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It’s getting increasingly clear that the subscription model for MMOs is going out of fashion, as another title transitions to another model entirely: Funcom has just announced that they removed the subscription requirement for The Secret World. What this means…

We couldn’t find many reviews for Darksiders II’s latest (and most likely last) DLC, The Demon Lord Belial, but the two we managed to find offer mixed impressions of the add-on. We Got This Covered, scoreless. Unfortunately, Darksiders II hasn’t…

To reply to another question on his Formspring account, Obsidian Entertainment’s project director J.E. Sawyer chose to go for the video format again, and muses on the subject of “utility and balance” in RPG game design. People following Sawyer’s Formspring…

The latest update to the new Antharion Kickstarter, which is currently moving towards its first stretch goal, brings us some press coverage and a few first draft samples of the game’s music. In the words of the devs: Here are…

VG247 is offering an interview/preview article centered around Techland’s Dead Island Riptide, and focusing in particular about the importance of co-op in the game’s success. Here’s a snip: (When we looked at the feedback we were getting from players of…

Our own Eric Schwarz has chosen to write another Gamasutra editorial blog on an issue that’s personally annoying him with modern RPG design: the rise of DPS as a balancing tool, and the alleged decline in complexity it causes. I’m…