Neverwinter Nights 2 Screens
Check out www.pro-g.co.uk/media/screens/1536/0/ for more Neverwinter Nights 2 screenshots!
The Connection Has Been Lost
iFElse has the sad last moments of Asheron’s Call 2 online, summarized by a loss of connection to the server. The game warned players, “this world will be shutting down in 2 minutes. Please log out” before they pulled the plug. On their website, they write:
Empyrean magic has once again fled this world. The battle for Dereth continues on a different plane now. As his final act in this realm, Asheron sealed every portal to contain the expanding horde and protect what is left of the races who called Dereth home.
As of December 30, 2005 the AC2 service is no longer available. Turbine and the AC2 development team would like to express our thanks to the many players who’ve been part of Asheron’s Call 2 over the years. We hope you’ve had as much fun playing the game as we did creating it for you.
It’s never easy to say goodbye to a place you’ve called home, but we hope to see all of you in Turbine’s other worlds.
World of Warcraft Coke Commercial
Coca Cola teamed up with Blizzard to theme a World of Warcraft coke commerical in China with singers S.H.E., also known as Selina Ren, Hebe Tien, and Ella Chen. Here’s a pictoral transcription of the commercial:
Businessman: Girls!
Businessman: Sexy is what sells.
Businessman: You get my drift?
Girls: No.
Businessman: (Turning into an orc) What do you mean, no?
Businessman / Orc: (Roars)
Girls: (Turning into elves) No is no.
Girls / Elves: (Attacking the orcs)
Businessman / Orc: (Takes some damage)
Girls / Elves: (Drinking Coca Cola)
Final Screen! You can download the video yourself from Tokyo-Genki. Funny that they run a WP blog, but don’t publicize the trackback URL…
WoW Screenshots
VGB is proud to present an exclusive selection of World of Warcraft screenshots for your viewing pleasure:
The login screen where you log on screen
When you first start, you need to chose a character’s race: this is a human female warrior
The dwarf race is a little smaller
Why be alliance when you can be a horde night elf?
Personally, I find gnomes quite cute
Orcs are not at all sexy, even if they are women
Unless you’re into necrophilia, the undead *really* aren’t sexy
Tauren, on the other hand, have a majesty about them
I chose a human warlock, quite pretty and dangerous looking, although well figured and not at all slender
The World of Warcraft and Blizzard’s loading screen
The alliance intro movie cutscene
One of your first tasks is to kill some wolves!
For more WoW photos, please check out the WoW flickr photoset / gallery. If you’re unfamiliar with World of Warcraft, try this wikipedia entry:
World of Warcraft (commonly abbreviated as WoW) is a race/class-based massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) developed by Blizzard Entertainment. It is the 4th game in the Warcraft series, excluding expansion packs and the cancelled Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans. The Warcraft games are set in the eponymous Warcraft Universe, a fantasy setting introduced by Warcraft: Orcs & Humans in 1994. World of Warcraft is set four years after the events at the conclusion of Blizzard’s previous release, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne. As of December 2005, World of Warcraft is one of the most popular MMORPGs in the world, with more than 5 million active subscriptions.
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Update:
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Update 2:
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