Dragon Age Console Interview

BioWare’s latest RPG franchise started out life as a PC-exclusive “spiritual successor” to the classic title Baldur’s Gate. With the vision of creating a story-rich universe (as with all BioWare titles) soaked in lust and betrayal, the team set out to implement a unique “Origin story” aspect while living up to the standards…

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The Heavy Debates – Economics

It seems that fear of the unknown drives a lot of debates, in and out of the gaming realm, but ESPECIALLY in the MMO space – After all, if you plan on investing countless hours within a particular game world, you’d have a pretty strong feeling towards any changes that might impact your experience….

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Top 5 Best/Worst Gaming Videos Of The Week – 07/04/09

Happy Saturday ye’ Children of the ‘Axe. DK/TAW here hoping that you’re July 4th is, uh, BOOMIN’

Ya know, every week there are literally hundreds, if not THOUSANDS, of gaming-related videos that hit the net and compete for your attention. New trailers, new gameplay edits, developer diaries, promos, user movies…whatever…So, with all of…

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Questions Anyone? [U]

Hey there Axe Heads, the boys and I will most likely be recording another edition of EBC On Tap tonight and wanted to see if there was anything on your mind you’d like for us to answer. We get a lot of questions about the site, the show, our personal hygiene, etc, so if…

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RAVE: Star Wars: ToR Footage Vid

If you’re pumped about Star Wars: The Old Republic the way we are here at the ‘Axe, then you know what it’s like to crave ANY NEW FOOTAGE or info from the game. Thankfully, GameTrailers.com user xxHIMxx feels our pain, and decided to compile all of the available footage that LucasArts and BioWare…

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RANT: GameStopItPlease

Dear God in Heaven…please make it stop….I am SO SICK of GameStop announcing all of these “exclusives” for pre-ordering a game at the store. Today’s announcement of the Madden deal is actually an example of how things can be handled properly, while delivering exclusive in-game content as in the case of

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RANT: What's in a Name?

In today’s over-saturated gaming market, there are few brands that manage to stand out from the crowd and differentiate themselves by establishing a name synonymous with quality. Blizzard, Bethesda, and BioWare come to mind. When you see a title from these developers, you tend to think that it’s gonna rock. After all, each company’s track…

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