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Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls Review

The folks at RPGFan have put together a review for the iOS version of Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls and award the title a 71%, with some of the negative listes being the controls, lack of puzzles or other elements…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Review in Progress

It seems review copies are out for Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, judging by this just-started review in progress from IGN, that apparently will get updated continuously until the actual review gets published in early February, before the title’s release. Here’s…

The State of the Western RPG

Calling it a genre that managed to be “consistently important through every era of home video gaming” like no other, Joystiq’s writer has written a fairly short editorial on the state of Western RPGs today, and it looks to be…

Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Preview

The Guardian’s blog has a fairly detailed preview on 38 Studios’ fantasy action-RPG Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning which does a nice job at presenting the game to people who haven’t followed it so far (with the weird exception of mispelling…

Storytelling Lessons From Baldur’s Gate II

The folks at Game Career Guide have written an editorial/analysis in which they attempt to list some storytelling lessons that they argue can be learned from the title, particularly about player choice and characterization. I personally wouldn’t point to Baldur’s…

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Demo Released on XBLA and PSN

While we normally don’t cover JRPGs you may be interested in knowing that the demo for Final Fantasy XIII’s direct sequel, titled (unsurprisingly) Final Fantasy XIII-2, is now available on the Xbox Live Marketplace and PlayStation Store. The unfolding drama…