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Paul Hochman / nook and BN eReader Blog:
eBooks: B&N eReader for iPad Coming Soon  —  We've been getting lots of questions from customers, so we wanted to confirm that we will soon be adding a new B&N eReader for iPad - continuing to fulfill our promise of providing consumers any book, any time, any where.

Harry McCracken / Technologizer:
Finally, a Major New Reason to Use Blogger: Easy Custom Templates  —  At this point, blogging has been around so long that there's nothing extraordinary about almost anyone-from an eleven-year-old to a grandma-having his or her own blog.  One basic thing about blogging, however …

The oft-delayed Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest is coming out this fall for all the platforms previously announced: Wii, DS, PlayStation 2, and PSP. It's also coming out, however, on PS3...with Move motion controls.

Monty Python's John Cleese will be your butler in the fall's role-playing game Fable III. Perhaps you are wondering why you will have a butler. More »

The Slate PC, from French multi-touch company Stantum, is essentially a Dell Inspiron Mini 10 netbook with the keyboard chopped off and a multi-touch screen grafted on. It runs Windows 7. It is also proof that a desktop OS should never be forced onto a tablet computer. I tested an early, ...

He's linked it to Ico and he's linked it to President Barack Obama, but what many GDC attendees didn't expect was for Peter Molyneux to link Fable III to former Pythonite John Cleese.

Slide from Game Developers Conference entitled "What if we move Fable toward an action adventure?" Presented by Fable III creative director Peter Molyneux. Note the fourth bullet point. As a result, Molyneux promises a clearer, more streamlined sequel. More »

Nilay Patel / Engadget:
JooJoo revamps interface ahead of launch, adds local video playback — and changes color  —  The JooJoo tablet's launch date might have been pushed back a month while Fusion Garage sorts out issues with the capacitive touchscreen, but it looks like the extra time has given the company a chance …

Filed under: Betas, Fantasy, Business models, Game mechanics, New titles, PvP, Free-to-play

MMOs are a strange genre without many of the clearly-defined borders for something that is or isn't a part of the field. Not surprisingly, there's a lot of innovation in the field that's confined strictly to the absolute edges of what could be considered an MMO. Games such as MAG and Global Agenda feature several shooter conventions mixed with several MMO conventions, and it's an interesting formula. Land of Chaos Online is pushing the formula as well, by adding in third-person shooter elements to a Defense of the Ancients-style match format.

The game is on the outer edge of the genre, but it draws much of its gameplay and feel from MMOs, with a strong emphasis on coupled character persistence and more shooter-style elements. We caught up with Achim Kaspers, managing director of Burda:ic, during GDC to talk about what the game would play like and get an idea of what we could expect. More information on this unique game after the cut.

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