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Mass Effect 3 Preview and Details

The writers at IGN have a new preview on BioWare’s upcoming final chapter in Commander Shepard’s sci-fi trilogy, in which they call Mass Effect 3 “bigger, better and more evocative”. Here’s snip: Once inside, Kirrahe and a new Salarian character…

Dead Island: Ryder White DLC Previews

It doesn’t sound like the developers are going to improve on Dead Island’s RPG elements in any way in the upcoming Ryder White DLC, at least judging by this preview of the content coming from the folks at Just Push…

Keeping an RPG Series Fresh

We have already read and discussed Frayed Knights’ developer Jay Barson’s thoughts on RPGs and their design in the past, so his latest post, which deals with how to keep RPG series fresh, shouldn’t come as much of a surprise…

Chris Avellone Blog Q&A on Planescape: Torment

Obsidian’s creative director Chris Avellone has been answering some fan questions related to Planescape: Torment on his blog, mostly focused on the choice to put the player in the shoes of the mysterious Nameless One: In many RPGs, including the…

When Dragon Age II Fell Apart

The Escapist has published an editorial on Dragon Age II, in which the author criticizes the way the game handled choices in its narrative. Here’s a snip: When Hawke arrives at this second meeting, she is attacked by yet another…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Interview

The folks at 360 Magazine have a brief interview with Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning’s lead designer Ian Frazier, which touches upon subjects such as what makes Reckoning stand up when compared to its peers and how big the game world…

Borderlands 2 Interview

Official Xbox Magazine has a fairly brief interview with Gearbox Software’s producer Matt Charles on the upcoming Borderlands 2, with subjects ranging from how the developers are attempting to improve the story this time around to eventual DLC plans. Here’s…

Nyrthos: The First Chapter Interview

The folks at Rock, Paper, Shotgun have a brief interview with Martin Jelinek, one of the developers over at BeerDeer Games, which is currently working on Nyrthos: The First Chapter. Naturally, most of the interview revolves around the game: RPS:…