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Eight of the Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time

Mass Effect, Fallout, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, Pokemon, Baldur’s Gate, Final Fantasy, Ultima, and The Elder Scrolls round off The Escapist’s list of “The Greatest RPG Franchises of All Time”. There are some glaring absences, but I…

BioWare Celebrates N7 Day, Mass Effect: Andromeda Teasers

BioWare has wished us another happy N7 day (which occurred yesterday, on November 7th), and in addition to reflecting back on the original Mass Effect trilogy, they’ve wrangled up a set of “Explorers Wanted” artworks that are themed on Wonder,…

GB Feature: Victor Vran Review

Haemimont Games’ Victor Vran is the subject of our latest action RPG hybrid review, providing our take on the Bulgarian developer’s most recent effort. As usual, we’ll start you off with a couple of paragraphs from the critique: But probably…

Diablo III Patch 2.4.0 Details and Preview

At this weekend’s BlizzCon, the team at Blizzard Entertainment cranked out an overview of their upcoming version 2.4.0 patch for Diablo III and its Reaper of Souls expansion pack, while also adding a preview of what’s to come on the…

Fallout Retrospective

Every now and again, a retrospective for Interplay’s original Fallout pops up on the web and we’re compelled to go read it if only to trigger some recessed-yet-fond memories of the post-apocalyptic RPG. And by “now”, I mean right now,…

Why Ultima Online Was the Greatest MMORPG Ever Made

The official Ultima Online Facebook page is pointing us to this blog article that offers up twenty “biased” reasons why Ultima Online was the greatest MMORPG ever made. The list is based on how the game played in the early…

World of Warcraft: Legion Pre-orders Begin, Cinematic Trailer

At this weekend’s BlizzCon event, Blizzard Entertainment announced that Legion, their sixth expansion pack for World of Warcraft, is now available for pre-order. But beyond giving us a chance to spend more money on video games, they’ve also treated us…

The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing Final Cut Released

Neocore Games has finally completed work on their three-action-RPGs-in-one “Final Cut” release of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, giving us a means to take in the entirety of the trilogy’s content for one reasonable price.  The launch trailer: Onward to…

The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians Released on Steam

After a very quick acceptance by prospective players on Steam Greenlight, the team at Mana Games has officially released their promising-looking dungeon crawler The Fall of the Dungeon Guardians on the popular digital download service. The game is clearly inspired…