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A new, fairly consistent patch, immediately followed by a hotfix, has been released by Runic Games for Torchlight II. Here’s the changelog, which includes the addition of two new pet creatures and a Russian and Polish language option: Pets Owl…

In his latest WRPG-focused column for Joystiq, Rowan Kaiser muses on the future of Western role-playing games as the current console generation nears its end. Here’s a couple of snippets: Single-Player RPGs The last few years should have finally put…

Gearbox Software has chosen an interesting way to announce their next piece of DLC for Borderlands 2, since, instead of going for the usual lifeless press release, they’ve gone for in-character tweets from Mister Torgue himself, the central character of…

Gearbox Software has released a new patch for the PC version of Borderlands 2, accompanied by quite a hefty list of bugfixes. Here’s the changelog: Fixed fast travel stations from downloadable content sometimes disappearing when loading a saved game. Fixed…

New World Notes is offering an article-style interview with Arkane Studios’ Raphael Colantonio and Harvey Smith on Dishonored’s story and world. Here’s a snip: “In working out our setting and characters, we were looking to do something less common in…

Jay “Rampant Coyote” Barnson has penned a new entry to his oft game-design-focused blog, meant as a reply to Craig Stern’s recent editorial on “unpredictability and control” in turn-based combat. Here’s a snip: It’s Fun to Gamble I forget the…

It looks like Borderlands 2 will land on Mac, after a successful release on PS3, Xbox 360 and PC, thanks to the help of Aspyr Media, the company that will be handling the porting duties. The game will be released…

The blog posts from Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke have become a staple of our coverage, with the latest tackling the design problems they’ve encountered with Divinity: Dragon Commander, and that he felt really risked jeopardizing the whole game. Here’s a…