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The Road to Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny

With a new piece entitled “The Road to V”, The Digital Antiquarian continues to intrigue us with fascinating, history-rich stories about the CRPG industry. It’s Origin’s Ultima V: Warriors of Destiny at the forefront of this installment, though there is…

Why Are RPGs so Hard to Classify and Evolve?

Felipe Pepe, driving force and editor behind the upcoming CRPG Book, has shared an editorial/rant (by his own admission) on Gamasutra. In the article, Pepe traces a brief history of role-playing video games to explain why the genre is so…

Consortium: The Tower Final Week, Original Game Free on GOG

It’s the final week of Interdimensional Games’ Kickstarter campaign for Consortium: The Tower, and to drum up some additional interest in the FPS/RPG sequel, they’ve partnered with CD Projekt to make the original game free on GOG for 48 hours.…

Minsc and Boo to Make Another Appearance… in Ravenloft

It’s hard to imagine our friends Minsc and Boo living out their eternal friendship in anywhere but The Forgotten Realms, but according to Jim Zub’s announcement of a new Dungeons & Dragons comic book series, they’re about to be drawn…

The Familiar CRPG Industry Magazine Launches

The team at Beamdog let us know that they’ve launched a new digital magazine called The Familiar, which will focus articles, interviews, game content, fiction, and more for the increasingly popular CRPG industry. The first installment is available for free…

Conan Exiles Developer Diary Video #1

I’m still on the fence about whether or not Funcom’s Conan Exiles will feature enough role-playing elements to keep the “open world survival game” on our radar, but until we have definitive proof either way, I’m going to err on…