our portfolio with quality games and provides Snowblind with access to our global distribution and publishing capabilities. Snowblind has a great reputation and we are pleased to welcome them into the Warner Bros. family."
Located outside of Seattle in Bothell, Washington, Snowblind Studios is known for the popular action role-playing games, Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, Champions of Norrath and Justice League Heroes. The studio was founded in 1997.

"The acquisition of Snowblind is an important milestone for our games business, allowing us to expand our development capabilities even further," said Martin Tremblay, President, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. "We are proud to be associated with such a talented team that is focused on executing innovative and captivating game designs."

Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment is a worldwide games publisher of internally developed as well as third party game titles. Snowblind Studios will become the third development studio under the Warner Bros. umbrella along with Monolith Productions and TT Games. Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment and Monolith Productions will launch "F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin," the much anticipated sequel to the hit game "F.E.A.R." this month and TT Games' "LEGO Batman: The Videogame" is one of the best-selling games of 2008.

"We look forward to working as a part of Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on creating several distinctive games with wide appeal," said Ryan Geithman, Studio Head, Snowblind Studios. "Our team is committed at every level to making the best gaming experience possible for our audiences."

15 Wallpaper

erstellt am 01.06.2006 um 09:17 Uhr von Avantenor

Auch Champions of Norrath profitiert ab sofort von unserer Wallpaper-Sektion. Insgesamt 15 Stück haben sich darin eingefunden. Zugegeben, die Motive variieren nur minimal, aber das soll sie nicht abwerten. ;) Viel Spaß beim stöbern.

Zum Wallpaper-Bereich

Komplettlösung @ Gamebanshee

erstellt am 06.06.2005 um 13:13 Uhr von Pandur

Die Kollegen vom Gamebanshee haben ihre Komplettlösung zu der Heldensage von Norrath fertiggestellt, die sowohl den guten als auch Teil abdeckt.

Review @ Fragland

erstellt am 24.05.2005 um 15:47 Uhr von Pandur

Ein spärliches Review (43%) der Return to Arms gibt es beim Fragland nachzulesen.

For the past couple of months I’ve had the privilege to test a lot of great games. Unfortunately there is a less fun part that comes along with this and it’s called: Champions: Return to Arms. This PS2 title has been lonely lately between my Xbox hits such as: Doom 3 and Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory. My gamestash has luckily been narrowed down to only two titles; Jade Empire for the Xbox and this piece of *self censorship*. Sometimes people have the tendency to give one more attention than the other, which is mostly not the others’ fault. I’m afraid to say but in Return to Arms it’s the other way around. My daily life is mediocre and boring as it is, I don’t need a game to remind me of that.

Review @ 3D Avenue

erstellt am 19.04.2005 um 10:54 Uhr von Pandur

Eine 75% Wertung für die Heldentaten im Everquestuniversum vergibt die 3D Avenue in ihrem Review.

It's worth noting at the outset that, rather like its predecessor, Return To Arms isn't a title for novices in this genre, as even at the easiest difficulty setting -- aptly titled "Adventurous" -- you'll be killed within seconds if you're not fluent with the combat controls, especially blocking and evading. It's a sign of how dedicated Sony thinks gamers will be that the higher and harder difficulty levels can only be unlocked once you've finished the entire game, and only then challenged by characters that have attained suitable levels and enhancements along the way.

Review @ GameBiz

erstellt am 14.04.2005 um 07:32 Uhr von Pandur

Jason Eder von GameBiz hat sich den 2. Teil der Everquest Action RPG Reihe zur Brust genommen. Die Wertung seines Reviews beläuft sich auf 75%.

I strongly believe that it's safe to say that Champions: Return to Arms is extremely similar to Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance, which isn't too surprising considering both games were developed by Snowblind Studios. While this isn't necessarily a bad thing considering the enjoyment the latter dished out, it does draw the potential for originality from Champions: Return to Arms and makes you wonder if effort was actually injected into the game or if code was simply copied and pasted from other obvious sources. Despite this drawback, however, the sequel to Champions of Norrath doesn't fail to deliver some incredibly fun gameplay.

Review @ Gamersmark

erstellt am 13.04.2005 um 10:29 Uhr von Pandur

Das Gamersmark Network bietet ein neues Review zu Snowblinds/Sonys Everquest Action-RPG Nachfolger.

As it should be, Return to Arms' most stand-out features are its good, solid hack-n-slash gameplay and level design. The game boasts many areas to explore and countless interesting and diverse enemies to dispose of, as well as decent visuals and an epic soundtrack. While a few fairly important flaws keep it from achieving greatness, Return to Arms is ultimately a worthy addition to the handful of games of its kind.

Review @ Gamehelper

erstellt am 31.03.2005 um 11:15 Uhr von Pandur

Ein weiteres Review (9/10) der Everquest Heldensaga aus dem Hause Snowblind/Sony findet ihr beim Gamehelper.

Everything came clear to me when I finally completed the offline campaign (Firiona Vie’s campaign, that is). While at first I believed that the game saves the character individually, it is in fact the other way around. Your character is stored on the memory card, saving its progress either in the offline campaign or online game. Just a few hours ago I defeated Cazic-Thule and saw that my saved game said GAME COMPLETED. I couldn’t re-enter my offline game so I headed online, chose a game that allowed my Vah Shir Berserker (who is saved within my Game Completed file), and asked a simple question: “Can my offline character save its experience gained online?” I was answered with an annoyed “Yes you damn noobie!”

Review @ UGO

erstellt am 24.03.2005 um 10:58 Uhr von Pandur

Snowblinds EverQuest-basierendes Champions: Return to Arms wurde von UGO getestet und für gut (B+) befunden:

Last year, Snowblind Studios and Sony Online Entertainment scored a hit for the PS2 with the release of Champions of Norrath, an Everquest branded hack-and-slash RPG. It was met with both critical and commercial success, no doubt based upon the feverish popularity of the Everquest brand. A year later, the franchise returns with Champions: Return to Arms, a direct sequel to Norrath. Like the original, it's a fine hack-and-slash RPG that's both lengthy and challenging, and sports vastly improved online play. A couple of silly bugs hamper the game, but they do not ruin it. Like most hack-and-slash games, it can become repetitive, but if you're a fan of this genre, RTA is a no-brainer, and definitely one of the better action RPGs on any game console despite some notable flaws.