While You Were Gaming Christmas Edition

While You Were Gaming Christmas Edition

Happy Holidays to all you fine folks out there in video game land. This week will likely see many of you traveling, chilling with family and friends and just generally doling out the peace on earth and goodwill towards men. As we prepare for our own long winter’s nap, here’s the last weekend...

Fable III, Your Chance To Play God?

Fable III, Your Chance To Play God?

Courtesy of Microsoft and Lionhead studios Fable III is slated for a release this fall (October 29th), but things are getting kicked off a little sooner for this upcoming title. If you have been vocal about the normal pre-order bonuses offered up, its possible your voices have been heard. Fable III’s...

Editorial Soapbox: The Illusion of Choice

Editorial Soapbox: The Illusion of Choice

“Would you kindly…”  In the history of video games this phrase will forever live in the memories of gamers.  Why is that?  What makes these three words taken together such a powerful statement?  Because these words marked the moment that we as gamers realized that we are all pawns in...

Come Hell or Power Outage: House Guest Edition

Come Hell or Power Outage: House Guest Edition

Hello evil, evil world fans! What a week it’s been here on GrE. For fear of stepping out of line, I want to affirm that there have been some operational changes, but we’re committed to keeping things running as smoothly as possible! With that in mind, dig in with me as I go through a (rather...

PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #34

PODCAST: EvilCast NewsBrief, Episode #34

Audio clip: Adobe Flash Player (version 9 or above) is required to play this audio clip. Download the latest version here. You also need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser. DOWNLOAD | SUBSCRIBE IN iTUNES We’ve got a ton of great things this week for you guys and gals, including an extra...

Review: Fable 2 Knothole Island DLC (360)

Review: Fable 2 Knothole Island DLC (360)

Release: January 13, 2009 Developer: Lionhead Studios Publisher: Microsoft Genre: Role-Playing Game ***Post-release content is a somewhat different beast to full retail titles and as such we do not currently award fixed scores to such products. Editor’s Note: We’ve implemented a simple scoring...

Lionhead announce they’re about to make an announcement

Lionhead announce they’re about to make an announcement

If you frequently visit, Fable 2 developer, Lionhead’s blog then you will have noticed today that a strange post has been added informing us of a ‘big announcement’ regarding Fable 2. The short post doesn’t provide any indication of what the announcement relates to, only that it is...

Fable 2 Limited Edition scaled back – Gamers compensated with free album

Fable 2 Limited Edition scaled back – Gamers compensated with free album

In a post on the Fable 2 Development blog Microsoft have announced that “due to supply chain issues” changes have been made to the Fable 2 Limited Collector’s Edition package. Originally the package had been confirmed as including a “premium box”, 5 printed fate cards and a...