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A chronicle of the The Chronicle.
MMORPG.com has posted a developer written preview of The Chronicle. The preview focuses on the battle system and specifically on the opportunity subsystem of combat. Vin Diesel, the master of combat and of opportunity flexed the muscles in his eyelids and roared:

" I attack you and hit for 22 damage. You attack me and hit for 17 damage. I attack you and miss. You attack me and critically hit for 34 damage. I attack you…
Does the above exchange sound familiar? It probably does, because that’s the way combat works in just about every MMORPG on the market today. In reality, combat is a complex dance of subtle maneuvers, split-second perceptions, and exploiting opportunities, which is why most RPG battles seem so sterile and monotonous by contrast. It’s tough to get excited about a match of dueling calculators, but one of the things The Chronicle is attempting to do is add a new dimension to RPG style combat, putting more emphasis on strategy and timing than just clicking auto attack to find out who has the best damage per second and hit points."

You can read the The Chronicle Preview at MMORPG.com.
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Superhero Interrogation.
Boomtown has posted a City of Villains Interview featuring Jack Emmert. It's a good read, covering a lot of ground in a dozen or so questions. We were informed by Atomic Betty's agent that she would not be available to quell the villains in CoV. She is busy chasing a talking cat across the galaxy. They did proclaim the following:

" We smuggled some kryptonite into the food for lead villain at Cryptic Studios, Jack Emmert, and in his weakened state he revealed lots of information... "

You can read the entire City of Villains Interview at Boomtown.
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Why exactly is it a "gateway" to Hell, and not, oh, a portal or a roadway...an archway perhaps?
Shacknews has some new Hellgate: London screenshots posted for your viewing pleasure. We tricked Steve Gibson into taking our calls, but he was so whacked out on vegetarian crazy food that we couldn't understand a word he mumbled. It went something like this:

"This is a test of the emergency description system. If Shacknews had posted screenshot descriptions they would have been found here. Unfortunately, we are just going to make up stories about what the screenshots are about. One looks like a goat. Another seems to be the picture of a chimpanzee's buttocks and the last looks suspiciously like a GoogleMaps image of Niagara Falls. In the event of a real description emergency you would find us riding the elevator, NOT the stairs. "

You can view the Hellgate: London Screenshots at ShackNews.
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A ticket for economy please.
The Escapist has posted an Op/Ed titled, We The Avatars that takes a look at the economies in MMOGs and how some of them are attacking the problems froma different vector. Richard Garriott adamantly refused to return our calls, but we did overhear him say this as he gave us the finger:

"Not many gamers I know get too hopped up over the subject of MMOG
economics. Sure, we complain about high prices at the auction house, we
lament the waiting lines for our chosen servers, we disparage
real-money trade, we blather on about "inflation." But when was the last time you checked the Consumer Price Index for your favorite virtual world, or looked to see whether your guild was actually turning a profit these days? "

You can read the entire We The Avatars Op/Ed at The Escapist.