The Safehouse News

Cryptic Studios Announces Champions Online

Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:33:00 EST

Today the creators of City of Heroes, Cryptic Studios, announced their next project: Champions Online. Champions Online is based on the Champions paper and pencil RPG originally published in 1981 by HERO Games.

According to the HERO Games (creators of Champions and the HERO System rules), Cryptic has purchased both Champions and Dark Champions IP.

Click 'Read the full story...' for the press release.

Return of the MAXX

Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:28:00 EST

Way back in 1999, ATi released the Rage Fury MAXX. It used two Rage 128 Pro cores (each running at a whopping 125mhz) and 64mb of SDR SDRAM, and it was the first retail graphics card to incorporate two cores on one printed circuit board. Now, over 8 years later ATi has launched another dual GPU graphics card; The Radeon HD 3870 X2.

Below is a list of websites who have put the 3870 X2 through its paces to find out whether two cores are better than one:

WotC announces plans for 4e SRD and OGL

Thu, 10 Jan 2008 06:58:00 EST

WotC announces plans for 4e SRD and OGL

On January 7th, Wizards of the Coast held a courtesy call with the 3rd party publishers who had expressed close interest in gaining advance access to the 4e rules.

http://www.enworld.org/

Nvidia's GeForce 8800GT swings a big stick

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 10:33:00 EST

With the current disappointment in how budget gaming cards such as the GeForce 8600GTS and Radeon HD 2600XT handle today's games, I've personally been waiting for two cards to arrive; the GeForce 8800GT and the Radeon HD 38x0.

Today nVidia's GeForce 8800GT comes to market and as the reviews show the 512mb version packs a major punch for its $249 msrp. Not only has the number of shader processors been increased over the 8800GTS, but it has increased texture addressing as well. Below is a collection of reviews around the web, and in one fell swoop nVidia has kicked its own GeForce 8800GTS out of the graces of budget gaming enthusiasts, replacing it with the GeForce 8800GT.

E for All - E3 It's Not But There's Still Good In It

Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:34:00 EST

Fricka reports on the inaugural E for All convention with show highlights and a look at the event overall.

Gods and Heroes Cancelled. Star Trek Online to Get Attention.

Wed, 10 Oct 2007 12:10:00 EST

Gods and Heroes is cancelled. Perpetual shifts focus to Star Trek Online. Official confirmation here and quoted below.

Warhammer Online: What's in it for rogues? - Article and Podcast

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 23:49:00 EST

SEATTLE -- We all remember Mark Jacob's infamous quote: "All stealthers are griefers." His words are a dagger that twists in the heart of any rogue who has roleplayed one since they were old enough to pick up a Dungeons and Dragons manual.

Jacobs, the GM/VP of EA Mythic, headed up Dark Age of Camelot, a three-realm, player-verses-player game which included archer and assassin stealth classes. Now that EA Mythic has moved on to its next project, rogues at The Safehouse wonder, will there be a place for us in the Empire?

Revelations II Update 28th August 1100 - 1430

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 07:58:00 EST

CCP has announced that Tranquility will undergo an extended downtime on Tuesday, August 28th between 1100 and 1430 GMT for game update "Revelations 2.2".

Oveur Blogs About Revelations III

Tue, 21 Aug 2007 11:05:00 EST

EVE-Online's Executive Producer blogs about the upcoming free expansion "Revelations III".

Quick Interview: Bryan Konietzko, Co-Creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender

Thu, 9 Aug 2007 21:34:00 EST

Avatar: The Last Airbender

At Comic-Con International I got a few minutes for a photo op and questions with Bryan Konietzko, co-creator and executive producer of Avatar: The Last Airbender. Bryan has also worked as a character designer for Family Guy, as Assistant Director for Mission Hill and King of the Hill; and was a Storyboard Artist and then Art Director for Invader Zim.