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Expeditions: Viking Preview

GameInformer has published a preview on Expeditions: Viking, the new title from Logic Artists, the studio behind Expeditions: Conquistador. According to the developers, the game will embrace the RPG elements that were already part of the previous title and present…

Roles We Take, Roles We Choose

The latest “The RPG Scrollbars” weekly column from Richard Cobbett for Rock, Paper, Shotgun focuses on the way role-playing games implement character roles mechanically into the setting. Specifically, Cobbett investigates the way (a few) developers implement limitations and new opportunities…

Playing an RPG Without Combat

After playing through a swath of combat-focused RPGs recently, PC Gamer has turned their attention toward another recent title where combat can oftentimes be optional – Iron Tower’s The Age of Decadence. And since they’re liking what the game has…

Underworld Ascendant New Prototype Blog Update

The folks at OtherSide Entertainment have published a new blog update on Underworld Ascendant that discusses extensively the new movement and combat mechanics implemented in the latest prototype of the game and also offers a quick look at some screenshots…

Risen Video Retrospective

The latest episode of Matt Barton’s Matt Chat on YouTube provides us a look at 57 minutes of footage of Risen, the spiritual successor to the Gothic series from German studio Piranha Bytes. Back when the title released, I had…

Fallout 4 v1.3 Patch Released on PC

After a couple of weeks in beta, the latest patch for Fallout 4, which will update the game to version 1.3, has now been been released on Steam, with the console versions slated to follow soon. As far as I…

XCOM 2 Reviews

While XCOM 2 isn’t out yet (the release date is planned for this Friday), the title has already received a first batch of reviews, almost all of them very positive. The changes made to its core mechanics, maps, mission types,…

Bombshell Reviews

3D Realms’ Bombshell has finally been released last weekend, but judging by the wave of reviews it has received so far, it won’t be remembered as a return to the company’s former glory. If anything, the message is quite loud…

Why Did Dragon Age II Leave Some Fans So Cold?

Freelance writer and frequent Gamasutra contributor Katherine Cross has penned an article on the widespread negative reaction to Dragon Age II, in which she suggests that part of the reason the game is so reviled is that it eschews the…

Remembering Dragon Age: Origins

Eurogamer took advantage of a sleepy weekend to publish a retrospective piece on BioWare’s Dragon Age: Origins, in which they pay close attention to the game’s development influences, the game that ultimately ended up making it into stores, some of its…