If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! Paradox has announced the release of the With Fire and Sword expansion for its action RPG Mount & Blade. The standalone expansion is available on Steam priced at £10, or you can pick up Mount & Blade: Complete for [...]
Bethesda has revealed that three add-on packs for Fallout: New Vegas are due to be released one after the other in the next three months. The downloadable content packs are known as Honest Hearts, Old World Blues and Lonesome Road, and all will be released simultaneously on Xbox, PS3 and PC. Though the first pack, [...]
Namco Bandai and CD Projekt RED have announced that The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings has gone gold. The game will be available on May 17th in both a Premium Edition and limited Collector’s Edition (the latter containing all manner of goodies including a sculpture, papercraft figures, dice, cards, coins, an artbook, map, dog collar, [...]
Namco Bandai has announced an action RPG, Dark Souls, which should be out at some point this year. It’s the follow-up to the acclaimed and innovative Demon’s Souls. Coming on both Xbox 360 and PS3 formats, the game promises a “rich, dark fantasy universe”. Very dark by all accounts, the world of Dark Souls being [...]
If you’re a Mount & Blade fan, strap on your shield and ready your sword (or indeed axe, or pole-arm), because Paradox Interactive and Taleworlds have announced the newest addition to the acclaimed action RPG. Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword is due to bring a whole host of new features to the game [...]
There’s some role-playing goodness coming to the Xbox in the form of indie dungeon delver Torchlight. Torchlight started life as a PC RPG, and was ported onto the Mac in August of last year. It will be arriving on XBLA at some time in February or March, as part of Microsoft’s Xbox Live Arcade House [...]
Bethesda has announced the next instalment in the Elder Scrolls RPG series, to follow on from the highly acclaimed Oblivion (which was released four years ago now, believe it or not, time flies when you’re limb hacking). Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim will be released on the Xbox, PS3 and PC formats, on November 11th next [...]
JoWood has announced that SpellForce 2: Faith in Destiny has been delayed until next year. Actually, the company said it has extended the release date – the glass is always half full at JoWood – until January 2011. This comes after several delays this year (originally, the game was expected to arrive in April 2010). [...]
Think your 24 inch monitor is the bee’s proverbials when it comes to gaming? Think again. In the quest for big screen gaming, a Chinese chap has gone further than most, hiring some time on Asia’s biggest LED screen (and thought to be the second largest in the world). He sat reclining underneath the screen, [...]
Reverb Publishing has announced that its innovative gaming mash-up of role-playing and tower defence will be out on PSN, Xbox Live and the PC this November. Developed by Trendy Entertainment using the Unreal 3 engine, the game blends action and RPG elements with multiplayer co-op and tower defence. An intriguing sounding combination indeed. Up to [...]
Atari and Cryptic Studios have unveiled a new role-playing game called Neverwinter. Neverwinter is based on the famous D&D city, which in the game finds itself in turmoil following the sad demise of the last Lord of the city, and the ensuing struggle between rival factions who all wish to rule. Throw in a recent [...]
EA has announced that the sequel to Dragon Age: Origins will be released on March 11th next year. Bioware’s Dragon Age 2 casts the player in the role of Hawke, a refugee from his desecrated homeland. His legendary story, which spans a decade, is followed by the game. In terms of mechanics, the RPG is [...]
If you’ve not heard of Torchlight, it’s an independently developed action RPG which Diablo lovers will certainly appreciate. With some tasty, colourful graphics, non-stop combat and so much loot to collect and customise it makes Monty’s haul look paltry, Torchlight strikes a clever streamlined and indulgent note which has made it a hit with many [...]
Lionhead is giving Fable III players the chance to design their own villager to interact with and receive a quest from in the game. The Villager Maker is a tool which you can check out here. Anyone can play around with it and create an NPC, although only those who pre-order Fable III will be [...]
EA has revealed that developer BioWare has work under way on Dragon Age 2, the sequel to the hit Dragon Age: Origins which was released in November of last year. This sequel to the award winning RPG centres on a survivor of the Blight called Hawke, a hero who will apparently transform the face of [...]
Focus Home Interactive has announced that it will publish Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga for the PC and Xbox 360 formats. The compilation includes the original Divinity II RPG, Ego Draconis, and the expansion Flames of Vengeance, which continues the storyline with dozens of hours of additional gameplay. Ego Draconis has been re-mastered, too, [...]
Deadly Sin 2 is an independently produced RPG set in a world where several opposing factions clash for the crown of the Archaelus Empire. In this sequel, the player takes the role of Carrion Iblis, a warrior and Imperial soldier who, along with his band of friends, intends to fulfil his destiny and save the [...]
Namco Bandai’s critically acclaimed Demon’s Souls action RPG has been released in Europe. It’s a PS3 exclusive title, so a no-go for Xboxers, and it boasts several novel elements. For example, other players can force their way into your campaign and attack you. Or more helpful sorts can leave clues for others to see and [...]
Warner Bros has announced a new Lord of the Rings game, a third-person action RPG going by the name of War in the North. Developed by Snowblind Studios and due for release next year, the game will be out for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS3. The big news here is that this is the [...]
Publisher Square Enix has announced that Obsidian Entertainment will be putting together action RPG Dungeon Siege 3. Obsidian, previously responsible for the likes of Neverwinter Nights 2, will be helped along with input from the original developer Gas Powered Games. The third outing for the franchise will be the first time it has graced the [...]
Man of Steel teaser trailer released
If you’re sick of comic-book adaptations and film remakes, the last thing you might expect to get excited about is a new Superman film. That’s right: there’s a new Superman film scheduled for release in 2013. However, before you run off groaning at the idea of yet another mediocre cash-in, this one comes with caveats. [...]
Penguin owner buys ASI self-publishing company
According to the BBC, Pearson, which owns Penguin books among other things, has bought Author Solutions Inc in a £74 million deal. The deal means that Pearson now has control of a self-publishing interest. The news has raised concerns among some writers that intellectual property (IP) rights for new writers may be at risk, especially [...]
The Winner of our April 300 Word Writing Challenge is writer John J Brady, (known on these forums as alchemist). He wins a £10 voucher to spend at Amazon or The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired [...]
Forum member Teresa Edgerton is the winner of our January 300 Word Writing Challenge. She wins a £10 voucher to spend at The Book Depository, our quarterly prize. As usual, the challenge our members faced was to write a story of no more than 300 words, inspired by an image selected by our moderators. For [...]
All Zombies Must Die hits the Xbox
At the weekend, All Zombies Must Die was unleashed on Xbox Live. As you can probably guess from the title, this is a rather tongue in cheek game developed by Doublesix with a focus on multiplayer zombie slaying. Set in the town of Deadhill, All Zombies Must Die offers a huge variety of weapons (such [...]
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