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There's a clear "Yes" to have the next Games Convention during 2009 in Leipzig again. Exhibitors and Trade Visitors Vote for the Traditional Venue for the Industry's European Benchmark Fair.
A new record was reached with a whooping 2003.00 visitors this year.
“The GC – Games Convention will be back in Leipzig again in 2009”, as Wolfgang Marzin,...
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The fact the Lord of the Rings Online is a huge success is no secret. After having met up with Turbine's Jeffrey Steefel, it is not hard to understand why. He shows a level of excitement and dedication to the game that really is reflected in how the game plays and displays visually.
Lord of the Rings Online, as we all know, is set in the third age...
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We were lucky enough to catch up with our friends over at CCP Games for a talk about their game, EVE Online and the fantastic improvements they are putting into their game. Featuring a presentation of the Direct X9 engine as well as an overlook of what to expect from EVE Online in the near future.
EVE, which has made a massive name for itself as...
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During our time at Games Convention in Leipzig, the guys over at NCSoft invited us to take place in one of the first english speaking demonstrations for their upcoming game Aion. The game, which I summed up textually in this article, looks amazing. Words really can't do this game justice for how beautiful it is visually! This video is a must see,...
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During Leipzig Games Convention, we had a chance to sit down with Mark Davis and Josh Dreschner, two crazy people working on Warhammer Online. The questions used for this interview were much courtesy of our friends over at Warhammer Alliance, so hopefully some of your questions will be answered!
Add to that, Josh and Mark share with us some of...
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allvatar has a great interview with Blizzard's Jeff Kaplan up from the Leipzig Games Convention. Tigole provided additional information on a few things coming in patches and the expansion. A quick recap:
Blizzard is looking at ways to attract players back to the old world. One way is through the new Caverns of Time: Stratholme instance, as well...
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This is the moment all Age of Conan fans have been waiting for: City Sieges. We have a video presentation from the Leipzig Games Convention where Jorgen Tharaldsen shows off high-end PvE content created for 24 players, PvP and city Sieges designed for massive armies of players to fight against each other in attempts to wrest the control of land...
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Continuing in our Leipzig Games Convention coverage, we have more Games Convention videos for everyone. This specific video is a presentation of Lord of the Rings online, as well as a brief Q&A session discussing certain design decisions made when choosing the Lord of the Rings era to use in the game.
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We have the entire Warhammer Online presentation video from Leipzig Games Convention available now. Paul Barnett and Jeff Hickman take us through a tour of the High Elf and Dark Elf races, both of which were presented for the first time anywhere at Leipzig. You can check it out below, but don't forget to visit its video page as well to share your...
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We have an incredibly long and informative interview with Jeff Kaplan for everyone tonight. For those not aware, he goes by Tigole on the forums, and is one of the Lead Designers of World of Warcraft.
Tigole was kind enough to spend 25 minutes with us, so as you can imagine we had a great opportunity to ask a ton of questions. He talks about a...
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We had a chance to talk with Tigole a bit this afternoon at the Leipzig Games Convention and he provided quite a bit of new information. We have a video in the process of being uploaded now, but unfortunately Nimloth is uploading it from his hotel in Germany, so it's a bit slow. In the meantime, we have some details from the interview to satiate...
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ActionTrip had a chance to interview Lead Designer Jeff Kaplan and Art Director Chris Robinson today at the Leipzig Games Convention.
The big news? The 25-person raid instance being added before Wrath of the Lich King, in an upcoming content patch, will be none other than Sunwell Plateau. We talked about this a bit during BlizzCon, but it was only...
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NCSoft released more images of Aion today on day 3 of the Leipzig Games Convention; 7 Screenshots and 5 pieces of Concept Art are in this collection of images. You can see them below by clicking the thumbnails, or by visiting our Games Convention Images section.
Aion Screenshots
Aion Concept Art
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Leipzig isn't the only show in town this weekend, and the Guild Wars team will be attending the Penny Arcade Expo as well. With that in mind, NCSoft provided a plethora of new images and videos for the event. This is all in preparation for the Guild Wars: Eye of the North Early Access Weekend, which starts this coming weekend on August 27th.
You...
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Games Convention is moving full steam ahead, and with that we've been given 10 new images for NCSoft's upcoming game - Aion - to share with everyone. The images include 5 in-game screenshots which show off some of the environments you'll come across, as well as 5 pieces of concept art that show off crafting tools, areas, and a creature.
You can...
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GC2007 - Aion Demo and Q/A
We were met by the team from NCSoft Europe at their booth, ready to present Aion to us in all its splendor and glory. Paired up with various other press representatives we began the presentation with an in-game walkthrough of the starting zones and aspects of the game.
One of the first things to notice was that the...
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At Games Convention this morning, Blizzard released 11 brand new screenshots for World of Wacraft's second expansion pack, currently in development, Wrath of the Lich King.
You can check them out, along with all the other images from GC 2007 in our Leipzig Games Convention Images section, or by clicking on the thumbnails below.
Be sure to keep an...
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Why Licenses and MMO's Aren't a Good Mix
ArenaNet founder Jeff Strain arrived in Leipzig, Germany for the Games Convention this year and talked candidly about his opinion of designing an MMO based on an already existing license, such as Lord of the Rings or Star Wars. His thoughts? It's a bad idea - you don't have nearly the freedom you would by...
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For anyone that hasn't heard of Spore yet - it's a life simulation game being designed by Will Wright - creator of the now-iconic Sims series. To say this game is everything is well... an understatement of epic proportion.
Think of it this way: Pac Man meets Sim Life meets Sim City meets Command and Conquer meets Star Trek, and you have an idea of...
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