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New Tetris, Guild Wars Announced
Announcements have been made for new titles that are likely to get some folks excited. An online-enabled version of Tetris for the Nintendo DS is slated to come out this March, and the first add-on to the online RPG Guild Wars is due out sometime in the second Quarter. From the Tetris article: "After long dismissing online play as not being central to gaming, Nintendo is fast becoming one of Web-enabled multiplayer's biggest boosters ... Tetris DS, a reworked edition of the 1985 Soviet puzzle game. It will add six new modes to Tetris' classic block-combination gameplay, all of which will incorporate the DS's second, touch-sensitive screen. "
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Best. Multiplayer. Tetris. Ever.
Aww... damn. After reading the title, i was expecting news about a new game called Tetris Guild Wars. :(
If this image is real, then this could end up being very fun. 10 player Tetris? Come on now.
Let's just hope they have a lobby or post-game chat feature, unlike another game of theirs.
This is exactly what they were promising. From the start the business model was that you can buy expansions instead of a monthly fee. Minor additions would be made via streaming, in addition to gameplay tweaks and patches. The Sorrow's Furnace update was really just an oddity... my guess is that they meant to have it in the original release, but it was behind.
Nerf Ritualists!
Well, i've had the first one from a few weeks after it came out...
:o
its been awesome, i've completed the missions, and still i go back for more, im not sure what it is but there something about hte game which makes me want to go back and randomly play, even with no set "aim"... The fact the world is SO large and i can still explore with over 500hrs play time is amazing really, there isn't many games which can claim this, and they gave me free LARGE updates!
I'll be buying the new chapter, if not to keep playing but to support something which i belive can go very far, plus... imagine if they added crafting
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I read an old interview with Gail, basically they plan on doing a free content release with every chapter (to keep the game fresh inbetween chapters).
Otherwise, all content is designed to be paid for in the game by purchasing chapters.
However, all interface and game mechanic tweaks and updates are free, and based on the first year of GW, there were a lot of changes and improvements.
Still no auction houses or shared guild storage yet, but they will most likely be in chapter 2.
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