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Volition working on new action RPG franchise
According to recent job listing at Volition (Red Faction: Armageddon) the studio has a new action RPG franchise in the works. Specifically, the listing notes that the studio is "collaborating with a high-powered creative talent in the entertainment industry to develop this original, unannounced franchise." It wouldn't be the first time Volition has delved in role-playing territory; the studio previously released Summoner for the PS2 and PC. 1UP also points to the resume of Volition's Jason Hayes (dug up by Superannuation and now seemingly pulled), which lists a project called "Downfall," apparently in development since 2004, though it's unclear if the two projects are related. With Volition making the new action RPG project public knowledge -- even announcing the job listing on its Twitter account -- hopefully we'll have more info soon.
Ever-enlarging WoW realms spell continued success
In a forum post about the ultimate downfall of WoW, Drysc pops in to explain that WoW still has a long lifespan ahead of it. People who say that the lack of new servers proves there are fewer and fewer new players in the game are missing the big picture. Back before The Burning Crusade was launched, Blizzard did a series of server upgrades that left each realm down for a few days. At the time, they said this was to make things ready for the expansion, but little did we know it would be to such an extent. Apparently these upgrades allowed Blizzard to keep pushing the maximum realm population up all this time, as more and more players joined the game. There are some relatively "low" population realms, of course, but only in comparison to the new much-increased maximum limit. As Drysc says, "aside from literally a handful of realms (I could count them on one hand), every other realm has a population that would have been considered high to overpopulated before the launch of Burning Crusade." Only recently have certain realms become truly crowded enough to merit free transfers to other realms.People always like to talk about the eventual downfall of the strongest player in any arena, but the steady growth Drysc is talking about continues, it looks like WoW will be the biggest 800-pound gorilla in the MMO jungle for a good long time to come.
Mario is the downfall of our society
That plumber may have ushered in the revival and rebirth of the modern video game industry, but everything isn't all sugarfairies and butterscotch. A retrospective study on this phenom reveals some startling truths about our favorite crimson-adorned pipe-jockey: a history of drug addiction, racism, and dealings with the seediest portions of the underworld. Destructoid has put together an eye-opening list of the egregious offenses this plumber has leveled against you, the gaming populace, and it's your responsibility to educate yourselves forthright.
