Freedom Force

Overlooked Gaming Gems: Strategy Titles

We skipped over the shooter portion of Good Old Games’ “Overlooked Gaming Gems” article series for obvious reasons, but the strategy installment gives us a brief summary of Irrational Games’ excellent Freedom Force series. A crazy mix of strategy and…

Steam “Give & Get” Sale, Day Three

RPG enthusiasts looking for some deep discounts in the third day of Steam’s “Give & Get” sale will find Torchlight for $5, Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II Gold Edition for $13.60, a Freedom Force 10-Pack for $7.49, and a…

A History of Ken Levine and Irrational Games

If you’d like to better familiarize yourself with Ken Levine’s 15-year development history, you’ll want to check out IGN’s two-page “Ken Levine and the End of the Auteur” editorial and the accompanying five-minute video interview. A snip from the former:…

Freedom Forces and Mount & Blade For Dirt Cheap

Valve’s “Perils of Summer” sale only has a couple of days worth of sales left, so you may want to take a last minute look at their RPG catalogue to see if there’s anything more you want to pick up…

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 6

A sixth Irrational Behavior podcast is online, with this most recent episode featuring the Irrational Games team members talking about whether or not they, as game developers, approach video games differently than a regular consumer. Do game makers game differently?…

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 5

A fifth Irrational Behavior podcast episode is online, and this time several Irrational Games team members discuss their personal fears, how fear influences their game development decisions, the challenges associated with creating a game that invokes fear, and other such…

Freedom Force Man-Bot Concept Art

Another “From the Vault” feature is up on the official Irrational Games website, with this latest addition highlighting some previously unreleased concept art for Man-Bot, the metal-plated superhero from both Freedom Force and Freedom Force vs. the Third Reich. Artist…

Irrational Behavior Podcast Series, Episode 4

A fourth Irrational Behavior podcast episode is online, with this latest episode revealing “the nerdiest secrets” of several Irrational Games developers. What sort of secrets? How about building dollhouses, sleeping in bizarre cycles, dressing like a female, and creating video…

Five Superhero Video Games Worth Mentioning

The editors at GamerZines have cranked out profiles for what they consider to be the five best superhero-themed video games ever released, and three of them happen to be action RPGs: X-Men Legends (#5), Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (#4), and Freedom…