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Encased, Dark Crystal Games’ Fallout-inspired post-apocalyptic RPG, is currently going through Early Access on Steam, and should be getting a full release sometime next year. And according to this PC Gamer preview, the game already shows plenty of promise and…

Following the recent release of The Outer Worlds, their new sci-fi action-RPG, Obsidian Entertainment brings us the flashy “What is The Outer Worlds?” trailer that, over the course of sixty seconds, introduces us to the game and highlights its focus…

Grinding Gear Games launched the 1.0.0 version of their hack ‘n’ slash action-RPG Path of Exile on October 23, 2013. And in order to celebrate the sixth anniversary of the game’s release, the developers bring us this quick look back…

Back in September Capcom released the console version of the Iceborne expansion for their co-operative action-RPG Monster Hunter: World. This snow-covered expansion introduced a ton of new content, a massive new area, a multitude of new monsters, and numerous new…

Earlier this month, we got a development update for Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point that talked about cutscenes and soldier customization. And in an effort to do more showing and less telling, the developers have now put together a new video…

Julien Desourteaux, Cyanide Studio’s game director on Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood, had a chat with the Shacknews folks while attending this year’s PDXCON. He talked about the game’s premise and mechanics, its shapeshifting werewolf protagonist, RPG elements, and more.…

The Tactical Adventures team brings us a new Kickstarter update for their D&D-fueled CRPG Solasta: Crown of the Magister. The update starts by directing us to the Homebrew section of the D&D Beyond website where you’ll find the four character…

Earlier this month, Hardsuit Labs announced that Vampire: The Masquerade: Bloodlines 2 would be launching later than originally expected. And thanks to this Shacknews interview with Brian Mitsoda and Cara Ellison, we can discover some of the reasons behind the…

TaleWorlds Entertainment’s sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord will feature a soundtrack composed and performed by Ensemble Galatia, an authentic medieval music band. With that in mind, the game’s latest developer blog shares a music sample and follows it…

In preparation for its upcoming Lost Land expansion, Netcore Games’ roguelike RPG Tales of Maj’Eyal has received a massive content update. This 1.6 update revamps a lot of the game’s systems, improves its AI, adds a huge number of quality…