Guild Wars 2: Playing the Engineer

Guild Wars 2 has plenty of fantasy tropes we've all come to expect in an MMORPG, but it's also laced with steam punk elements. Smoke-churning machines hum alongside spell casting wizards and shamans, giving GW2 a vibe that distinguishes it from its peers. 

Diablo III Review

Twelve years is a long time to wait for a game, but the Diablo faithful have had to do just that since developer Blizzard released Diablo II in 2000. Since then people have leveled and looted for years and gradually mastered its gameplay systems. Blizzard too has learned a lot over the last decade, and has wisely applied these lessons to the design of Diablo III. At its most basic level, Diablo III is still largely the same game, but with flexible skill systems that encourage you to constantly reshape your hero into whatever you need them to be. In the end, Diablo’s classic, loot-driven formula where you pick from a few pre-determined classes and level them up proves to be incredibly addictive the third time around.

Asia For August

AUGUST: North Korea

The 2012 Olympic Games in London (27 July-12 August) may have the world's attention this month, but when it comes to spectacular gymnastic displays and stupendously choreographed opening and closing ceremonies, nothing comes close to the Arirang Mass Games held each August in Pyongyang. The event involves up to 100,000 participants - gymnasts, acrobats,

The 'WOW" Factor in July

JULY: Basilicata

Last August, Sofia Coppola and Thomas Mars celebrated their wedding at her father Francis Ford Coppola's villa in the town of Bernalda, Basilicata. About 40km south of Matera and 15 minutes' drive from the coast, Bernalda is where FFC's grandfather Agostino was born.