Will Mythos get a fifth race after or before launch? And when “yes” – can you tell us something about the new race?

Max Schaefer: Mythos will get a new race, probably after launch. Actually, if things go as planned, there will be many more races and classes as we go forward. We are not yet ready to reveal any details, though.

Will Mythos get new classes?

Max Schaefer: See above. There will be new classes! Our development process has us always working on what the game needs most at the time. When we evaluate the game and think the most important thing is a new class, that is what will be worked on.

"The Temptation" 411

The spiritual element will play an important role in "The Temptation" - various orders of monks and, of course, elves bring their own special brand of spirituality and magic to Antaloor. Lots of magical items will turn up and you will be able to use most of these items. However, you will still need to have enough experience to be able to use these magical items properly.


An example of one of these items is the Magic Orb. You will have to visit the various orders of monks and get information out of them any way you can, because those priests (who can be a little eccentric at times?) are as tight as clams when it comes to parting with information!

"Dragon Age has been in development for a while," said Muzyka. "Part of that is BioWare's attention to quality and detail and making this rich universe that you want to be part of. Dragon Age is in BioWare's sweet spot; it's the ultimate fantasy-adventure. It's going to appeal to the fans of Baldur's Gate and Neverwinter Nights and it's sort of the next generation of that…We haven't talked about it recently because we're just building up to something hopefully in the near future…I was just playing it last week and it's pretty damn cool."

I’m Adam and it’s my job to design for Fallout 3. Establishing the big picture for the Fallout universe as a pictorial diary, was my first task. Myself and the rest of the team poured over the lore, related our experiences playing the original, and researched everything 50’s we felt enhanced the drama, black comedy, and rich vintage sci fi that make this a truly unique game. At the end of these jams, as I liked to think of our discussions and debates, I did my best to put on paper what we had reached as a consensus. For my part, I like to feel I initially brought to the table a design sensibility that also favored ridiculous rocket flanged nuclear powered automobiles, and martini swilling characters who fight mutated horrors without scuffing their sharkskin suits. When the dust clears, I hope what you see is a mutated beast stamped indelibly with its inimitable origins. Whew.

There's a Linux port on the way for action RPG Sacred.

"Linux Game Publishing has announced a Linux port of "Sacred Gold," an action role-playing game first published for Windows three years ago. The U.K.-based game publisher plans to ship the title in August of this year, priced at 27 GBP (~ $50).

I've seen many attempts to quickly describe Mount & Blade. It has been said that the game looks like an interpretation of Dungeons & Dragons from someone who never played D&D, it has been called Pirates! in a medieval setting, and, most aptly, a mix of Pirates!/Elite with role-playing mechanics.

In other words, it's a very unique independent game, having started out as an experiment to bring an oft-ignored mounted combat component into the realm of gaming, and ending up as a massive freelancer game with RPG elements and plenty of things to do.

The world of role-playing games has its own commonly known and respected rules. Killing a monster will usually get you experience points or even some nice loot. A fireplace is where you are safe and can rest to regain your strength and health. A chest located deep in an ancient dungeon holds a nice weapon, armor or some other useful item, perhaps even an artifact. Red bottles are what keep you alive during difficult fights. And non-player characters NPCs? They give you quests... or at least some sort of hints.

Side quests involve more than killing a given number of monsters. You will gather shells, look for broken teeth that sand worms leave in their victims, get to the base of Hephaestus' mechanical beings, or raise spirits in dungeons.

A London legal firm is demanding in excess of £600 from people who it claims are guilty of downloading a single game from a file-sharing service.

Legal firm Davenport Lyons sent the demand to one PC Pro reader, after claiming it had "forensic computer analysis" that shows he downloaded the game Two Worlds using BitTorrent. Davenport Lyons is acting on the behalf of German games distributor Zuxxez, which last year employed the firm to target file sharers.

+Tweaked new stealth rules and made rating visible at Tawni's place.
+Made first person view melee fighting possible, thanks to Offkorn.
+Restored plus conditions for hg firearms, computer and dodge books.
+Made braid raise perception and improved Fu Syndicate test timing.
Fixed blood return and purge and added xp for hacking freezer code.
Removed warehouse bum before cutscene and made tubes not sellable.
Added some idle expressions to Gimble and Jack during the tutorial.
Fixed minor dialogue bugs, a Dane computer issue and version info.
Restored Jeanette scene for females and Larry's quest for everyone.
Prevented surplus CD quest email and corrected Maria dress detail.
Fixed Beckett's scholarship bonus and Pearl item, thanks to MooCHa.
Removed Tzimisce creation burning death and an Empire door handle.
Fixed occasion of Yukie not getting her sword and minor map issues.
Corrected looping conversation and look-through duct at warehouse.
Restored beach house inspection and changed Eldritch Prodigy bonus.
Corrected wrong newspaper icons and restored valve and oven icons.
Replaced sky at the Ocean House hotel to get rid of oversized moon.

This is about the kind of folklore evil that involves slaughtering sheep for no reason other than you can, destroying peasant farms on a whim and commanding minions with a lisp to make Gollum point and laugh. Oh the fun.

Overlord is about comedy evil, light and fluffy evil. The kind of black humour that makes you laugh with guilt and a slight tingling of shame. There's a British heart lurking underneath it all, with a very English charm about it.

The one-button combat of Fable 2 has been one key concern for core gamers since it was announced months ago. The idea that Lionhead would undermine its latest masterpiece with a dull hack 'n' slash combat mechanic seemed like a ludicrous idea - and sent shivers down our spines here at TVG. At Showcase however, it became apparent that there shouldn't be too much cause for alarm, with the revelation that combat will evolve and stack, as players spend XP on upgrading the three main areas of combat: swords, guns, and magic. Each of the three are linked to one of the controller's face buttons, and at first, a hack 'n' slash swing of the sword is indeed the only move that the hero can pull off. The implementation of time in Fable 2 is an important one, and it's something that's also linked to combat. As time goes on, and more and more XP is spent on the three trees of combat, the hero essentially becomes ever more masterful, opening up a range of fighting techniques that are stacked on the individual buttons.

The biggest issue for returning players might be fatigue – have they seen all this before? The answer really depends on what you expect – yes, the graphical and UI improvements are “only” incremental and, yes, most of the mechanics are familiar but I think that devalues the work Spiderweb has put into the story, the encounters and the Battle Disciplines. Remember the grand, classic roleplaying adventures before the current crop of 20-30 hour cinematic action games that dominate the genre? Spiderweb is the only company still regularly producing those and Avernum V is a worthy addition. Check out the generous demo.

I have a confession; I like to see all possible endings to games if I can. As a result I usually try and keep lot of different saves to try see these endings without having to replay huge section of particular games. However, I think I have now run into a problem.

Actually, I know I have a problem as Bethesda have revealed in the latest issue of Game Informer they currently have 500 unique endings planned for Fallout 3, with the final cutscene of the game having a huge amount of variations depending on what you do over the course of the game.

GameSpy: How did you come to work on Mysteries of Westgate?

Miranda: Well, after we released Darkness over Daggerford for Neverwinter Nights Atari approached us in August of 2006. It didn't take much convincing to show them that Ossian could easily replicate our success with Neverwinter Nights 2. We started coming up with ideas for where to set our next game and eventually settled on the city of Westgate, which is possibly the most infamous city in the Forgotten Realms.

GamePro: Can you elaborate on the story of Sacred 2?

AE: For aeons, The Creator has been designing worlds. He populated each of these worlds with an intelligent race to ensure he would be worshipped. Since the beginning of time, the Seraphim and their leaders - the Archangels - have been by his side to assist him. And thus the cycle remained in harmony, until the Archangels took it upon themselves to forge their own world. They siphoned the ethereal creative energy without The Creator's knowledge and used it to forge their own planetary creation, placing several intelligent races upon it. Each of these races were given the freedom to pursue their own goals. The Archangels named this world Ancaria.