Guild Wars Asura Mini-Pet and "Eye of the North"

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will release a new mini-pet named Asura, and it’s going to be made available via various magazines, similar to what they did with the Miniature Gray Giant. For the Philippines, it will most likely be the PC Gamer magazine from the US (May issue #161). To those wondering which of the two is the mini-pet, I think it’s the small one. :P

When they did the promo for the Miniature Gray Giant, it was basically a promo for the then upcoming Nightfall campaign. Since Nightfall, we’ve been in the dark regarding what the campaign slated for this year would be. Perhaps Asura is another promo. Well, NCSoft gave a hint in GDC 2007. The next Guild ways could very well be called “Eye of the North”, and is hinted to finish off what Prophecies started.

If everything does come full circle, what’s next? Apparently, it’s 2! If the rumors about 2 coming out around 2009 are correct, this should imply an engine upgrade (or perhaps several engine upgrades) to be current with the times on its release date. Since this is all too far in the future for the common folk, my only comment as of now is what they are planning to do with all the characters players have made in the current games…?

Anyway, those things are still too far off. I hope I somehow get into the closed betas. Anyone who’s been reading this blog from its inception knows how big a fan I am, so I’m hoping AND expecting a lot! For now, I just gotta be on a lookout for that mini-pet mag…

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Update here.

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March 8, 2007 | Filed Under games, video games | 1 Comment 

Steve Rogers (Captain America, "normal" continuity): Dead at #25

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Yes, on issue #25, Steve Rogers (Captain America in the “normal” continuity) is “dead”. I’m a bit surprised that they decided to do this, given all the hoopla that happened when Superman “died“. Actually, what surprised me more was how much media attention was given to the event. You’d think that after the Superman thing in 1993, we’d be quite used to comic book characters biting the dust (and returning to life). We have Jason Todd (Robin II), Jean Grey (Marvel Girl/Phoenix), even Bucky.

I’m somewhat annoyed at what they did, but reviews of the story leading up to this event say that it was actually pulled of pretty well (not counting Civil War). Given that comment, I’m very interested to know if they really did pull it off well (not to mention finding out if Civil War was actually good, I get mixed comments on this). I guess I’ll just have to read ‘em to find out.

This should be another controversial issue in comics history, regardless if the media coverage will die down soon or not. Besides, it might be interesting to see if anyone else takes the helm of Captain America (hey, they did it with Green Lantern, Ghost Rider, Robin, and even Batman).

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March 8, 2007 | Filed Under comics, random ramblings | Leave a Comment 

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