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So I purchased a digital copy of Guild Wars 2 yesterday. I never played Guild Wars but I've played my fair share of World of Warcraft as well as a small amount of a few other MMORPGs and Guild Wars 2 looked promising.

Jumping into a new MMO, even for someone who's played one before, can be a pretty big jump. You have no idea of the world's setting, game mechanics or whether the community is going to be comprised complete idiots. Logging into the game with promises from the developers of "putting the player first" and have no grinding, I was either in for a surprise (of it actually being true) or a let down. Read on

In addition to Square Enix's Agni's Philosophy demo shown at this year's E3, LucasArts showed off an impressive selection of clips from Star Wars 1313, an action-shooter that, although shrouded in mystery, shows real-time gameplay using photo-realistic graphics. LucasArts' offering differed from that of Square Enix in that Star Wars 1313 is a real game in development, and the demo video shows supposedly real gameplay. According to this post at Giant Bomb, LucasArts has not yet revealed the platforms 1313 will run on, though the tech used was clearly running on the best PC hardware you can get right now, which should be significantly better than the hardware running on the six-plus year-old PS3 and Xbox 360 consoles...

BlogOn August 4th thru the 7th, QuakeCon 2011 kicked off with its usual flare. While there wasn't as many booths as there were in previous years, there was still a lot to see and do. Bethesda once took over hosting duties and things quickly got under way. I was there for the event and the following is what I saw and experience. Read on