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Darkest Dungeon Darkest Dungeon II - Hero Paths: The Vestal - Red Hook Studios

www.darkestdungeon.com

Shining a Light on MythForce and Unreal 5 - Beamdog

Find out what the MythForce team has been up to and learn all about the transition to UE5, and the benefits that players can expect to see.

www.beamdog.com

Bleak Faith: Forsaken - Animation Asset Update - Steam News

Hello everyone. As promised here is an update on the animation asset issue. We have heard back from the escalation team at Epic which was as follows: “Pursuant to the Marketplace Distribution Agreement, each Marketplace seller represents and warrants to Epic that they have appropriate rights to...

store.steampowered.com

Your Guide to the Diablo IV Open Beta

The Open Beta draws near! Pre-purchase Diablo IV and receive Early Access. Read on for more details.

news.blizzard.com

Final Fantasy X-2's Epilogue-style storytelling is bizarre and beautiful | RPG Site

Usually, Final Fantasy games are all about saving the world. FFX-2 isn't interested in that - and it's brilliant.

www.rpgsite.net

Tracing the Lineage of Final Fantasy X-2's Job System | RPG Site

Final Fantasy X-2's battle system is lauded - and it also holds a place of pride in the series' history.

www.rpgsite.net

 

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I can't get over this dungeon crawler's incredible melee combat and gorgeous graphic novel looks

Mortal Sin plays like a dream, and has one of the best videogame greatswords ever.

www.pcgamer.com

This new Cyberpunk 2077 texture mod makes Night City more eye-popping than ever

From the modder who brought you one of the best Witcher 3 texture mods out there.

www.pcgamer.com

New The Witcher 3: Next-Gen Patch releases today on PC

CD Projekt RED has just revealed that a brand new 2GB patch for The Witcher 3: Next-Gen will release today.

www.dsogaming.com

Hackers threaten to leak tens of gigabytes of material from STALKER 2

It appears that hackers gained access to GSC GameWorld's servers and obtained tens of gigabytes of game material from S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2.

www.dsogaming.com

Starfield exclusivity is why Sony doesn’t trust Microsoft’s promises

Sony’s unwillingness to accept Microsoft’s Call Of Duty deal is partially due to the company’s handling of the Bethesda acquisition.

metro.co.uk

Atomic Heart Developer Is Already Planning a Sequel

The developer of the recently released Atomic Heart has revealed that a sequel to Soviet-themed first-person shooter is already in the cards.

gamerant.com

Hogwarts Legacy is UK number one for fifth week in a row - Games charts 11 March

A lack of new releases means Hogwarts Legacy has no rival for the number one spot, but Resident Evil 4 is coming…

metro.co.uk

 

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Former Diablo devs launch Gas Giant Games

Gas Giant Games is a new development studio from former members of the Diablo team. It's currently working on its first game, an ARPG.

venturebeat.com

Hogwarts Legacy Has Officially Overtaken Elden Ring's Lifetime UK Sales - PlayStation Universe

Hogwarts Legacy has overtaken UK sales of Elden Ring after just 5 weeks on sale.

www.psu.com

Steam :: Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem :: Patch 1.1.7.0 - Chapter IV: Endgame

Greetings, Ascended! Wolcen: Endgame, patch 1.1.7.0, is now live! This patch brings: The final story Chapter for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem, A new Endgame loop, New Unique items, New infinite Endgame mechanics, 2 New Skill including all their damage type variants, New Item types and Affixes...

steamcommunity.com

There Are 'No Plans' For Diablo 4 On Game Pass

But never say never.

www.gameinformer.com

Failure or not, Square Enix's 2022 release calendar was a breath of fresh air | RPG Site

While Square Enix could have - should have - better spaced out their releases in 2022, it's hard to deny how memorable it made the year for fans of RPGs.

www.rpgsite.net

Indie dev accused of using stolen FromSoftware animations removes them, warns others against trusting marketplace assets

Archangel Studios says Epic has removed the assets from the Unreal Engine Marketplace, but won't say why.

www.pcgamer.com

Epic Games comments on Elden Ring's stolen animations accusations

Archangel Studios contacted Epic Games who commented on Elden Ring's stolen animations accusations regarding Bleak Faith: Forsaken.

www.dsogaming.com

Here are some brand new screenshots for Dead Island 2

Deep Silver has released a new set of screenshots for its upcoming first-person zombie game, Dead Island 2.

www.dsogaming.com

 

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I watched Noclip's video on The Last of Us' remake yesterday. It looks like Naughty Dog did a huge overhaul of the game to bring it at the same level as Part II.

The main doubt I have is playing the game after seeing the series. It seems there's more in the game, but from others' comments they were quite faithful to the original (for once) when they made the series. Then it's always been a console-first game.

EDIT: removing a bit that is redundant

 

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Steam :: Atlas Fallen :: Learn more about the exploration in Atlas Fallen!

Atlas Fallen isn’t just an epic-fantasy action-RPG: it’s an epic desert landscape where you’ll glide your way through sand dunes, and more!

steamcommunity.com

March 2023 Art & Assets Update | Tamriel Rebuilt

www.tamriel-rebuilt.org

ZA/UM resolves legal dispute with Disco Elysium producer Kaur Kender

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inboxUpdate, Thursday, March 16: Robert Kurvitz …

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Pre-Dark Souls action-adventure PC game, Blade of Darkness, gets a free HD Update

The SNEG team has released a free HD Update for the pre-Dark Souls fantasy action-adventure game, Blade of Darkness.

www.dsogaming.com

Take a look at the 2D Shooter & 3D Remakes of the classic Fallout games

Modders 'jonaszIGD' and 'OldFallout' are working on two amazing projects for the first two classic Fallout games.

www.dsogaming.com

 

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Final Fantasy Creator On Why He Thinks ‘Quality’ Japanese Games Saw A Brief Drop

Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi talks about the NES and original PlayStation

kotaku.com

Diablo IV: Talking the Open Beta With the Game’s Director - Xbox Wire

Diablo IV's Open Beta begins this Friday for those who have pre-ordered, and March 24 for everyone else. We spoke to the game's director to find out what's in store (and the rewards you can earn by playing).

news.xbox.com

Developer Interview: Sit Down with Senior Animator Carin Huurnink

It takes a team to make the magic of Warcraft Arclight Rumble come to life. Gather ‘round as Senior Community Manager Syless “Aezztra” Necole delves into more of Senior Animator Carin Huurnink's processes and inspirations.

news.blizzard.com

How Blizzard crafts Diablo IV’s menacing World Bosses, Beta details

Explore a new addition to the Diablo Universe just in time for the Open Beta going live this weekend.

blog.playstation.com

Atlas Fallen: Brand New Details Emerge After the Action-RPG's Gameplay Reveal - Xbox Wire

Discover the world of Atlas, uncover The Unnamed, and learn more about the foes you'll face in Atlas Fallen's new gameplay trailer

news.xbox.com

Dead Island 2 devs believe a Dead Island remake would be a “mistake”

We might be in the age of remasters, but it doesn't look like the Dead Island 2 devs believe remaking the original game is the right move for the series.

www.theloadout.com

 

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Redfall - Official Story Trailer

Dive into the thrilling story trailer for Redfall, the upcoming open-world, horror co-op first-person shooter game from Arkane Studios. Redfall will be available on Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass, and PC on May 2, 2023

The Lamplighters League - Dev Diary #1: Game Vision

Welcome to the first Dev Diary for The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World. My name is Chris Rogers—I’m the game’s Director and in this first dev diary I wanted to share the inspiration behind the game.

Our vision for The Lamplighters Leaguewas always to make a tactical game that featured an ensemble cast of charming rogues, desperate odds, and a larger than life adventure. We wanted the game’s setting to be familiar enough for you to jump right in without a lot of table setting, but keep the flexibility to create unique abilities for our cast and daunting enemies for them to fight.

That led us to our alternate 1932. Behind the scenes, a secret occult war has raged for centuries over control of a mystical tower that has existed since the dawn of time. As the game opens, the enemy has all but won the war. There are no heroes left, the best of the best are dead or gone to ground. It is up to you to assemble the best of the worst—thieves, killers, and scoundrels—for one last ditch campaign to stop the enemy before they can claim the tower for themselves.

It was an ambitious vision, and in order to pull it all off we knew we needed to start somewhere.

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Colony Ship: A Post-Earth Role Playing Game - 25% Discount & Price Increase - Steam News

Now that the third chapter of the game is nearly completed, the price will be increased to $34.99 at the end of the month, when the next update goes live. Since Colony Ship is now on sale with 25% off, the effective discount (after the price increase) is $12.49 or its regional equivalent ($22.49...

store.steampowered.com

System Shock Remake delayed until May 30th, PC requirements revealed

Prime Matter has announced that System Shock Remake has been delayed until May 30th, and shared its final PC system requirements.

www.dsogaming.com

Here are six minutes of leaked WIP footage from STALKER 2

The STALKER 2 hackers have leaked a number of WIP footage from this upcoming game, and the following video packs numerous visual effects.

www.dsogaming.com

Stranger of Paradise Final Fantasy Origin launches for Steam on April 6 | RPG Site

The game will also be sold at a permanently discounted price.

www.rpgsite.net

SteamOS 3.5 is almost here, includes a fix for the Steam Deck's sneakiest performance bug

SteamOS 3.5 includes a new linux kernel, graphics driver and a fix for a nasty SMT performance bug.

www.pcgamer.com

Diablo 4 preloading for the early access beta has started

Preorder players can start downloading the Diablo 4 beta today ahead of the beta on Friday.

www.pcgamer.com

Tactical deckbuilder Toads of the Bayou announced for PC - Gematsu

Publisher Fireshine Games and developer La Grange have announced Toads of the Bayou, a roguelike deckbuilder / turn-based strategy RPG coming to PC via Steam in 2024. "Toads of the Bayou is about…

www.gematsu.com

The Hogwarts Legacy DLC We Want to See Most

There is so much more Hogwarts Legacy can still offer with DLC in the future.

goombastomp.com

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty's Experience Is Marred By Its Identity Crisis

Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty is a great experience marred by the consequences of the myriad influences from which it draws inspiration.

exputer.com

Composer, Paul Leonard-Morgan (Dredd, Cyberpunk 2077) on Life and Music

I had an in-depth conversation with Paul Leonard-Morgan, composer of many great projects such as Dredd, Cyberpunk 21077, Tales from the Loop, and the new Hulu movie, Boston Strangler. With the help from AI, We talk about Paul's success story, life, iconic projects, and his new movie. Boston...

www.nikoofarmusic.com

I beat Like a Dragon: Ishin but I can't stop playing its supremely chill in-game farming sim

Farming sim fans are still sleeping on Like a Dragon: Ishin's Another Life and it upsets me

www.gamesradar.com

 

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Exoplanet: First Contact - BUILD 0.72 - Steam News

New events, improvements in gameplay, level design and graphics and also some fixes improving your gaming experience.

store.steampowered.com

Steam :: Vagrus - The Riven Realms :: The Most Dangerous Ruins of Terra Supra (Parts 1 and 2)

Lore of the indie game Vagrus - The Riven Realms.

steamcommunity.com

Forspoken reportedly cost $100 million to make, and players are baffled

"I blew up the budget - with my freaking mind"

www.gamesradar.com

'Dragon Age: Origins' Lead Writer Proposes Remaster, Feels EA Never Understood Series

Dragon Age: Origins' lead writer has sparked discussion over whether the game should be remastered, and how EA treated the series.

boundingintocomics.com

How Dragon Age: Dreadwolf Development Could Change After Production Director Mac Walters' Departure

After BioWare veteran Mac Walters' announcement that he was leaving, some fans can't help but wonder how this will affect Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.

gamerant.com

11 Years Ago, a Sci-Fi Trilogy’s Disappointing End Changed Fandom Forever

Eleven years later, the controversial ending of 'Mass Effect 3' remains a watershed moment that strained the relationship between fandoms and creators.

www.inverse.com

Get Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep for FREE until March 23!

For a limited time, Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep: A Wonderlands One-Shot Adventure is free to claim on Steam!

playwonderlands.2k.com

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Huge Link Roundup For Everyone Today.

 

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Three former Blizzard leads have set up new AAA studio Magic Soup Games | VGC

Jen Oneal, J. Allen Brack and John Donham want to make "original AAA games"

www.videogameschronicle.com

Dead Island 2’s creative director talks quests, quips, and more

Ahead of the Dead Island 2 launch, we caught up with Dambuster Studios to find out more about the game’s development and why the team are "quietly confident".

www.theloadout.com

What's Traveller? An introduction to the sci-fi tabletop RPG that inspired Starfield

A look at the RPG that inspired Starfield.

www.eurogamer.net

Diablo 4 Open Beta suffers from long login queues that can go up to two hours

Blizzard launched the Early Access of Diablo 4's Open Beta. However, you won't be able to play as there are up to two hours of login queues.

www.dsogaming.com

The industry's disingenuous defense of loot boxes | This Week in Business

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Earlier this month, the Australian House o…

www.gamesindustry.biz

Report: PC and console global gaming dipped to $92.3bn in 2022

Sign up for the GI Daily here to get the biggest news straight to your inbox Newzoo's newest report reveals that global…

www.gamesindustry.biz

 

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The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition Update 1.1 released, aims to improve performance, full patch notes

Private Division has released the first update for The Outer Worlds: Spacer's Choice Edition which aims to improve its performance.

www.dsogaming.com

No One’s Getting Laid In Starfield, Apparently

Bethesda's space-faring Xbox-exclusive RPG does have lots of drug use, though

kotaku.com

First gameplay trailer for the fantasy action RPG, Atlas Fallen

Focus Entertainment has released the first gameplay trailer for its upcoming fantasy action RPG, Atlas Fallen.

www.dsogaming.com

Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms - Steam News Hub

Updates, events, and news from the developers of Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms.

store.steampowered.com

Yes, Mistwalker; Please Port Fantasian to PC | RPG Site

With Hironobu Sakaguchi implying a possible port, it's time for Fantasian to be accessible to more players

www.rpgsite.net

There's no RPG quite like Valkyrie Profile | RPG Site

More than 20 years after its original release, Valkyrie Profile still stands as a wholly unique, sometimes strange, but extraordinary RPG that remains peerless.

www.rpgsite.net

Gothic pixel-art action RPG Hunt the Night launches on April 13 for PC | RPG Site

Console versions are planned to launch at a later date.

www.rpgsite.net

 

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10 JRPGs To Play If You Like Octopath Traveler 2

For those who can't get enough of Octopath Traveler II, JRPGs like Chrono Trigger and Chained Echoes present a similar and enjoyable experience.

www.cbr.com

13 Years Ago, the Most Underrated Final Fantasy Game Changed the Series Forever

The black sheep of Square Enix's most popular franchise has a lasting legacy.

www.inverse.com

Final Fantasy Creator Reveals How Cloud Strife Changed Video Games Forever

In a recent report from IGN, Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi talked about how a landmark innovation helped make the series more popular in the West.

www.inverse.com

20 Years Ago, Final Fantasy Broke Its Biggest Rule — and It Paid Off Wildly

The franchise had been built around each game being an entirely original and unique experience. But that all changed in 2003.

www.inverse.com

Hands-On With Atlas Fallen – Preview | WhatsGood

We can't say we're very excited

whatsgood.co.za

Starfield Gets 18+ Rating In Australia Due To High Impact Drug Use

Australian Classification Board has rated Starfield 18+ and "Restricted R" due to the high impact of "Interactive drug use."

exputer.com

Wo Long Fallen Dynasty Patch 1.04 Adds Additional Features, Packs Various Bug Fixes and Improvements

Team Ninja has deployed Wo Long Fallen Dynasty patch 1.04 across all platforms, packing additional features, improvements and fixes.

wccftech.com

"Toads of the Bayou" is coming to PC via Steam in 2024 - TGG

Fireshine Games & La Grange Studios are today very glad to announce that their tactical-action roguelike Toads of the Bayou, is coming to PC via Steam in 2024.

thegg.net

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor – 10 Things It Needs To Fix

Star Wars Jedi: Survivor is right around the corner, and we list 10 of the biggest criticisms we hope to see get fixed in the sequel.

gamingbolt.com

 

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Age of Wonders 4 - Dev Diary #9: Ancient Wonders - Steam News

Greetings future Rulers, welcome to another Development Journal! I’m Bas, a game designer at Triumph Studios. I’d like to give you some glimpses into the grand structures called Ancient Wonders that can be found in the realms you conquer. Each Ancient Wonder is a monument from the great ages of...

store.steampowered.com

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition - Siege of Shadowdale Enhanced Edition added to the curated community content - Steam News

An Enhanced Edition of a classic Neverwinter Nights module Siege of Shadowdale by Luke Scull is now in the game launcher

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Announcements - April Expansion Name Reveal - Forum - Path of Exile

Path of Exile is a free online-only action RPG under development by Grinding Gear Games in New Zealand.

www.pathofexile.com

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning - New update now live! - Steam News

Many fantastic tales have been spun about the secretive Dokkalfar agent named Alyn Shir. … now it is up to you to unravel one of them. Follow a series of clues and travel to a number of hidden locations across Amalur to procure a very delicate item left behind by the infamous assassin herself...

store.steampowered.com

Former ZA/UM devs push back on studio's "misleading" legal battle

Robert Kurvitz and Aleksander Rostov, ex-creative leads for ZA/UM's Disco Elysium, have come forward disputing comments from the studio's newest press release.

www.gamedeveloper.com

You can get 14 iconic Star Wars games for cheap on Steam right now

A sale on classic Star Wars games gives you 14 of the best from the history of the franchise for cheap on Steam, including Jedi Knight, KOTOR, and Battlefront.

www.pcgamesn.com

Disco Elysium has a new game mode, and you can play it free right now

Let your imagination run wild with Disco Elysium Collage mode and attempt to create some scenes that even Harrier Du Bois can’t ruin.

www.pcgamesn.com

Diablo 4 beta update from Blizzard addresses queue times and errors

As the Diablo 4 beta sees many players run into errors and connection loss, Blizzard gives an update on queue times and being unable to join parties in the RPG.

www.pcgamesn.com

 

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More Links for everyone today enjoy.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning studio working on a ‘high profile THQ Nordic IP’ | VGC

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning developer Kaiko is working on a “high profile THQ Nordic IP in the Action-Adventure genre,” according to a job listing.

www.videogameschronicle.com

Another update for this one came out a few days ago. That two patches adding a bit more content in the past 3 or so months

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1041720/allnews/

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The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure (PC) Review

Jae checks out the latest entry in this long-running RPG franchise.

ztgd.com

Diablo IV Beta Hands-on - The King Is Back and Runs Well on PC

We've played the Diablo IV beta and came away impressed by the first hours with the hugely anticipated action RPG/hack 'n' slash by Blizzard.

wccftech.com

Bleak Faith Forsaken Review - Busted and Bleak

Bleak Faith Forsaken is a small team indie game in the style of FromSoftware, set in a gothic punk future, featuring brutal, broken combat.

cogconnected.com

Zoria: Age of Shattering - Time to make friends and put on shiny armor. Monthly Changelog #4 - Steam News

We are slowly getting to the point where we're polishing the game and getting it ready for you to play 🤫

store.steampowered.com

Lost Eidolons to launch for PlayStation consoles in addition to Xbox later this year | RPG Site

The tactical RPG gets a new platform.

www.rpgsite.net

Atelier Ryza series surpasses a combined 1.6 million units worldwide | RPG Site

Ahead of the third entry, Koei Tecmo announces a sales update for the "Secret" sub-series.

www.rpgsite.net

Project MBR Interview: Lunar, Grandia, & Gungriffon Veteran Yoichi Miyaji Discusses New Mecha Game

TechRaptor interviews Sieg Games CEO Yoichi Miyaji about the upcoming multiplayer mecha game Project MBR, currently on Kickstarter.

techraptor.net

Dead Island 2 Interview - Inside the Game’s Delightfully Gory FLESH System

Fully Locational Evisceration System for Humanoids, or FLESH, is behind Dead Island 2’s over-the-top and impressively gory combat. We sit down with Dambuster Studio to talk about how it all works...

www.ausgamers.com

Games Can Make Statements – but Should They?

Do you have a theme or issue you want to explore in your game? Do you want to tell players what you think about something? Well, don’t. Telling people things is for other media, not ours.

www.gamedeveloper.com

Dark Souls 3 gets an unofficial Easy Mode

Modder 'Zethras' has released a new cool mod for FromSoftware's Dark Souls 3 that brings to it an unofficial Easy Mode.

www.dsogaming.com