Over at the Adrenaline Vault they have a Harbinger interview. They ask Steve Macomber of Silverback about this upcoming isometric RPG game, with questions about the story, the game's structure, what makes it unique, weapons and items and of course more.

XGR and Game Over have both posted some screenshots Prince of Qin, an upcoming isometric action RPG. You can find a press release about the game here.

There's an Icewind Dale 2 Q&A on Sorcerer's Place. They ask Icewind Dale producer Doug Avery about things like the story, the ratio between questing and fighting, if we're gonna see any parts from Icewind Dale in the sequel, if the action takes place inside dungeons or outside in the open air and more.

Many people emailed us about the news that EverQuest is coming to the Playstation 2. There is some more info on this EQ site (thanks starless). EQ for the PS2 will launch in spring 2003. It won't actual be a direct port, as the game is set 500 years before the events of the PC version.

EverQuest Online Adventures is a completely new game, designed to take full advantage of the PlayStation 2 system’s capabilities. But like the original EverQuest, it will feature intricate character development, continuous player interaction and a strong sense of community, which is sure to create a phenomenon that PlayStation 2 gamers have never experienced before. With an installed base of more than 8.8 million units in the U.S., the PlayStation 2 represents an opportunity to expand the massively multiplayer online role-playing game onto new platforms, delivering a whole new genre to the console gamer.

If you didn't attend the Chris Taylor over at the MSN Zone, you can read a transcript here. Taylor's latest, the RPG Dungeon Siege, should now be in stores.

Part four and part five of GameSpy's week long look at computer RPGs are now up. The last part takes a look at the future MMORPGs, custom content and more.

The official Shadowbane site has a development update. The Shadowbane Team talks about the beta test and how they've been fixing things based on that. They also will expand the beta during summer.

Part three of Gamespy's week long look at computer RPGs is now up. This time they take a look at the evolution from MUDs to MMORPGs.

Fallout fan page Vault13.net has posted an interview with Feargus Urquhart of Black Isle Studios. The interview is a must-read for fans of Fallout or any Black Isle series, as he talks about what went wrong with Fallout 2, the status of Fallout 3, what happened with TORN and their plans for their SPECIAL character system. Here's an excerpt where he talks about the inevitable (but still far off) Fallout 3.

Initially, I decided in March/April of 1999 that we needed to start working on project other than Fallout 3. This was for a number of reasons, however the top two were the following. 1) Interplay looked like it was still having financial problems and the development on Fallout 3 was not moving forward very quickly. So, to solve both problems I decided that the team should start working on the game that would become Icewind Dale 2. 2) We talked about sharing technology between the Stonekeep 2 project and Fallout 3. To make this possible we reassigned Chris Holland and the other programmer that we had brought over from another division around the beginning of the year to Stonekeep 2 to get that technology moving forward faster.

The next time we had the chance to start Fallout 3 was after the completion of Torment in late 1999. As I've talked about before, we had pretty much promised Fallout 3 to the team that went onto Icewind Dale, so I was not inclined to have the ex-Torment team work on that. Plus, the ex-Torment team was more interested in coming up with a Fantasy based game using SPECIAL - which was the game that became TORN. What that all meant is that there was no one to work on Fallout 3 at that point, because everyone from Torment either went to the project that would become TORN or onto Icewind Dale.

The second part of Gamespy's weeklong set of articles about computer RPGs is now online. In part two, they look at more games with the help of developers and writers.

Gamespy has started a new series of articles, looking at the history and future of computer role playing games. Various game developers write about their experiences with them as well.

GamePort has posted five new screenshots from the RPG game Lethal Dreams. You can find more about that game here.

What's This World Coming To? The Future of Massively Multiplayer Games is another post-GDC article on GameSpy. They attended presentations and roundtables where developers talked about the future of these pay to play games.

According to the official EverQuest site, Verant's MMORPG will become more expensive to subscribe to. As of April 25, a month's play will cost $12.95. If you're a current subscriber you can extend for 12 months in advance, something which will cost you $109. There's even a 24 month option. Thanks Gegtik.

Get the cows out the stable, it's milking time. Gamespy has the first interview on the newest EverQuest expansion, The Planes of Power. This expansion will have all kinds of new content though there's not a whole lot of info right now. Screenshots are included as well.

Microsoft has announced that Dungeon Siege, the Gas Powered Games RPG has gone gold. It should be in stores by April 5. You can find more info about the game on the official site.

PC.IGN has posted a behind the scenes video from Dungeon Siege, the RPG nearing completion at Gas Powered Games. The video comes in three sizes, so even the modem users should be able to take a look.

BioWare's Greg Zeschuk has been interviewed on Voodoo Extreme. As you would expect, he answers questions about the upcoming Neverwinter Nights. They ask him about the 3rd edition rules, the most unique monster/spell/item, if you can be really evil in NWN, the pressure to live up to the hype and various other things.

The official Lineage 2 website has opened, with the announcement that this MMORPG is in development. The site offers info and screenshots. Lineage 2 is due out in 2003.

PC.IGN has a Josh Sawyer interview, asking the Black Isle lead designer about the Icewind Dale 2 rules. They talk about the decision to go with 3rd edition D&D rules and how difficult it has been implementing this, if all classes and races from the 3rd edition are in the game and more.