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Vampyr Previews

We have rounded up a number of previews for Vampyr, Dontnod’s upcoming vampire-themed action-RPG, which were all based on hands-off presentations given by the developers at a publisher event. So far, the developers’ promises regarding morality, choices and consequences and…

There’s a Reaper in the Basement

Using an example from Ultima Underworld II as a starting point, Jay Barnson muses on alternative objective solutions in RPGs on his blog. Specifically, he talks about those times where the developers encourage players to avoid combat but fail for…

Heroes Don’t Craft

Richard Cobbett has penned an analysis – more of a rant, really – of crafting in RPGs and other video games that comes to a simple, very basic conclusion: heroes don’t craft. Cobbett’s comical frustrations aside, many complaints in the piece…

Don’t Call The Surge “Sci-fi Dark Souls”

PCGamesN has published a preview/interview for Deck13’s The Surge, a sci-fi action-RPG inspired in parts to Dark Souls and the company’s previous project, Lords of the Fallen, which they developed in conjunction with City Interactive. Studio CEO Jan Klose is…

Baldur’s Gate Original Edwin Portrait Revealed

The latest post on Beamdog’s official blog, the Beamblog, is mostly dedicated to talk about Fantasy Grounds, an application designed to help players of tabletop role-playing games play their campaigns online. What’s of interest to us, however, is the fact…