Another "multi-millionaire" this week, after Guild Wars reached 2,000,000 sales a few days ago, is the massive BioWare community - which has grown steadily over the years to a whopping 3,000,000 registered users! Going back in time, it was more than a year and a half ago (in January 2004) when BioWare announced a figure of 1.5 million community accounts. And today it may have been an even higher count, had they continued to develop Neverwinter Nights 2, instead of handing it over to Obsidian. But nevertheless, BioWare continues to do what it does best: role-playing games, of course!
Currently in development are Dragon Age and Jade Empire for the PC, Mass Effect for the Xbox 360, and possibly Jade Empire 2 rumoured on the Xbox 360. While Dragon Age is still being kept under some secrecy, Mass Effect was widely showcased at last month's E3 2006, and even won the "Best Role Playing Game" Game Critics Award (not to mention dozens of recognitions from individual websites).
K-Pop Academy is an upcoming pop star management simulator from the game studio that brought you Tsuki’s Odyssey and Campfire Cat Café.
The new unit comprises over 500 developers representing the entire World of Warcraft development team.
I used to be anti-union, it kills productivity, investment and turns product mediocre. Their games suck anyways though so what was lost? Might as well get their people paid until they are dissolved.
Modders have cooked up something pretty special – a Wii console which is small enough to fit on your keys. A wee Wii.