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ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 2, 2020

Disco Elysium – Game of the Year Awards

Following a great deal of success at 2019’s Game Awards, ZA/UM Studio’s detective RPG Disco Elysium has also managed to pick up quite a few Game of the Year awards from various outlets. So, without further ado, here’s a snippet…

ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 2, 2020

Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous Update #35

Back in May of 2019, a development update for Stirring Dragon Games’ old-school Commodore 64-style RPG Unknown Realm: The Siege Perilous assured us that the game would be launching within a year. However, the game’s latest Kickstarter update doesn’t look…

ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 1, 2020

The Outer Worlds – Destructoid’s Game of the Year

The Outer Worlds, Obsidian Entertainment’s sci-fi RPG co-directed by Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, launched back in October of 2019 as a spiritual successor of sorts to Fallout: New Vegas. This formula resonated with a good number of people, and…

ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 1, 2020

GOG.com in 2019 – End of the Year Summary

With another year behind us, the folks over at GOG.com share this article that looks back at the standout moments of 2019 in relation to DRM-free gaming. These include some notable old-school RPG releases like the original Diablo, a respectable…

ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 1, 2020

Yodha – Vishasati Character Showcase

Just like its predecessor Asura, Ogre Head Studio’s upcoming action-RPG Yodha will be heavily steeped in Indian mythology. As such, we can now check out a quick “character showcase” video introducing us to Vishasati, a fiery banshee-like enemy we’ll be…

ByVal Hull
OnJanuary 1, 2020

Starpoint Gemini 3 – Farewell 2019

The team over at Little Green Men Games is busy working on Starpoint Gemini 3, and as such, along with some holiday well-wishes, their end of year update reflects that by highlighting the new stuff coming to the early access…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 30, 2019

Tower of Time Free on GOG for a Limited Time

The folks over at GOG.com kicked off their winter sale with a limited time giveaway of inXile Entertainment’s post-apocalyptic RPG Wasteland 2, and they’re about to wrap it up by giving away Event Horizon’s tactical dungeon crawling RPG Tower of…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 30, 2019

Colin McComb Interview – Matt Chat

Colin McComb, a prominent game designer who worked on a number of high-profile pen and paper RPG settings including Planescape and Dragonlance, as well as a few notable video games (Fallout 2, Wasteland 2, Planescape: Torment, Torment: Tides of Numenera),…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 30, 2019

The Waylanders Update #41 – New Companion Story and Background

The latest Kickstarter update for Gato Salvaje Studio’s Dragon Age-inspired RPG The Waylanders introduces us to Trasté, a goblin-like creature and one of the game’s NPC companions. If you’d like to learn a few things about Trasté and the mischievous…

ByVal Hull
OnDecember 30, 2019

Guild Wars 2 – Looking Ahead to the New Year

The end of year update on the official Guild Wars 2 website starts by looking back at 2019, and then promptly follows that up by outlining all the new content ArenaNet’s MMORPG will be getting in Q1 2020. This should…