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RPG Codex interviews Ian Frazier (most recently the lead designer of Kingdom of Amalur: Reckoning) about the Ultima V: Lazarus project, an ambitious recreation of Ultima V in the Dungeon Siege engine, released back in 2005. – Why Dungeon Siege? What…

Kickstarter fever is spreading, as Brian Fargo tweets that he is considering jumping into the crowd-funding craze in order to finance a new Wasteland project.  Short, but sweet: Pondering bringing Wasteland back through this crowdfunding. It’s a world I have longed…

Jeff Vogel has an editorial up on Gamasutra on his guidelines for indie game releases. It talks about “dead” genres, piracy and sales, specifically for his latest title, Avadon: The Black Fortress. Last year, we released Avadon: The Black Fortress HD,…

Spoony gets back to his series of Ultima video reviews with a 30-minute video review of Ultima VIII: Pagan, the darker and less-than-ideal sequel of the Ultima VII two-parter. Spoony opens up by stating “Ultima VIII (…)ing (…)”, so, well,…

Fans of the classic X-COM games – who were dismayed by the announcement and details from the tepid-looking XCOM shooter from 2K Martin – have a reason to rejoice now: Civilization developer Firaxis Games has officially announced that they’ve been…

The document indicating a settlement between Interplay and Bethesda Softworks has made its way into the hands of No Mutants Allowed, and confirms what was reported earlier: the FOOL case has been settled. While the details of the motion are…

News surrounding the Interplay vs. Bethesda case about Fallout Online has been sparse since the case started the 12th of December. We know the “Fallout Trilogy” packaging has been dropped from the case by both parties, so it’s really only…