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An article from the Associated Press is claiming that at least “two dozen parties” have expressed interest in 38 Studios’ intellectual property, with bids for the December 11 auction potentially coming from North America, Asia and Europe. Unfortunately we can’t…

After his MIGS panel, Obsidian’s creative director Chris Avellone found some time to give a few video interviews related to both the Kickstarter projects he’s working on and more general subjects. One comes from GamersQC, with questions coming from the…

Ultima Underworld: The Styigian Abyss received the retrospective treatment from the folks at Faulty Pixel, who are keen to note the influence the title had on the entire genre. Here’s a snip: Think over the key features of games like…

The folks at Numantian Games have been updating their Kickstarter campaign pretty often lately, and chose to talk about the Hall of Heroes of Varaskel for their latest update. Here’s a snip: So, what is the Hall of Heroes? The…

Warhorse Studios’ creative director Daniel Vávra has blogged on Gamasutra about his experience with his recent pitch tour, which had the objective of finally securing a publisher for the studio’s unannounced open-world RPG. It’s an interesting look at some of…

Since we last checked, Jay Barnson has posted two more of his “Dungeon Creation Rules” blog posts, here and here, further elaborating the principles that govern the Frayed Knights’ dungeon design. Here’s a couple of interesting tidbits: #12 Sleeping Areas…

The latest Kickstarter update for the Lords of Xulima Kickstarter campaign deals with the title’s quest design, including, of course, optional plots and side quests. Here’s a snip: The Main Story In Lords of Xulima The main story is told…

David Gaider talks budget considerations in the fifth part of his “Nuts and Bolts” series of blog posts on videogame writing. Here’s an excerpt: First off, writing for a BioWare game is considered a bottleneck of development meaning that every…

In case you have been experiencing bugs with the Enhanced Edition of Baldur’s Gate II, you’ll be happy to know that a first patch for the title has been released by Overhaul Games, including fixes for the memory leaks and…