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Darksiders II Reviews

We have rounded up another batch of reviews for Vigil’s sequel to Darksiders, which adds a strong action-RPG component to the gameplay formula of the series. GameSpot, 8.5 Don’t let the scattered execution snafus be of great concern: Darksiders II…

Shadowrun Online Kickstarter Ends at $558,863

For a project that looked perilously close to not getting funded, it seems to me like Shadowrun Online did pretty well with its Kickstarter, with $558,863 raised through the crowdfunding website. Overall, it looks like a pretty bright moment for…

Final Fantasy VII PC Re-release Now Available

We don’t cover JRPGs usually but we can makes exceptions, and in this case I’d say an exception is warranted, since the announced PC re-release of Square-Enix’s most famous title, Final Fantasy VII, is now available on their online store…

Darksiders II Reviews

Now that the game has been released in North America, the first reviews for the action-RPG/action-adventure hybrid Darksiders II are popping out on the net, and they generally seem to award good, although not outstanding, scores to the title from…

Path of Exile Preview

Forbes’ contributor Erik Kain has taken a look at Path of Exile, an old-school free-to-play Diablo-like action-RPG, and came away pretty impressed with the overall package. Here’s a sampling: Developer Grinding Gear Games says the title is (a competitive online…

Why Historically Accurate RPGs Are So Hard to Do

Inspired in part but the blog posts from Dan Vavra about Warhorse’s upcoming historical open-world RPG, Games.on.net is offering an editorial on the inherent difficulties of developing a historically accurate RPG. Here’s an excerpt: In fantasy and science fiction RPGs,…