Oct/080
COD5 World at War First Look
About four days ago I got my hands on the Call of Duty 5 beta. At first I wasn’t even going to try it because it wasn’t by Infinity Ward. I feel that Infinity Ward saved the COD franchise with COD4 and that giving the series back to Treyarch was a giant mistake. Alas, a bunch of my friends picked up the beta and they said it was pretty good, so I jumped on and installed it. Basically all they did was take Infinity Ward’s COD4 and re-skin it to look World War 2ish. They did some improvements but it is basically the same game, just with a significantly different gameplay.
Aug/082
State of Warhammer Address
Over the last month or so there has been a flurry of activity in the Warhammer Online community. From the first announcements of a first quarter 2009 launch to an all of a sudden late 3rd quarter 2008 launch, everything feels like it is being rushed a little bit. I have seen this game grow over the past few months as an Elder Beta tester and there is a lot that I would like to get off my chest about Warhammer. Like many things I have read, this too might turn out to be a little rantish, but just remember that I love Warhammer and I fully plan on buying the game, I have it preordered anyways…
Aug/080
The Warhammer NDA is lifted!
The Warhammer NDA has been lifted, so this post will mark the start of my beta journal for the Open Beta portion of Warhammer. The NDA has been lifted in preparation for the Preview Weekend occurring this weekend, August 22-24th. AonxeDotCom has been empty for the past week or so because I have been so busy with Warhammer, this was one of the most rigorous beta testing programs I have ever been apart of, but it was worth it to see a game come from what it used to be turn into something great.
Aug/081
34 Warhammer Motivators
Over the past few months the Warhammer Beta Forums have come up with a bunch of WAR Motivators, these are the best ones on the beta forums.
Aug/081
WAR CE Pre-Order Beta Ready to Kick Off!
It seems that the day of Open Beta is drawing near! EA Mythic just sent out the 60,000 Collector’s Edition Pre-Order Open Beta invites yesterday in waves, so if you haven’t gotten yours yet then don’t worry, it will come, so long as you have already set up your account at Warhammer’s beta center. So, In the words of EA Mythic, “Are you ready for war?!”
Aug/085
CnC: Red Alert 3 Beta First Impressions
Today I started playing the Command and Conquer Red Alert 3 Beta, mainly because Warhammer was down in preparation for the next Beta testing phase (it’s getting closer! yay!). Speaking of Warhammer, I can’t wait until the Closed Beta is over and the NDA is lifted because I have so much stuff to share with you guys! Now back to Red Alert 3! The newest chapter of the Red Alert series is such a good game so far, as I have only played about 25 games, but it has been great so far.
Jul/081
Review: Gold Slam Tennis
Gold Slam Beta 2 Started last night and I can say that I was really excited to start playing again. The game is really fun and is one of the few free games that I have throughly enjoyed my time spent. Gold Slam is made by Aeria Games, the people who brought you Shaiya and a few other popular free games. Gold Slam Beta 2 is going on until August 4 so go get the game and lets play some tennis!
Jun/085
Warhammer Online Guild System Heads Up
After watching the Podcast on Living Guilds at the Warhammer Online website, I decided that I would go into the Guild system a little more than they do, and possibly even point out a few things that I have come across via my various connections that they don’t tell you in their podcast. I think I am supposed to say something about a Spoiler Alert here, but this is my blog, so whatever.
May/086
First Impressions: Age of Conan
The Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures Open Beta launched on Friday, May 2, 2008. The launch was pushed back about 6 or 7 hours due to some last minute patching issues. But when 17:00 EST rolled around, my friends and I all logged into the game and began our adventures in the perilous lands of Hyboria.