Today in San Francisco, LucasArts formally announced their new MMORPG, titled 'Star Wars: The Old Republic'. Highlights of the announcement included word that the game will, as rumored, be set inside the Knights of the Old Republic universe and will be heavily 'story based' and allow players to have 'companion characters' with them (ie pets?) along their journey.

The game looks to have a much more stylized look in contrast to the original KOTOR, almost 'cartoonish', which could upset some fans. Players will be able to join up as a Jedi or Sith initiate and will also have other classes available to play as well.

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Also, check out some official screenshots!

Official Release:
LucasArts and BioWare™, a division of Electronic Arts Inc. (NASDAQ: ERTS), today announced the development of Star Wars®: The Old Republic™, a story-driven massively multiplayer online PC game set in the timeframe of the Star Wars®: Knights of the Old Republic™ franchise. Star Wars: The Old Republic, being developed and published by BioWare and LucasArts, represents an innovative approach to interactive entertainment, featuring immersive storytelling, dyna

By Benjamin Schlichter (BSchlichter@VGChartz.com)

According to solid retailer reports on first day sales, we can now state that Fable 2 is having incredibly brisk sales, and is poised to be the fastest selling Western console RPG.

Retailer reports sales of over 350,000 units sold on Tuesday, October 21st in North America, and are stating that the game is selling far quicker than recent Xbox360 hits such as The Force Unleashed, Dead Space and Saints Row 2. Sales seem at a fever pitch similar to that of Madden NFL 09 which sold over 700,000 units on its first week in North America.

It's also destined to become one of the most-played games online as well. Gamercard websites such as www.mygamercard.net and www.360voice.com have vouched for the brisk sales of Fable 2 - It is already the 3rd most played title on MyGamercard on the week, and 360voice reports that Fable 2 is being played by more users than Halo 3 and Call of Duty 4 - Combined. All without European sales.

For our European friends, Fable 2 is set to launch tommorow, and will most likely see strong sales akin to Gears of War or Call of Duty 4. PAL sales are expected to exceed 300,000 units if not flirt with the 400,000 mark

Everyone has games they like and dislike, but what about the games that never get made? What are the games that companies should have made, but haven't? Well, here's my top 10 personal choices.

10) Another 2D Mario game

I'm not even sure if I have to explain this. When Mario was in 2D, most Mario games were either the best on their console, or a close second or third. Super Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros 3, Super Mario Land, Super Mario World... all of these games were awesome, and some of the most respected games of all time. While Super Mario 64, Sunshine, and Galaxy are good, there's no need to stop pumping out 2D goodness. Sure, the DS had a new Super Mario game that was 2D, but that was years ago, and we're getting restless for another. Plus, the DS game was kind of short, and we want more!
There must be more!

9) Mother/Earthbound continuation.

Most of you will have (hopefully) heard of Earthbound, an SNES RPG that has been my favourite game for a few years now. Now that Brawl is out with the character Lucas from Mother 3, you should know that it is a GBA game that was only released in Japan that was a sequel to Earthbound.
Luckily, Mother 3 will become available to the US an

In what is perhaps the most shining example of obsession and geekiness I have ever seen, a fella by the name of Bradster has 36 World of WarCraft accounts that he plays on 11 computers simultaneously. He mainly seems to be doing it because he doesn’t like to rely on so many other people to get a raid going, which includes attacking the Alliance capital cities, and on that front I can totally see where he’s coming from.

I hate those Alliance douchebags too, but I’m not about to drop $5711 per year like Bradster is. The best way to get to them is to just live well, right? Well, Bradster doesn’t appear to be letting the Alliance off the hook so easily, as he plans on picking up 36 copies of Wrath of the Lich King on day one, spending around $1500, just so he can have a raid group of level 80 Shamans terrorizing Stormwind as soon as possible.

Read on to see how this crazy man manages to control all of these characters.

From the Bradster himself:

A lot have asked me, why create so many? The main reason is to invade Stormwind and Ironforge when they reach top level. I’m sure the Alliance will put up a big fight when that happens. We’ll see how it goes. If

The videogame medium is, depending on when you start counting, 46 years old. That's still relatively young compared to other popular media, but it's old enough, it seems, to start preserving the industry's rich history. To that end, the U.K.'s first official National Videogame Archive was launched earlier this week, which will house a "treasure trove" of consoles and cartridges ranging from "the humble beginnings of 1972's 'Pong', to the blockbusters of the 21st Century."

The archive was formed by academics at Nottingham Trent University, in cooperation with the National Media Museum in Bradford. The archive will, in fact, be located at the National Media Museum, and managed by Nottingham Trent University's Centre for Contemporary Play. Interestingly, along with games and consoles, the archive will also include a wide swath of game-related media, such as advertising campaigns, artwork, and "the communities that sustain them" (which we really hope doesn't mean they'll be preserving the average videogame forum post).

"The National Videogame Archive is an important resource for preserving elements of our national cultural heritage," said