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ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 29, 2012

Bastion Available on Mac App Store, SteamPlay Coming Next Week

Through an announcement on Supergiant Games’ official website we learn that the indie action-RPG Bastion is now available for Mac users on the Mac App Store, and that the Steam version will get SteamPlay next week, meaning that anyone that…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 29, 2012

Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Project Update #14, $1.83 Million and Counting

For their latest Kickstarter project update, the first after the end of the fundraising drive for Shadowrun Returns, the folks at Harebrained Schemes have conjured up a video to thank all the backers and inform us of the total sum…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Project Update #13, $1.74 Million and Counting

With 11 hours to go the Harebrained Schemes team has posted yet another update for the Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter drive, which includes information on the amount of Paypal pledges, the time of the final Kickstarter update video (12:30 am PST)…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Risen 2: Dark Waters Reviews

Mixed reviews keep surfacing for Piranha Bytes’ attempt to shift the Risen franchise away from Gothic with pirate themes, Risen 2: Dark Waters, with common points generally being criticism for combat, difficulty and a general lack of polish. GameInformer, 6.0…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Why Skills Are In, Attributes Are Out in Modern Role-playing Games

Using The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, the Mass Effect franchise and Diablo 3 as the main examples, Rowan Kaiser wonders about the gradual disappearance of attributes from mainstream RPGs and the rising importance of skills in his latest weekly WRPG-focused…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Opening Analysis: Fallout

Our very own Eric Schwarz has penned an interesting article that analyzes the opening segments of the original Fallout from Interplay, in an attempt to debunk the common belief that the game is just “too inaccessible” for younger or simply…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

David Gaider Video Interview

Geek and Sundry is offering a pretty long (more than 30 minutes) and in-depth video interview with BioWare’s lead writer David Gaider, who worked on titles that range from Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn to Dragon Age: Origins and…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Project Update #12, $1.72 Million and Counting

I suppose Harebrained Schemes is counting the so far undisclosed Paypal pledges sum too, because in the twelfth update to Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter fundraising drive they have just announced that the last stretch goal announced so far, the $1.75 million…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 28, 2012

Shadowrun Returns Kickstarter Project Update #11, $1.68 Million and Counting

With about 25 hours to go and $1.68 million raised with Kickstarter so far, the folks at Harebrained Schemes have sent an eleventh project update for Shadowrun Returns, which includes a video of the team members talking about their Shadowrun…

ByWorstUsernameEver
OnApril 27, 2012

Risen 2: Dark Waters Reviews

We have rounded up some more reviews for Piranha Bytes’ latest effort, the pirate-flavored open-world action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, which has garnered mixed reviews so far. Neoseeker, 9 With all of its elements combined, Risen 2 proves another solid…