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Modern CRPGs: Compelling or Complacent?

Over the past decade, computer roleplaying games – both single-player and massively-multiplayer iterations – have been enjoying a period of ascendancy to the point of becoming mainstream. At its peak in October 2010, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft boasted 12…

PoE II: Deadfire Update: How to Make a Million Dollars

In 2012, faced with financial troubles and the threat of closure looming overhead, Obsidian Entertainment threw a Hail Mary pass when they turned to crowdfunding for their next project: Pillars of Eternity. It was a covenant that Obsidian was entering…

Pillars of Eternity II Update: The Math of Multiclassing

Anyone who has ever played 3rd Edition Dungeons & Dragons knows that one of the highlights – and pitfalls – of that edition was its multi-classing system. For the novice, it might have intuitively seemed that splitting your levels between…

BioWare Teases New IP

BioWare – the developer behind more than a few of our favorite titles – posted a rather cryptic tease on their blog regarding a new IP: A Note About Our New IP January 31, 2017 by Aaryn Flynn Hi everyone, As we’re…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Details and Updates Emerge

In the week since Obsidian Entertainment officially announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire and kicked off their crowdfunding campaign, there has been a flurry of updates and developments ranging from story details to new fundraising goals and rewards. PCGamesN has…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire Hits Crowdfunding Goal

Less than 24 hours after going live, Obsidian Entertainment has already reached their crowdfunding goal of $1.1 million for the development of their recently announced sequel Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire. A tweet from Obsidian celebrated the fundraising goal. Back…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Fig Campaign Announced (2)

After what seemed like an eternity of hints and conjecture, Obsidian Entertainment has officially announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – the sequel to its 2015 role-playing game Pillars of Eternity – as well as a corresponding crowdfunding campaign on…

Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire, Fig Campaign Announced

After what seemed like an eternity of hints and conjecture, Obsidian Entertainment has officially announced Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire – the sequel to its 2015 role-playing game Pillars of Eternity – as well as a corresponding crowdfunding campaign on…

Gaming Through the Ages: An Interactive Timeline

To quote Theodore Roosevelt, “The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future.” We don’t know what the landscape of role-playing games will look like in the next ten, twenty, or fifty years; we…