Pariah’s Guild

A couple days ago, I finally brought Fable 2, the sequel to the X-Box classic game. I’m thinking about writing an OMG article for the game next week. Anyway, it turns out that my recent purchase may have been foolish since Lionhead announced Fable 3…or did they? These sensational Fable 3 rumors were started last March when BBC’s Jonathan Ross posted several messages on his twitter page concerning Fable 3. One message includes “Must go to bed. [I was] asked to do voice in Fable 3 tonight…” while another said “[Y]es they are doing it. Charlie Brooker said he would do a voice for it to ! Great fun !!” A day later, he recanted what he said in another twitter post. The rumors died out until The Times ran a wedding ad stating “Mr. Atkins, 34, is the lead game designer for Fable III, a video game series produced by Lionhead Studios in Guildford, England.” However, a Microsoft rep asserted that”[Microsoft has] nothing to announce regarding future Lionhead Studios projects.” Fake or not, Lionhead did admit that they plan on producing three more Fable games. The question is when?

It’s no surprise that more, and more companies are releasing special controllers to improve the gaming experience. From the Nintendo Wii to the recently announced “Project Natal” by Microsoft, companies are striving for new ways to add depth to their games. Just look at, Activision-Blizzard’s rhythm franchise, which has earned over $2 billion to this very day. It should not be a surprise since controller-based games are making it big these days. Speaking of which, THQ announced that they are hard at work on a new type of game specific controller, which should come out next year. The claim was made by THQ chief executive, Brian Farrell, during an interview with the LA Business Journal. In the interview, Farrell asserted that “We have something that we think is different from anything else out there and will give us a competitive advantage…[b]eyond that, we can’t say much.”

Check out this new racing game coming out for the PC

Do you own a construction business? Are you in need of something like…oh let say awinch truck? Then today’s website is just for you. Introducing, alasher.com. Although the website is relativity new, the company is not. Alasher has been around since 1914! That’s close to a hundred years! What’s that? You don’t need a truck? Then visit their website for various trucker parts like digger heads, swivel hooks, and collapsible reels to name a few. Can’t afford anything on the site? Then you could rent various equipment and services from the company. If you want to learn more about the site, then visit this URL.

Korean game developers just received a big boost. Epic Games just announced that they will be opening Epic Games Korea. Epic Games hope by opening a game studio in Seoul, Korea, they can license their game engine, the Unreal Engine 3, to help out the Korean game developer community. So who will be the “head honcho” for Epic Games Korea? Epic Games Korea will be lead by territory manager Ray Park, an ex-business/strategy development manager for Massive. According to Parks, Epic Games Korea main purpose is to “[Let everyone know] Epic’s desire to collaborate more closely with the Korean game development community.” This should not be a surprise since Epic Games provided “Unreal Engine Technology” to Korea for five years now. Epic also revealed that they will be opening a local subsidiary, which will provide Unreal Engine access, knowledge and support in the Korean marketplace.

There are some franchises that refuses to die, even when faced against a better, and formidable opponent. Everquest, Everquest 2 and its many expansion packs provide such an adequate example. At Fan Faire in Las Vegas, Nevada, SOE announced the 16th commercial expansion pack of the Everquest series. Currently named Everquest : Underfoot, this new expansion pack will come out this fall. So what’s new in this expansion pack? This expansion adds a brand new underground zone to the game along with new creatures to fight. However, this is not the only Everquest based MMO announced by SOE. SOE also announced another Expansion pack for Everquest 2 entitled Everquest 2: Sentinel’s Fate. This is the sixth expansion pack for the game and will add a level 90 cap to the game. Sentinel’s Fate will come up February 2010.