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Radon Labs recently released a German demo of their DSA pen and paper-based game Drakensang: the Dark Eye to give the public a taste of the game. Despite my imperfect grasp of German, I couldn’t resist sitting down to give…

Taleworlds’ Mount & Blade has been steadily making its rounds for years now. Starting as a household project it has grown in fame, prompting the expansion of its developing house and a publishing agreement with Paradox Interactive. I’ve seen many…

If you’ve possessed any interest in role-playing games over the past decade, you’ve most likely heard of Spiderweb Software. Founded in 1994 by Jeff Vogel, the independent Seattle-based development studio has created numerous role-playing games spanning four different series. The…

Less than a month ago, Hervé Caen surprised us all by announcing that Interplay was restarting in-house development and had hired none other than Fallout and Troika legend Jason D. Anderson to head their first project. At the time of…

Basilisk Games has finally released Eschalon: Book I, the first in a trilogy of games that hearken back to a time when role-playing games were either played atop a table in a dark basement or on a PC sporting the…

I originally heard in mid-2006 that someone was working on another cRPG in the world of the German pen and paper RPG Das Schwarze Auge (originally known as Realms of Arkania in the US, now re-released under the moniker of…

The Book Hard to be a God is set on the planet dubbed Arkanar, which is actually the name of one of the planet’s kingdoms. This is a planet in transition, moving from days of high feudalism slowly into their…

Ossian Studios was founded in 2003 by Alan Miranda, who you might recall was a producer on Baldur’s Gate II: Throne of Bhaal and associate producer on Neverwinter Nights. The team’s previous experience and passion for role-playing games landed them…

With Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer finished and on store shelves, we fired over a handful of tough questions to lead designer and producer Kevin Saunders. Our questions and his answers to follow: GB: Tell us a little…

Introduction Fallout 3, the sequel to the 90’s RPG classics Fallout 1 and 2, has been in pre-production since Bethesda Softworks purchased the rights to work on the title in July of 2004. The latest sequel has had a bumpy…