Couchpotato's Random RPG News

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Last Epoch is everything I wished Diablo 4 was, and the first ARPG to drag me away from Path of Exile in over a decade

Time for a change.

www.pcgamer.com

Italian soulslike drops 'suicidal' June release date after realising it was set to come out the same day as Shadow of the Erdtree

Enotria's experience of the Shadow of the Erdtree trailer was a bit more shocking than ours.

www.pcgamer.com

Dying Light has more players than its sequel, but dev says that’s okay

Ahead of Dying Light 2 Reloaded Edition's release, its predecessor consistently had a higher Steam player count, but the devs say it's fine.

www.pcgamesn.com

Last Epoch director admits his optimistic launch expectations 'aged like milk' as its servers struggle under the weight of 160K players

The offline mode seems to be the safest way to play still.

www.pcgamer.com

God of War Developer Working on Unannounced Action RPG

Some newly emerged evidence suggests that God of War developer Santa Monica Studio is working on a yet-to-be-announced action RPG.

gamerant.com

 

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Age of Wonders 4 - Primal Fury Content Pack and Wolf Update OUT NOW! - Steam News

Respond to the Call of the Wild and find your kin… Reach your true potential and get in touch with your inner Godir with the help of the Age of Wonders 4: Primal Fury Content Pack. This Content Pack introduces the brand new Lupine and Goatkin forms, the animistic Primal Culture worshippers of 7...

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I'm Obsessed With Nightingale's Hideous Character Creator

Character creation in Nightingale blends some of the best and worst design features I've ever seen in a survival game, and I can't look away.

thenerdstash.com

Review: The dead tell tales in Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden - Entertainium

Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden has varied gameplay, a rich story, and a superb period setting. Don't Nod's new game is an early high of 2024.

entertainium.co

Lords Of The Fallen Developer's New Survival Game Will Release In 2025

Lords of the Fallen publisher CI Games revealed its next premiere game will hit the market in 2025 and is titled “Project Survive.”

exputer.com

 

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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Developer Interview Discusses New Characters, Mechanics - Persona Central

Weekly Famitsu magazine #1839 features a developer interview for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance with details on additions to the story.

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How Starfield Filled Its Galaxy with Alien Life - Xbox Wire

How do you go about building an entire galactic ecosystem? That’s a question we wanted to ask the Starfield development team responsible for crafting those unique alien creatures.

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Ubisoft + Lucid Dream Studio + "Biomorph" = True! - TGG

UBISOFT and Lucid Dreams Studio, are today very happy to announce that the two companies have just joined forces for the upcoming PC release of “Biomorph”.

thegg.net

Final Fantasy 7 Games: A Deep Dive into Every Spin-Off – Chit Hot

The hugely popular Final Fantasy 7 universe shows no signs of slowing its expansion, so here's all the spin-off games released so far.

www.chithot.com

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth launch trailer, developer comments

Square Enix has released the launch trailer for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the second entry in the three-part Final Fantasy VII remake project following 2020’s Final Fantasy VII Remake.

www.gematsu.com

Riviera: The Promised Land remaster coming to PC, iOS, and Android

The remastered version of Riviera: The Promised Land, which launched for Switch via Nintendo eShop today in Japan, will come to PC via Steam, iOS, and Android at a later date, developer Sting annou…

www.gematsu.com

Dune: Awakening - Two New Trailers to be Unveiled at First Dune: Awakening Direct! - Steam News

Our first Dune: Awakening showcase will take you beyond the cameras into an open Arrakis.

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Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance PC Requirements Revealed, Will Be Using Denuvo

SEGA has shared the official PC system requirements for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance, and revealed that it will be using Denuvo.

www.dsogaming.com

Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Gets Extended Trailer, Pre-Orders Open - RPGamer

Atlus revealed that phyiscal and digital pre-orders are now open for Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance ahead of its June release. The company also released an extended trailer for the enhanced version of Shin Megami Tensei V.

rpgamer.com

Unicorn Overlord's Josef Gives Final Guide to Combat - RPGamer

Unicorn Overlord's Josef offers one final training session ahead the release of the strategy RPG. The newest video dives into the game's combat system.

rpgamer.com

Thyria Hits Early Access This Week - RPGamer

Developer Twokats and publisher GrabTheGames have revealed turn-based RPG Thyria will be making its way to Steam Early Access this week. Players must save a cursed village while exploring a procedurally-generated isometric map.

rpgamer.com

Dragon's Dogma 2 director on giving players a fighting chance against the RPG's giant enemies: "You have to have ideas for gameplay that goes beyond basic one-to-one combat"

"It is very difficult to design gameplay for fighting a massive enemy while letting the player feel they are on an equal footing"

www.gamesradar.com

 

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EA is laying off over 650 employees

EA’s cuts are the latest in a long line of layoffs that have rocked the video game industry since last year.

www.engadget.com

 

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Steam :: Broken Roads :: Origin Story Trailer - Jackaroo 🦘

You were a lost pup.

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Broken Roads - Your Moral Compass... - Steam News

What path will you take?

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The Thaumaturge - The Thaumaturge Digital Deluxe Edition - Steam News

Hello everyone, Step onto the culturally flourishing streets of Warsaw with an even more fashionable style in The Thaumaturge Digital Deluxe Edition. To refine your look just as a gentleman should, you receive in-game content: an elegantly stylized hairstyle and facial hair, luxury clothes, and...

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Steam :: Cyber Knights: Flashpoint :: Update #54: Battle Strike!

New proc-gen map and new proc-gen mission objective Battle Striker, improved Hacker's Rampage, better Stress/Hype rules

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Open-World Survival Game Terminator: Survivors Revealed During Nacon Connect 2024

Terminator: Survivors is a new open-world game that takes place after Terminator 2: Judgment Day and will feature a new story and will be a new original game.

www.theouterhaven.net

Shadow of the Road - What we’ve been working on lately… #4 - Steam News

In today's devlog we'll be focusing on updates related to the combat system...

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Fallout: Nuevo Mexico Will Give Players A New Look at Mexico This Year

Game Rant speaks with the Fallout: Nuevo Mexico team about trailers coming later this year, which will bring fans' first look at Mexico proper.

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Stellaris launches expansion subscription offering access to all DLC for £8.50 per month

After launching optional DLC subs in games including Crusader Kings 2 and Hearts of Iron 4, Paradox have now introduced them in Stellaris.

www.rockpapershotgun.com

Unicorn Overlord demo rekindles an old strategy flame

When a demo gets you to boot up an old classic, it's a good sign.

www.destructoid.com

New Action-RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate Announced - IGN

www.ign.com

Amid nearly 700 layoffs at EA, Mass Effect 5 reportedly remains in pre-production as BioWare focuses on Dragon Age Dreadwolf

Respawn's Star Wars FPS has reportedly been cancelled

www.gamesradar.com

8/10 soulslike hit gets cross-play update and limited time game event

Remnant 2, the hit soulslike and RPG game mash-up, has just received cross-play functionality and a limited time event in a big new update.

www.pcgamesn.com

The Witcher 1 Remake 'Project Canis Majoris' Wish List

With Canis Majoris, the remake of The Witcher, announced last year, there is hope some of the more outdated features will be changed for the better.

gamerant.com

Dragon Age: Dreadwolf is Scheduled to Release This Year, it's Claimed

New claims have surfaced suggesting that Dragon Age: Dreadwolf will release sometime in late 2024, following its summer reveal.

insider-gaming.com

Games like Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth aren’t sustainable, and the Sony layoffs prove it

Do you want mushroom-picking minigames or a healthy industry? You can’t have both

www.polygon.com

The PC game releases we're most excited about in March

Plus events, updates, and other PC gaming happenings to look out for this month.

www.pcgamer.com

Shadow of the Erdtree is the only DLC planned for Elden Ring, but 'there might be more ideas in the future,' Miyazaki says

FromSoftware is leaving its options open.

www.pcgamer.com

Immortals of Aveum's Sales Skyrocket After a Huge Discount

"The story of Immortals isn't written yet."

80.lv

I never once thought of Dark Souls or Diablo when playing Moon Studios' previous games, but the dev's new action RPG feels like the perfect evolution of ideas and talent

Preview | Hands-on with No Rest for the Wicked, a game that wants to reinvent the ARPG genre

www.gamesradar.com

Developers behind Bioshock-esque FPS RPG finally give desperate players a new peek at the game, with literal breadcrumbs

I'm still hungry for more Clockwork Revolution

www.gamesradar.com

Fallout: Nuevo Mexico Is A "DLC-Sized Mod" For New Vegas, Has Playable Ghouls

Fallout: Nuevo Mexico is a fresh take on New Vegas and will take players outside the US.

www.thegamer.com

Dead Island 2 Leaves Money on the Table Without a Second Expansion Pass

Dead Island 2 has already gotten extensive DLC attention from Dambuster Studios, but a second expansion pass might be in order.

gamerant.com

https://www.dualshockers.com/greatest-best-rpgs-of-all-time/

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In this video, we are going to be taking a dive into 5 upcoming indie soulslike games set to release in the 2024-25 period. In this list, we are looking at the top 5 upcoming indie soulslikes expected in the 2024-25 period which have gone under the radar, and why they have caught our attention. So, without further ado, let’s get into the top 5 upcoming indie soulslike games!

0:00 - Top 5 Indie Soulslike
0:37 - Enotria The Last Song
3:51 - The First Berserker: Khazan
5:58 - The Relic of the first guardian
8:23 - AI LImit
10:12 - Flintlock the siege of dawn

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With its open world structure, upcoming PS5 exclusive action RPG Rise of the Ronin is promising to be a very different kind of experience from Team Ninja’s past works, while the studio is also touting it as its biggest and most ambitious game ever made. Of course, in today’s day and age, there’s no shortage of open world games, but even amidst that saturation, there’s plenty about Rise of the Ronin’s take on the formula that’s catching the eye, from its grounded, period Japanese setting to its traversal mechanics. Here, we talk about all of that and more.

ConcernedApe on Stardew Valley’s 1.6 patch: ‘There’s a lot more of the update than people think’

Creator says people are underestimating Stardew Valley’s next big update

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Steam :: Titan Quest II :: Sparta in Titan Quest II

Sparta. Whether the name calls to mind Lacedaemon, Helen of Troy, Leonidas, or the Peloponnesian Wars, Sparta’s legend stands apart. In classical times, its influence stretched across the Peloponnesian peninsula and as far away as Italy. So naturally, we wanted to feature Sparta in Titan Quest...

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HARVESTELLA producer Daisuke Taka to leave Square Enix

HARVESTELLA producer Daisuke Taka will leave Square Enix at the end of April, he announced on Twitter.

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Lost Eidolons - Quell Remnants of the Empire at PAX East 2024 - Steam News

Tacticians, Despite Eden’s successful campaign across Artemesia, rumor has it that the Imperialists have holed themselves up in a remote island off the coast to brew up dissension and strife yet again. That means, we need you to save the continent once more by tapping into your tactical prowess...

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Nexon Announces Vindictus: Defying Fate - RPGamer

Publisher and developer Nexon announced action RPG Vindictus: Defying Fate. The game is set in the same world as its Vindictus MMORPG, with a public pre-alpha planned for the coming weeks.

rpgamer.com

Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery Hitting Steam This Month - RPGamer

After some delays, Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery is finally getting ready to launch. The tactical RPG will hit Steam later this month ahead of planned Switch and mobile releases.

rpgamer.com

How Final Profit: A Shop RPG Uses Every Element in the Pursuit of Endless (Immoral?) Cash

Developer Brent Arnold talks about making just about every element in the game into a means of making endless (immoral?) profit.

www.gamedeveloper.com

 

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More Tim Cain Videos.

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I talk about where we got the name for Troika Games.

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I talk about what might have happened if Kickstarter had existed back when Troika Games was still in business.

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I talk about my thoughts on sequels, especially on me making sequels to my games.

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I talk about "bad games" and how people comment on them.

 

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DRAKE is an Isometric Action RPG, enriched with an immersive narrative and intricate character development. Set in a densely crafted Space Western environment, it draws inspiration from beloved series like The Mandalorian, Firefly, and Trigun.

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DRAKE on Steam

Step into a Space Western universe with this top-down Action RPG. Shape your own interactive story and explore the distant planet Drake. Engage in branched dialogue and intense combat to uncover the mystery behind an ancient artifact.

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Gaming News of the Week - Industry Wide Layoffs, Last Epoch 264k concurrent players, Final Fantasy 16 DLC Pax Panel, Remnant 2 Crossplay is Live!, Dune Awakening Gameplay Reveal and No Rest for the Wicked Release Date and Roadmap on this week of Gaming News March 3, 2024

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A short gameplay presetnation of the revised gunplay and crime system with a sprinkle of celerity.

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There's a reason Final Fantasy VII REMAKE and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth mean so much to so many people. When Final Fantasy 7 first came to the states, JRPGs had nowhere near the popularity they now enjoy. FF7 changed all of that.

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In its current form, Nightingale combines the arduousness of the survival materials grind with the unsatisfying gear-score chase of an out-dated MMO. Coupled with poor combat and storytelling, Nightingale has an immense uphill battle ahead of it if it's to earn its place in the highly competitive survival scene.

The RPGs of 2024: Every RPG and their release dates | RPG Site

We list every RPG set to release in 2024.

www.rpgsite.net

 

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Old school co-op action RPG Secrets of Grindea releases after a decade of early access

Sometimes an indie game just takes 13 years to make.

www.pcgamer.com

Skyrim remake of 24-year-old Vampire RPG shows off its modern London level, and the guns are way less janky than I expected

The third-person animations are still rough, but in a charming, Skyrimmy sort of way.

www.pcgamer.com

Three new artworks of the remake of the cult RPG Gothic have appeared online

One of the central characters, Baron Gomez, is shown

gagadget.com

Reynatis by Final Fantasy VII Rebirth Writer Reveals First Look at Gameplay and English Trailer

Today is a good day for those who want to see and learn more about the upcoming action JRPG Reynatis revealed a few days ago by Furyu.

techraptor.net

Baldur's Gate 3 Wins NAVGTR GOTY; Marvel's Spider-Man 2 and Hi-Fi Rush Win 7 and 6 Prizes, Respectively

Larian's Baldur's Gate 3 won the Game of the Year award by NAVGTR. Marvel's Spider-Man 2 earned 7 awards, while Hi-Fi Rush got 6.

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Feels heavily inspired by Encased. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the devs were former Dark Crystal Games employees who fled to Serbia with the source code (except it's real-time).

There's a demo on Steam, I see.

 

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Feels heavily inspired by Encased. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if the devs were former Dark Crystal Games employees who fled to Serbia with the source code (except it's real-time).

There's a demo on Steam, I see.

I tried it. Don't expect much.