BuckGB

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ByBuckGB
OnApril 2, 2016

Mass Effect: Andromeda Gameplay Video Leaked

A short 50-second gameplay video from BioWare’s Mass Effect: Andromeda has leaked on the Internet, and its primary purpose seems to have been a means of demonstrating various visual effects and technologies, including ambient flame bursts, fog elements, rain impacts,…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 2, 2016

The Struggle to Bring Back Baldurâ€™s Gate After 17 Years

With Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear having landed squarely on our hard drives two days ago, the editors at Kotaku sat down and chatted up the Beamdog development team about the challenges they endured to modernize the series, the reverse-engineering…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 2, 2016

Ten Isometric Action RPGs Worth Trying

I’m not sure that any of us are suffering from a shortage of role-playing games to play at the moment, but if you’ve managed to chew through every title that interests you and are looking for something new to occupy…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 1, 2016

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Retrospective Review (April Fools)

The folks at RPG Codex have put together a retrospective review of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, in which they primarily analyze the “streamlining” of its mechanics in comparison to earlier entries, as well as the strengths and weaknesses…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 1, 2016

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt “Roach” Video

Should you find yourself in the mood for some genuine April Fools’ humor and want to ponder about whether or not you’d actually be willing to pay an Oblivion-inspired $4.99 for a Roach-focused DLC, then this new comedic video for…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 1, 2016

Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales Released on GOG

CD Projekt continues to trudge forward at a furious pace with their GOG releases, having also made Age of Pirates: Caribbean Tales available on the DRM-free service. Their naming convention for the game is “Sea Dogs: Caribbean Tales”, though the…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 1, 2016

Konung: Legend of the North and Konung 2: Blood of Titans Released on GOG

GOG’s catalogue has expanded to include 1C Company’s original Konung: Legend of the North and its sequel, Konung 2: Blood of Titans, making dozens of hours of additional role-playing entertainment available to us in what is already an RPG-packed weekend.…

ByBuckGB
OnApril 1, 2016

Vampire: Bloodlines v9.5 Unofficial Patch Released

It’s hard to believe that Wesp5 and team have been able to squeeze out hundreds if not thousands of fixes across dozens of unofficial patches for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, but the recently released version 9.5 patch sends a…

ByBuckGB
OnMarch 31, 2016

Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul Released on GOG

The team at GOG.com has been furiously adding new titles to their catalog this week, with the latest such entry being Nival Interactive’s curious RTS/RPG crossbreed from way back in 2001, Evil Islands: Curse of the Lost Soul. Along with…

ByBuckGB
OnMarch 31, 2016

Cancelled Baldur’s Gate Expansion Inspired Siege of Dragonspear

I don’t recall ever hearing about BioWare cancelling development of a second expansion pack for Baldur’s Gate, but if the latest issue of Beamdog’s digital magazine The Familiar is to be believed, that appears to have been the case. The…