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Grim Dawn Physical Goods on the Way

If you backed Crate Entertainment’s action-RPG Grim Dawn during its Kickstarter campaign at a tier that promised physical goods, you will soon be able to receive those goods, roughly two years after the game’s initial release. Still, better late than…

2018

11 Game Releases For 2018 To Be Excited About

Happy new year one and all! And what an exciting year it is looking to be. At the end of 2017 I discussed some of the best games that came out. Now, we’re looking forward to see what the new…

Path of Exile – A 2017 Retrospective

If you’re a fan of Path of Exile, stats, or both, you’ll probably enjoy this retrospective from Grinding Gear Games that paints a picture of a rather successful game that continues to grow and expand despite, or perhaps precisely because…

ATOM RPG New Year, New Patch

The end-of-year update and announcement from the developers behind the post-apocalyptic ATOM RPG are filled with optimism and high hopes for 2018, a year their game is currently set to release. Here’s what they have to say: Hello, friends! This…

Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer Retrospective

It’s hard to believe but Mask of the Betrayer, the phenomenal first expansion for Neverwinter Nights 2, celebrated its tenth anniversary a few months back. Not willing to let this occasion go by without anyone noticing, the creative lead on…

GB Feature: SpellForce III Review

Grimlore Games has entered the fray with the latest installment to the long-running SpellForce franchise, so Steven has taken the RPG/RTS hybrid for a spin and put together a full three-page review. Here are a couple of paragraphs to give…

Investigating Aliens: Crucible

The team at GVMERS has brought us a 15-minute video documentary for Obsidian Entertainment’s cancelled Aliens: Crucible, and it is easily the best source of information on what the role-playing game would have brought to the table, had it been…

Ni-Oh Best Combat of 2017

Going hand in hand with all the best RPGs of 2017 lists is this CGMagazine article that boldly claims that in 2017, Team Ninja’s samurai-action RPG Ni-Oh had the best, most mechanically-complex and rewarding combat. Here’s their reasoning behind such…

The Best RPGs of 2017

Let’s start the new year with something positive, shall we? 2017 was a great year for video games and it just so happens that quite a few of those were RPGs. The plentiful best-of lists reflect that, and while they…