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Blood Knights Officially Announced

We’ve technically known about dtp Entertainment and Deck13’s Blood Knights for awhile now, but it wasn’t until today that we received an official press release, some temporary box artwork, several screenshots, and a gameplay trailer for the vampire-themed, multi-platform action RPG.…

Path of Exile “Build of the Week” Video Series, Episode Six

It’s a high level Ranger character that’s spotlighted in this latest “Build of the Week” video for Grinding Gear Games’ Path of Exile, with this particular character utilizing “Tempest Shield with high shield block, lots of Critical Strike chance, and…

Divinity: Dragon Commander Board Game to be Shown at GamesCom

Embedded within a revealing GamesCom press invite that I received earlier today (the contents of which I can’t entirely divulge) is a short but interesting mention of a Divinity: Dragon Commander board game that Larian Studios intends to showcase at…

Shadowrun Online Developer Diary and Prototype Gameplay Videos

Earlier today, the team at Cliffhanger Productions cranked out not one but two separate videos for the upcoming Shadowrun Online, including a five-minute developer diary video featuring executive producer Jan Wagner and some “prototype” gameplay footage that’s also narrated by…

Cyberpunk RPG Community Q&A on August 1st

We might not have a title for CD Projekt RED’s Cyberpunk CRPG quite yet, but that isn’t stopping the company from asking their community for some tough questions that they’ll get to answering on Wednesday, August 1st. Word is: Welcome…

Legend of Grimrock: Making of Rapid Programming

Almost Human’s Petri Häkkinen ratchets up the technical talk by posting a new “making of” blog post to the Legend of Grimrock website that covers the concerns, goals, and processes that were considered when coding the dungeon crawler. Long live…

The Rebirth of Turn-Based Strategy Games

Pointing to the forthcoming XCOM: Enemy Unknown as a prime example that turn-based systems are here to stay, CNN spotlights “the rebirth of turn-based strategy games” in this new editorial that one might argue could have done with a tie-in…