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Gökçen Karaağaç, a level designer at TaleWorlds Entertainment, is the subject of this week’s Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord in-house developer Q&A, where he talks about his level designer duties and the challenges he has to overcome on a daily…

Deck13 and Focus Home Interactive were showcasing a demo of their upcoming Dark Souls-inspired sci-fi action-RPG The Surge 2 during this year’s E3, way ahead of the game’s expected 2019 launch. And before we get to the demo impressions, let’s…

Funcom’s Robert E. Howard-inspired survival-RPG Conan Exiles left Early Access roughly a month ago, and now, this development update on the game’s website outlines the team’s plans for Conan Exiles’ immediate future. These plans include new taming and pet systems,…

Outlands and Outsiders, the first piece of paid DLC for Defiant Development’s tabletop CCG/action-RPG Hand of Fate 2 is now available on Steam for $6.29 or your regional equivalent, while its GOG page still lists it as “coming soon.” The…

Warhammer: Chaosbane was announced not so long ago as a Diablo-like action-RPG taking place in the Warhammer Fantasy world. And if that sounds like something up your alley, PCGamesN now offers an interview with Eko Software’s game director Jean-Georges Levieux,…

This month’s newsletter for Visionary Realms’ upcoming MMORPG Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen directs us to a new round of class reveals that focuses on the game’s tanks (in addition to last month’s damage dealers). These classes are the Dire…

Spiders, together with their publishers at Focus Home Interactive, have put together a new story-focused trailer for their upcoming action-RPG GreedFall where magically augmented musketeers fight hordes of fierce savages in a strange new land while a deadly plague ravages…

Cyanide and Focus Home Interactive’s upcoming pen and paper-inspired narrative RPG Call of Cthulhu has received a new E3 2018 trailer that leans heavily into the Lovecraftian themes of madness and insanity, and looks mighty fine while doing so. Check…

With roughly three days left in its Kickstarter campaign, Ink Stains Games’ intriguing roguelike RPG Stoneshard can boast a total of $77,639 pledged, which means its second stretch goal is a go, and the game will now be getting a…

Ni-Oh 2, Team Ninja’s upcoming samurai-themed action-RPG, was revealed during Sony’s E3 2018 showcase without too much fanfare or any solid information about what the game will look or play like. But then, we got a chance to check out…