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Bethesda Podcast #2

Bethesda’s second podcast has gone online, containing a report from PAX and talking to developers from Arx Fatalis developing studio Arkane Studio, now owned by ZeniMax. We kick off this week’s episode with a few stories from PAX and a big…

Activision Likely to Sell Game Cutscene Movies

Not strictly RPG news but certainly a bit of industry news worth discussing for a readerbase used to plenty of cutscenes. Activision CEO Bobby Kotick has commented to IGN on the idea of selling cutscenes as movies. Speaking today at the…

Eschalon: Book II DVD Sale

Basilisk Games has announced a sale running through to the end of September, a price drop for the DVD version of Eschalon: Book II that makes its price equal to a digital download purchase. For the remainder of September, all Eschalon:…

Two Worlds II European Release Date Announced

The game’s been shoved around a bit, and now a tweet from Topware Interactive pegs the European mainland release date at October 21st, for PC, Xbox 360 and Playstation 3. It’s official: “Two Worlds II” is supposed to be in…

The Dark Eye: Demonicon Financing Secured

The status of Das Schwarze Auge-based The Dark Eye: Demonicon has been a bit up in the air with the bankruptcy of TCG, but the developer’s PR manager posts (google translate) on the official forum to share word that they have…

Fable III on Display at Eurogamer Expo

The upcoming Eurogamer Expo that will take place in London October 1st to October 3rd will hold some interest to RPG gamers, already featuring both Bethesda-published RPGs Fallout: New Vegas and Hunted: The Demon’s Forge, and now adding a playable…

BioShock Infinite Propaganda Art

While I’m still not entirely clear on BioShock Infinite’s gameplay style and RPG elements, it’s hard to deny its art style. Game Informer provides an art gallery full of propaganda posters tied to the civil war raging in the title.

Dead State Interview

Dead State is an upcoming independent RPG that has been turning heads both because it’s set in the underutilized zombie survival genre and because of the man responsible for its design, Brian Mitsoda of Troika Games and Obsidian Entertainment fame.…

Fallout: New Vegas Developer Diary Video

GameSpot has the first of a series of New Vegas dev diaries, a 2.5 minute segment in which developers (Feargus Urquhart, John Gonzalez, Chris Avellone, J.E. Sawyer, Larry Liberty) talk about Fallout: New Vegas’ story, including the choice of setting,…

Deus Ex: Human Revolution Action Figure Revealed

If you’re big on action figures for your characters from RPGs you’re in luck, as Square Enix has announced an Adam Jensen action figure for their upcoming Deus Ex: Human Revolution. SQUARE ENIX ANNOUNCES FIGURE BASED ON DEUS EX: HUMAN…