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Introduction After Legend of Grimrock revitalized first person dungeon crawlers back in 2012, we’ve been seeing a bit of a resurgence to this nearly forgotten subgenre of RPGs. One of the more notable projects to arise from this resurgence was…

Michael Cranford, the mastermind behind the two original The Bard’s Tale games gave a presentation during this year’s Game Developers Conference where he looked back at the development of those two seminal RPGs. He started by talking about his early…

I think by now most of us are used to ignoring all the outrageous announcements we see on April 1st, like for example this one from Grinding Gear Games that describes a new free-for-all Battle Royale mode for Path of…

The latest Kickstarter update for SolarFall Games’ action-RPG Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem provides an overview of the new features in their Early Access patch v0.5.0.5 that introduces new enemies, skills and weapons to the game, fixes plenty of bugs, and…

Back when the Expansion Pass for Monolith’s Middle-earth: Shadow of War was first unveiled, its final piece of DLC entitled The Desolation of Mordor had May 2018 listed as its release window. This Steam announcement updates that to May 8,…

The new v1.0.41 patch for AurumDust’s Ash of Gods: Redemption fixes a good deal of assorted issues and bugs. You can find the full patch notes in this Steam announcement that also brings us up to speed with the team’s…

Warhorse Studios’ historical RPG Kingdom Come: Deliverance has received a new patch that fixes around 200 major bugs and introduces new hair customization options and “mercy kill” animations. Apart from that, the patch kicks off the Easter-themed egg hunt event…

If you don’t consider Firaxis’ XCOM to be the gold standard of tactics games, but you like its general idea and presentation, then you’ll probably enjoy Snapshot Games’ Phoenix Point. According to this Rock, Paper, Shotgun preview, the two games…

It’s hard to imagine a proper medieval RPG without a siege or two. Towers and ladders, catapults and trebuchets, these engineering marvels immediately spring to mind when someone talks about besieging a fortified castle. And if you’re curious to know…