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DARK Screenshots

In what has turned out to be a pleasant surprise this evening, Kalypso and Realmforge sent us over a batch of nine new screenshots from their stealth-focused role-playing title DARK. The screenshots, which provide us with a closer look at…

Diablo III v1.0.6 Patch Released

In version 1.0.6, Blizzard Entertainment has released what is easily the smallest Diablo III patch to date. I’m not sure if they’re just running out of things to fix or if the development efforts are being focused on the upcoming…

Permadeath, And Why It’s Awesome

Wired.com has turned their attention to the concept of permadeath in video games, with the primary focus of the article being why it’s “awesome” and how it can “tap into real human emotions”. Firaxis Games’ Jake Solomon discusses the team’s…

Star Wars: The Old Republic Developer Blog Update

In a new developer blog entry on the official Star Wars: The Old Republic website, senior designer Rob Hinkle gives us an introduction to the upcoming Ancient Hypergate warzone. A bit of what to expect: From a gameplay standpoint, Ancient…

Talisman: Prologue Interview

Now that Games Workshop’s RPG-inspired board game Talisman has officially been brought to the PC, GamesIndustry.biz has caught up with Nomad Games’ Don Whiteford for an article-style interview about the challenges the small team encountered while developing the title, their…

Wasteland 2 Interview

The editors over at GameStar.ru managed to snag an interview with inXile Entertainment’s Brian Fargo about the developer’s forthcoming Wasteland sequel, and have cranked it out in both Russian and English for those of you who favor one language over…

Fallout 2 Retrospective

In their latest “Gaming Made Me” feature, one of Rock, Paper, Shotgun’s female editors takes a closer look back at Black Isle Studios’ Fallout sequel and how it made her look at the United States in an entirely new light.…

The History of the TRS-80

Those of you who have been around here for awhile will recall that I spent my earliest CRPG moments on an Apple ][ and a TRS-80, so it’s a trip down nostalgia lane for me as I read through a…

GB Feature: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Content Overload

While we’re still awaiting the release of Bethesda’s Dragonborn add-on, we’re pleased to announce that we’ve put all of the final touches on our The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim subsite – the lot of which includes a completely annotated walkthrough…