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Grim Dawn Reviews

The reviews we have rounded up so far for Grim Dawn, Crate Entertainment’s long-in-development action-RPG, point to a very favorable reception to the title. Plenty of reviewers seem to focus on the quality of the whole package rather than a…

Rebecca Heineman Interview

There’s a hefty interview with Rebecca Heineman on No Don’t Die this evening, which covers a range of topics from her current work at Olde Sküül to her history with Interplay to why the gaming industry has worked itself into…

The History of Dungeons & Dragons Video Games

Dungeons & Dragons played a major role in my own life-long interest in video games – particularly those firmly set within the RPG genre – so it’s with particular interest that I sit down and watch this new 130-minute “history…

Just Go Along With It, Okay?

The latest Monday RPG column from Richard Cobbett covers the narrative idiosyncrasies of video role-playing games and how certain titles address them, with varying degrees of success. As always, it’s published on Rock, Paper, Shotgun: I do like it when games at…

Fable Legends Cancelled, Lionhead Studios Likely Shut Down

The Microsoft website brings us a statement with nothing but bad news today. The free-to-play co-op/PvP title Fable Legends, which was currently in development at Lionhead Studios, has been unceremoniously cancelled. Microsoft is also currently discussing the studio’s “proposed closure”…

Vampyr Interview

The folks at GameWatcher have published a new interview with the Dontnod developers who are currently working on Vampyr, a vampire-themed action-RPG set in London, during the period immediately after World War I. Dontnod has only published two titles so…

Ni-Oh Gameplay Walkthrough

The folks at Koei Tecmo have published a new gameplay walkthrough for Ni-Oh on the official Team Ninja YouTube channel. The walkthrough is completely in Japanese, but considering the game mostly focuses on action versus social interactions or reading, the…

Pillars of Eternity Post-mortem Interviews

We have rounded up a number of very recent interviews with Obsidian Entertainment developers who have worked on Pillars of Eternity in lead positions. Given The White March Part II was the last major piece of content for Pillars of…