Freedom Force

Ken Levine on the Literate Gamer Podcast

Ken Levine, who recently moved away from AAA game development and formed a smaller studio, Ghost Story Games, has participated in an episode of the Literate Gamer podcast. He talked about his creative process, writing in video games, and some…

IGN’s Top 100 RPGs of All Time, Part 1

The only thing harder than defining what an RPG is, is creating a ‘Best of’ list without angering anyone in the process. To prevent some of the inevitable grumbling, IGN’s new list contains a full 100 of titles, and outlines…

Irrational Games Rebranded to Ghost Story Games

Ken Levine’s Irrational Games studio has been going through internal changes for some time now. And while we still don’t have any solid information regarding the studio’s next title, it has been recently announced that Irrational Games is no more.…

How 2K Killed Irrational Games 

Irrational Games is responsible for some amazing video games, including System Shock 2, the Freedom Force series, and the BioShock series, but the unfortunate reality is that the studio didn’t even last a decade following its acquisition by 2K Games.…

Freedom Force Series Released on GOG

Irrational Games’ excellent superhero-themed action RPG series has officially received the DRM-free treatment, as both Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich are now available on CD Projekt’s GOG service. And at $5.99 with a limited time 50%…

Irrational Games Winding Down

The text of this farewell blog post by Irrational Games founder Ken Levine doesn’t necessarily spell the end of the respected video game studio, but it does mean that the veteran designer is moving on to “a smaller, more entrepreneurial…

Freedom Force: Superhero Role-Playing Done Right

For the latest of his weekly WRPG columns Rowan Kaiser wrote a retrospective on Irrational’s superhero title Freedom Force, apparently inspired by the recent The Avengers movie. Here’s a snippet: The pacing and use of skills situate Freedom Force as…

Signed Copies of CRPGs Being Auctioned For Child’s Play

Interested in adding signed copies of Planescape: Torment, System Shock 2, Anachronox, Fallout: New Vegas, Star Wars: KotOR II, Neverwinter Nights 2, Alpha Protocol, Freedom Force, and BioShock to your video game collection? Yeah, I am too. And that means…