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Ash of Gods, AurumDust’s crowdfunded narrative-driven RPG that combines tactical turn-based combat with roguelike storytelling and some CCG elements is now available on Steam and GOG for $24.99 or your regional equivalent. The game’s story follows three separate protagonists as…

During this year’s GDC, Human Head Studios’ co-founder Chris Rhinehart was presenting a demo of the upcoming, recently renamed Norse action-RPG Rune. You can read what the Destructoid folks thought about the demo right here. And before I give you…

The team at TaleWorlds Entertainment is aiming for a particular level of realism in their upcoming sandbox RPG Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord – realistic enough to offer a great deal of immersion but not so realistic that it distracts…

Deviljho, a voracious beast and a Monster Hunter staple, is now live and stalking its prey in Monster Hunter: World with the release of the first “major title update” for Capcom’s action-RPG. Apart from introducing the new creature, the update…

Summerset Isle, the mystery-shrouded home of The Elder Scrolls’ High Elves is going to become much less so when the recently announced Summerset expansion for The Elder Scrolls Online launches. The expansion is currently slated for a May 21st release…

What exactly is an “immersive sim” and how’s it different from a standard open world RPG? Check out the new developer diary for Underworld Ascendant with Paul Neurath, Warren Spector, and Joe Fielder to find out, and in the process…

The Backer Alpha for inXile’s The Bard’s Tale IV: Barrows Deep is here. It offers a taste of combat, exploration, party management, and other dungeon-crawling staples like traps and puzzles to the Alpha-tier backers. The latest Kickstarter update offers some…

With the March 23, 2018 release of Ash of Gods right around the corner, we get a new trailer that offers a preview of the game’s turn-based combat system. And while it clearly shares a lot of similarities with The…