Gaming News

The folks at RPG Codex has been spending some time with Battlespire, Bethesda’s spinoff to The Elder Scrolls series, prompting them to dole out a retrospective review that lands with more scathing than glowing words for the 1997 title.  I’ll…

Last week, Firaxis released the first hotfix patch for XCOM 2, in response to various performance and bug-related problems players have been reporting since the game’s release. The patch isn’t particularly substantial, but it’s a first step. Here’s the full…

GameInformer’s Mike Futter penned a very short report on South Park: The Stick of Truth and its upcoming sequel, South Park: The Fractured But Whole. Ubisoft announced during its third quarter earnings call that South Park: The Stick of Truth…

While the news dates back to last December, it seems to have slipped under the radar and I only noticed now. Maxis’ sci-fi action-RPG Darkspore, an off-shoot of Spore that launched with an online-only DRM scheme, will see its server…

Placeholder. Pitfalls of online-only DRM. Weird design decisions. Story is nonsense. Gameplay feels unsatisfying and slightly unresponsive. 

After an earlier chat that generically focused on the craft of video game writing, the folks at Video Game Sophistry have talked with Dragon Age lead writer Patrick Weekes yet again. This time, because of their radio program’s Valentine’s Day…

Ubisoft cranked out a press release at the end of this week announcing that their version 1.7 patch for Might & Magic Heroes VII is now available after a one-week delay, and that this update includes the promised first chapter…

Soldak Entertainment has treated us to a second teaser trailer for their upcoming zombie-focused action RPG Zombasite, giving us a glimpse of the game’s combat, character abilities, varied environments, and more. There’s also a “Demo Coming Soon” mention, so we’ll…

Piranha Bytes’ Risen 3: Titan Lords is the latest installment in the Risen series to make its way to GOG.com, where it can now be purchased and experienced in full DRM-free bliss for less than $20 – and at a…