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Victor Vran Gets Multiplayer Patch

Victor Vran’s Early Access build has recently reached an important milestone for a title of its Diablo-like ilk of action-RPGs. The latest patch for the game developed by Haemimont Games has added a cooperative multiplayer mode, a staple feature for…

The Quests That Got Cancelled

Richard Cobbett has been penning a fair amount of RPG-focused articles for Rock, Paper, Shotgun lately, including a a compendium of cancelled RPGs that covers both well-known projects like Interplay’s Fallout 3 – nicknamed “Van Buren” by fans due to…

Star Wars: KotOR II – The Sith Lords Retrospective

While I do feel that calling Kill Screen’s recent article on Obsidian’s Knights of the Old Republic sequel a “retrospective” is perhaps a bit reductive, I certainly believe it’s worth bringing it to your attention, as it offers a really interesting…

Why Too Much Combat Hurts Great RPGs

Using Pillars of Eternity and The Banner Saga as examples of too much combat and confused game design, PC Gamer’s Jody Macgregor argues in an opinion piece that RPGs and titles that put a focus on narrative should de-emphasize their…

Introducing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

GameSpot has published the first part of a documentary on The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, which focuses on the circumstances that led to CD Projekt RED’s policy of offering free “feelies” to entice people to buy their products, and the…

Dungeons II Reviews

While Dungeons II only releases this Friday, a few early reviews for Kalypso and Realmsforge’s dungeon management title have started to pop up, offering mostly positive scores for the title, though a few outlets don’t seem to be entirely convinced by the…