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The latest of Richard Cobbett’s RPG Scrollbars talks about the challenges the RPG genre is facing when operating within the constraints of VR systems. Considering that even InXile is pursuing this avenue with their The Mage’s Tale, it’s good that…

The latest post-funding update for Harebrained Schemes’ BattleTech isn’t exactly a bearer of great news. It announces that the Backer Beta, previously promised to launch on March 15, 2017, was delayed. A Unity update, as well as outdated development infrastructure…

This article on GameRevolution describes five essential things one should know before attempting to play Torment: Tides of Numenera. Some of these will be pretty obvious to anyone who played a CRPG before, while others can actually save you some…

We learn of the team’s plans to ratchet up itemization even further in the upcoming Grim Dawn expansion in the 113th “Grim Misadventures” feature, in particular of their plans to include bonuses (and penalties?) to skills. Here’s the gist of…

Kalypso teased us with a short 30-second trailer for Vikings: Wolves of Midgard today, promising plenty of character advancement, boss fights, and co-op entertainment when Games Farm’s action RPG launches on March 24th. I’m surprised they didn’t spotlight the loot…

Matt Barton managed to secure some time in the television studio at St. Cloud State University, so his latest “Matt Chat” episode features role-playing industry veteran David Wesely in a more elaborate studio setting. Snazzy accommodations aside, Matt and David…

According to a press release sent out by Funcom today, gamers have purchased 500,000 copies in the first month that Conan Exiles was available on Steam Early Access, and that stat is punctuated even further by the fact that it…

Telepath Tactics, an indie strategy RPG, is currently in the process of receiving a significant update to its engine, according to an official post on the game’s Steam page. This new engine is going to be a basis of an…

Forged of Blood, a tactical turn-based RPG that’s been in development for some time already and is currently in a pre-alpha state, has launched a sixty-day Kickstarted campaign. This campaign is aimed at collecting some additional funds to deliver a…

There’s some new information on the guild system in the upcoming cooperative F2P action-RPG, Dauntless. In short, guilds will offer beneficial perks for their members, provided those members participate in the day-to-day guild activity. How exactly this will work and…