Where do you stand on RMT?

Posted on May 16, 2012

We were told by developers and publishers over the years that real-money-trading was a scourge on online gaming and ruined the experience for everyone. Rules were added to the term and conditions for just about every game to make sure that everyone knew it was not allowed and wouldn’t be tolerated. Those that did not

Diablo 3: Diary of Torak the Barbarian, pg 1

Posted on May 15, 2012

Warning: The Diary of Torak posts are roleplaying posts and will likely contain spoilers.  If you don’t want your campaign potentially spoiled, please play the game first then return see Torak’s adventure unfold. You have been warned. “I heard about a star falling in New Tristram. The dead were rising; was this what I searched

Diablo III Real Money Auction House: Analysis of Fees, Market Forces, and Strategy, Part 2

Posted on May 14, 2012

Last time, we looked at how the fees for the different auction houses will affect trading in Diablo 3. Today, I’d like to look at it from Blizzard’s perspective and understand how the company selected the fee structure, what it will be paying attention to, and how it might treat the auction house in the

LoreHound Crier: The Week Up to 5/12 in a Glance

Posted on May 12, 2012

Eeek! I’m late I’m late! I must beg forgiveness to anyone looking forward to my weekly summary; a vacation combined with the opening of The Secret World‘s beta weekend sent me spinning off into the land of distractions. But it’s been another pretty exciting week here at LoreHound! We’ve got item giveaways, MineCraft goodies, news

Diablo III Real Money Auction House: Analysis of Fees, Market Forces, and Strategy, Part 1

Posted on May 10, 2012

On May 15th at 3 A.M. PDT, the heavens will tremble and Diablo 3 will be live. Players will be able to scour Sanctuary for gold and epic loot and trade it on the in-game gold-based auction house immediately, and a week later, the real money auction house will open, where players can trade their items with

LoreHound Crier: The Week at a Glance

Posted on Apr 20, 2012

It’s been another great week here at LoreHound. More PAX interviews have appeared, we’ve had a few exclusives, and there’s even been some game industry mudslinging. I was terribly excited to see news about Torchlight 2, and I’m sure there’s even more excitement about Diablo 3. I won’t be playing either game as I’ve got

Diablo 3 Open Beta Stress Test This Weekend

Posted on Apr 20, 2012

Haven’t gotten your Diablo 3 beta invite yet? Consider downloading the client anyway, as this weekend, all existing and new Battle.net members can login to the Diablo 3 beta. That means everyone that’s willing to sign up for Battle.net The beta will be open to everyone from April 20th (Friday) at 12:01 PM PDT to 10:00 AM

Diablo 3 Release Date Announced: May 15th

Posted on Mar 15, 2012

Blizzard has finally revealed the release date for Diablo 3, which is May 15th. Pre-orders also begin today; although, there doesn’t seem to be any sort of reward or bonus for pre-ordering the game. A beta key would have been nice. It was rumored last week from a Tweet by Blizzard Game Director, Jay Wilson, that the possible

Blizzard on Diablo 3 Release: No PvP for you!

Posted on Mar 10, 2012

It seems that Blizzard is, for the first time that I can ever remember, launching an incomplete game to hit their target release date.  Yesterday Blizzard announced that Diablo 3 would be launching without the PvP Arena system because it is not “living up to our standards“. PvP will then be patched into the game

My Six Month MMO Game Plan – TERA, D3, GW2

Posted on Mar 01, 2012

There’s a lot of MMO games coming out in the next six months, some launching, others going into beta, and many that I’m exited to try out. So I decided to put a little release list together to see what I can fit into my schedule over the next six or so months. Up first