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Kickstarter Editorial

Vox Games has an editorial dedicated to the “revolution in game funding and collective creativity” that Kickstarter sparked, which focuses on the recent and incredibly successful Double Fine point-and-click adventure Kickstarter and the ongoing Wasteland 2 Kickstarter, which already managed…

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim v1.5 PC Patch Released

Bethesda’s official blog just informed us that the v1.5 patch for The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim has been officially released on Steam after less than a week in beta. Furthermore, Bethesda is submitting the patch to console manufacturers, so PlayStation…

Build Your Own Skyrim, Part 2: Remake the World

For the second installment of their mod-focused series of articles, the folks at Rock, Paper, Shotgun have focused on fan modification that build on what the title already offers and strengthen the overall package. Here’s on cities: I was about…

Obsidian’s XBLA Project is on Hold

Some of you may remember that in an older interview Obsidian’s CEO Feargus Urquhart talked about the company’s plans to release a smaller-sized XBLA action-RPG “focused on fun”. Many of us by this point suspected the project had been canceled,…

Warren Spector on Deus Ex: Human Revolution

Warren Spector’s opinion on Deus Ex: Human Revolution is only one of the subjects dealt with in this interview with him at GamesIndustry, but it’s by far the most relevant for us, as both the Warren Spector-lead original and its…

Fallout: The First Modern Role-playing Game

For their latest WRPG-focused weekly column, Joystiq’s Rowan Kaiser writes about the reasons why he thinks Fallout is the first genuinely modern RPG. That’s a bit of a controversial statement, so here’s a snip on why he feels that way:…

Dragon Commander Development Update

Larian Studios’ Swen Vincke has penned another blog post, this time dedicated to what’s going on with the development of Dragon Commander. As it turns out, there’s quite a lot going on, including several hires related to Larian’s intentions to…

Risen 2: Dark Waters Preview

PC Gamer is offering a brief new preview centered around Piranha Bytes’ open-world pirate-themed action-RPG Risen 2: Dark Waters, and come away with mixed feelings from their playthrough: I liked the way paying attention to conversation options in Risen 2…