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Killers and Thieves Released

With very little fanfare leading up to it, the team at Stoic (who you know from The Banner Saga trilogy) has suddenly released Killers and Thieves, a new stealth-focused strategy/RPG with an interesting premise that allows us to take on…

BioWare’s James Ohlen Talks Game Design

Long-time BioWare designer James Ohlen was on hand at this week’s Digital Dragons conference in Krakow, Poland, and as a result, the folks at GamesIndustry.biz caught up with him to chat about a variety of topics related to game design.…

Prey “Accolades” Trailer

Keeping up with industry tradition when a video game receives favorable reception from the press, Bethesda Softworks fired over a new “accolades” trailer for Arkane’s recently released FPS/RPG hybrid Prey. And as usual, it features a variety of 1-3 word…

Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen Coming to Xbox One and PS4

On the fifth anniversary of the action RPG’s original release, an announcement on Capcom’s community website brings word of the company’s plans to release Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen on both the Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles later this year.…

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Where does Mass Effect go from here

Ten years ago, way back in 2007 we met Commander Shepard and embarked on a quest to save the Milky Way. By March 6th of 2012, when Mass Effect 3 was released, we would’ve spent a full five years in…

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Star Wars KOTOR: Aperion Remaster

Yes, that’s right. The Knights of the Old Republic is being remade. Well, actually, it’s more of a re-imagining of the original. It will be called Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Aperion; mostly because it is not being…

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Portal Knights on PC, PS4 & xBox Released

Portal Knights an award-winning co-operative action RPG developed by Keen Games and published by 505 has just fired itself out of Early Access into the big, wide world of full release. In Portal Knights, choose from one of three RPG…

StarCrawlers Released

StarCrawlers, a sci-fi CRPG of the dungeon crawling variety, has officially left Early Access. The game is available on Steam and GOG. The retail price is set at $19.99, or your regional equivalent, however a promotional 25% discount is currently…

System Shock Remastered Edition Update #32

The latest Kickstarter update for Nightdive Studios’ System Shock revolves around the original game’s sound design. Jonathan Peros, the Remastered Edition’s Audio Director, talks shop, explaining the ways in which System Shock’s soudntrack was far ahead of its time. You…

Is Being Evil in RPGs Fun?

Richard Cobbett, in his RPG Scrollbars column on Rock, Paper, Shotgun, ponders whether it is fun to be evil in RPGs. His ultimate conclusion is that no, it isn’t. Not when being evil is the only thing you can be.…