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Frogster has given IncGamers an exclusive look at the background history of Runes of Magic’s upcoming chapter III, The Elder Kingdoms.

"Before the ‘Great Banishment’ Kalume, the king of the Humans, and Antaikolon, the king of the Elves, collected all the armies and forces at their disposal to fight the treacherous Demons. After a fierce battle which cost many humans and elves their lives the alliance managed to bring about the Great Banishment and dispel the Demons which finally brought peace back to the world."

Tale and Lore has announced the release of its The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion mod The Lost Realms, now available for download.

After nearly eight months since we first learned that Mount Hyjal would become a playable zone back at BlizzCon 2009, Blizzard released new details on the new Mount Hyjal zone.

The new details talk up some of the zone’s lore, areas within the level 78-82 phased zone, and a teaser on Firelands, an "all-new level-85 raid dungeon" in the zone.

ZeroTolerance Writes: Two genres that don’t normally mix together have finally come into contact with each other in THQ’s latest effort. Metro 2033 is a pretty standard FPS game that blends a unique setting with survival horror aspects to create an experience certainly feels fresh. Developer 4A Games has crafted a world that is not only believable, but also extremely fun to explore the lore behind. Unfortunately a few hiccups along the way mar an otherwise incredible journey; still if you have the patience to endure its faults, Metro 2033 is one of the more immersive and innovative titles to come along this generation.

Battle of Middle Earth 2’s Edian Mod has hit Version 3.4, which, in its "quest for lore accuracy, visual quality and deeper, more complex gameplay," has released this new update, leaving "no stone unturned and overhauled almost every aspect of the core game to craft for you a completely new, far more immersive Lord of the Rings experience."

The World of Warcraft is an expansive universe. You’re playing the game, you’re fighting the bosses, you know the how, but do you know the why? Each week Matthew Rossi and Anne Stickney make sure you Know Your Lore by covering the history of the story behind World of Warcraft.

IncGamers recently sat down with Guild Wars 2’s lead designer, Eric Flannum, and fellow designers Curtis Johnson, Jon Peters and Ree Soesbee to talk about the upcoming MMO and ask some burning questions.

The team discusses the game’s lore, the community, changes to game mechanics, PvP and more.

It’s been extremely quiet about StarCraft 2 after Blizzard decided to move the "Summer 2009" beta to an unknown point in the future (hopefully at least in 2010), but the people over at Blizzard seem to be doing something, as new lore as well as pictures have been released.

Cat writes: Emberwind is a charming fantasy platformer from indie developer TimeTrap. You play as gnome watchman Kindle and are accompanied by your snowy owl Hedwig. I mean Wick. King Gyro rules over typically safe streets, but now an evil army has hit town. Bummer. A Fire Gnome, Kindle has the duty of lighting the lamps of Grendale and thus delivering it from the invading gremlins and the evil CandleFinger while Wick provides taxi service. Other than that, Emberwind is light on lore and heavy on combat. Of course, how many of us really cared about why we were rescuing Peach, or how the gal got herself into such a predicament anyway? We were in it for the mushroom devouring, Koopa stomping glory, and Emberwind largely forgoes the pretense.

When publisher Black Isle Studios closed its doors, the Baldur’s Gate saga ended abruptly, leaving fans of the High Fantasy RPG series with few other options as polished and fully-realised as Shadows of Amn and its expansion, Throne of Baal. When Bioware took up the crown itself, eventually wowing a legion of players with Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect, a new RPG heavyweight had assured its place in the tomes of gaming lore.