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| Final Fantasy XIII Comes to PCs |  | Everybody thought that Square Enix emptied their surprise pack for the year when they announced Final Fantasy XIII for Xbox 360 consoles during the E3 media summit. Apparently, the company still had other surprises, but wanted to wait a bit more to ... [read more >>] | | 24 July 2008, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Dungeon Lords Get a New Chance |  | We must admit that anybody who played the first Dungeon Lords game was not at all impressed and there were even fewer people who were hoping for a sequel. However, DreamCatcher and JoWood have other plans and they're going to revive t ... [read more >>] | | 23 July 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hinterland Brings City Building and Combat Together |  | Tilted Mill, the company known for the not so great Children of Nile game, but also for the successful SimCity Societies and Caesar IV, has just announced a brand new title which promises to be way better than its predecessor and comes with interesting, innovative features. The ... [read more >>] | | 22 July 2008, 04:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Eternal Sonata Announced for PS3 |  | It seems that not only the PlayStation exclusives go Xbox 360 (such as Final Fantasy XIII), but titles previously considered Xbox exclusives are now developed for Sony's console. It's the case of Namco Bandai's Eternal Sonata - the game which ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| King's Bounty Detailed at E3 |  | The original King's Bounty served as the basis for the whole Might and Magic series and its influences can be seen in the initial installments of Heroes of Might and Magic. Now, the game is getting a new lease on life courtesy of Russian developer Katauri and of publisher 1C Company. The game has no set release date in the West but its already playable if you happen to live in Russia or thereabout.
It is described as an ... [read more >>] | | 18 July 2008, 03:05GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Two New Star Ocean Titles Presented at E3 |  | It appears that Square Enix really enjoys Microsoft's console, since not only its biggest title, Final Fantasy XIII will get an Xbox 360 version, but the Star Ocean series, usually considered a PlayStation exclusive, will mark its way onto Xbox 360 excl ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| "Brand New" RPG from Square Enix, Just a Final Fantasy Clone |  | We can understand that, once a successful formula has been found by a game developer, it can be used a bit in other projects, but I am totally against calling "new game" a title that is actually something already done. This is the problem with The Last Remnant, a RPG ... [read more >>] | | 17 July 2008, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| RPG Thriller Announced by Obsidian |  | Role playing game fans should be really happy to find out that Star Wars: Knights Of The Old Republic II The Sith Lords and Neverwinter Nights 2 developer Obsidian is working on a new and exciting project, named Alpha Protocol and unveiled during the E3 trade show. Althou ... [read more >>] | | 16 July 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Hellgate: London Dev Studio Closes |  | The fate of another promising online RPG game is unknown for the moment, since Flagship Studio, Hellgate: London developers, was shut down and all its employees fired. This news comes as a strange surprise from a company which had a promising game in the works (Myt ... [read more >>] | | 14 July 2008, 12:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Neverwinter Nights for Mac Last Update (V 1.69) |  | Fans of Bioware's Neverwinter Nights for Mac have one last update to download for their favorite RPG title. Sadly or not, "the game that sparked one of the most dynamic communities in the world gets an update to end all updates," says Bioware.
The Neverw ... [read more >>] | | 11 July 2008, 05:30GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fallout 3 Has 40,000 Lines of Dialog |  | After the announcement that Fallout 3 would feature more than 300 different endings, Bethesda is again dazzling gamers by saying that there are more than 40,000 lines of dialog in the game. The original release in the series, which many still hold to be the definitive role playing ... [read more >>] | | 10 July 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Square Enix RPG for iPod Out |  | Square Enix, the developer of some of the most popular console games ever made, has announced the release of Song Summoner: The Unsung Heroes for iPod. Apple's iTunes Store has it on sale now in both English and Japanese versions.
The plot says that "from the days of old, Melodica was a land of music, a land of freedom. The people sang, played and danced to the music they so cherished. Until one day, they came - the Mechanoids ... [read more >>] | | 09 July 2008, 04:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Conquer Shuffled Dungeons in a New RPG |  | Casual games publisher Majesco is announcing that it plans to bring Away Shuffle Dungeon to Europe and North America right after the game is released on the Japanese market. The role playing game is being created by Mistwalker and AQ Interactive, with Hironobu Saka ... [read more >>] | | 08 July 2008, 03:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dragon Nest Turns You into a Dragon |  | Eyedentity Games is announcing that it is developing Dragon Nest, a new MMO which aims to attract both Western and Eastern audiences with a fantasy story and interesting twists. The new company is staffed with veteran game designers that have previous experience designing MMOs for the likes of ... [read more >>] | | 03 July 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Dungeon Lords Gets The Orb and the Oracle Expansion |  | JoWood Productions, as publisher, and DreamCatcher Games, as developer, are announcing that they are planning to release an expansion to their cult hit Dungeon Lords, with the title The Orb and the Oracle.
Byron Gaum, who is Global Product Marketing Manager at Dre ... [read more >>] | | 26 June 2008, 02:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Witcher Enhanced Edition Gets Release Date |  | The long awaited, especially by role playing fans, Enhanced Edition of The Witcher is at last getting a tentative release date from its developers, the guys over at CD Project RED. It seems that September has been settled on and, more specifically, the game will be l ... [read more >>] | | 23 June 2008, 15:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Get Ready to Become Master of the Monster Lair |  | Atlus USA is coming with a really interesting game concept for the Nintendo DS handheld: a RPG in which you will have to design your dungeons which will be automatically filled with monsters, depending on the complexity level of your design. Doesn't that s ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fallen Earth Is Feature Complete |  | Post-apocalyptic massively multiplayer games that mix first person shooter action with RPG elements are really enjoyable titles, if done correctly. Fallen Earth might be one of these - and we're only one step away from seeing it for ourselves.
The Fallen Earth team wo ... [read more >>] | | 20 June 2008, 04:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Dreamlords Have Been Reawakened! |  | If you are a real time strategy game fan and you also dig free titles (now, let's be honest - who doesn't?) you will be really happy to find out that the free MMORTS Dreamlords: The Reawakening has been released to the public! The game is available for download from ... [read more >>] | | 19 June 2008, 04:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Space Siege and Humanity |  | Philosophy is rarely an interesting source of inspiration for videogames and those who play them. With all that, a big part of Gas Powered Games' upcoming Space Siege game decides how human the main protagonist remains while fighting a bunch of genocidal aliens.
The gam ... [read more >>] | | 18 June 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Yggdra Union Moves from GBA to PSP |  | The Game Boy Advance tactical role-playing title released back in 2006, Yggdra Union, will be re-created by Atlus for the PlayStation Portable in order to bring the card-based strategy genre to Sony's handheld, too. The game is scheduled for a September 16 release ... [read more >>] | | 10 June 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Neverwinter Nights 2 Update 1.12.1295 Released |  | Last updated several months ago, Neverwinter Nights 2 for Mac has just gotten a new patch delivering both fixes and changes to the game. The game is thus brought to version 1.12.1295. The patch (61.6 MB) is a free download for game owners.
In Neverwinter Nights ... [read more >>] | | 09 June 2008, 05:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| New Neopets Game from Puzzle Quest Creator |  | Capcom is announcing a myriad of things these days, as it has held one of its events in Las Vegas to present upcoming titles for the next year or so. One of the easy-to-overlook announcements was that Infinite Interactive is now the official developer of ... [read more >>] | | 06 June 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Conan Cheats (Xbox 360) |  | The game Conan for the Xbox 360 should not be mistaken with the recently released MMORPG Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures, as they barely have any common things. Conan was released exclusively for next-gen consoles (Xbox 360 and PS3) on the 28th of September 2007 in Europe and th ... [read more >>] | | 05 June 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Help Bring Depths of Peril to Mac |  | Soldak Entertainment is looking for testers for the Mac version of its single player RPG, Depths of Peril. If you have a Mac sporting at least 1.5GHz under OSX 10.4 or 10.5, just send your email in and hope you're accepted for the beta. Since there are no requirements other than the ones listed ab ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Virgin Play Brings AWAY Shuffle Dungeon |  | Another Japanese RPG will hit the PAL territories this year, after the distribution agreement between V.2 Play and AQ Interactive. Virgin Play will bring us the AWAY Shuffle Dungeon game for the Nintendo DS and, even though the name makes no sense, the de ... [read more >>] | | 30 May 2008, 02:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Daughter of Death Is Yours in Venetica |  | It might sound strange or childish, but this game actually looks very promising. Dubbed Venetica, it is the result of the collaboration between Deck 13 and dtp entertainment and, among other things, it allows you to control (or become - put it as you wish) the daughter of death!
... [read more >>] | | 28 May 2008, 02:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Firefly Studios Is Creating Dungeon Hero |  | Best known for their Stronghold games, that have spawned a rather dedicated strategy-oriented following, the Brits over at Firefly Studios are currently engaged in creating a very different game. Where once castles ruled supreme, individual heroes now ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Ready for Some Dinosaur Battle? |  | Ever since I saw the new King Kong battling dinosaurs, I wanted to kick some dinosaur arse. I am sure the same statement is true when it comes to you and the stuff you'd like to beat the crap out of. Thankfully, since everything is possible in the games world (well... everything except the release of a new ... [read more >>] | | 20 May 2008, 02:35GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| PlayStation 2 Exclusive Falling Stars Announced |  | It might sound strange now, but PlayStation 2 exclusives are still being developed and - what matters most for us really good games have hit the market for the last-gen console. One of the game developers that still has faith in the powers of the PS2 is Agetec and it has alr ... [read more >>] | | 13 May 2008, 04:23GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Today, The World Ends With You |  | The creators of Finaly Fantasy and Kingdom Hearts have been working for a while now on a new Nintendo DS action RPG title, dubbed The World Ends With You. According to Square Enix, the game released in Japan under the name of Subarashiki Kono Sekai, has been already shipped ... [read more >>] | | 23 April 2008, 04:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Gothic 3 Add-On, a Step Closer to Gothic 4 |  | Whenever a game gets two sequels and the third is in the works, one thing is clear: it is a great one or developed by Electronic Arts, but that's not our case because we're talking about Gothic - the one which could be among the best ... [read more >>] | | 15 April 2008, 02:17GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Baroque Hits Europe This Summer |  | Rising Star Games is going to bring Europeans a great dungeon crawling role playing experience this summer on the 27th of June, for Nintendo Wii and ... [read more >>] | | 14 April 2008, 04:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Too Human Will Be a Trilogy |  | Denis Dyack is the boss of studio Silicon Knights and the main man behind their upcoming FPS named Too Human. And he doesn't like the way movies and games are exploited as trilogies, when initially the producers just thought of one game and then added another two to exploit the intellectual properties. Denis took on the mighty Star Wars franchise itself, saying that we was not sure that George Lucas had thought all the aspects regardi ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 19:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Puzzle Quest Sequel Gets Name |  | More than 500 fans of the original Puzzle Quest have submitted proposals when D3, the publisher of the game, asked them to provide a name for the upcoming Xbox Live Arcade expansion pack. The name that the publisher finally settled on is Revenge of the Plague Lord. Other names considered were Sorceress of Malbec and The Scourge of Antharg.
It seems that D3 didn't want any hard-to-pronounce names in the new expansion and ... [read more >>] | | 07 April 2008, 18:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al-Revis Gets North American Release |  | The fourth title in the RPG series, Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al-Revis shipped to retailers across North America, together with a Limited Edition that includes the original soundtrack, a quick synthesis chart and a full color poster nicely boxed in a premium cover. And if you are a fan of Japanese anime chicks, you'll really love the poster (and the game, but you already know that).
Mana Khemia Alchemists of Al-Revis a ... [read more >>] | | 02 April 2008, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| The Witcher: DuelMail Announced |  | Out of nowhere, The Witcher developers have announced that a next-gen, free browser based game inspired from the appreciated RPG has entered closed beta, which is expected to last only six more days, with an open beta starting on the 7th of April and set to last until the 9th ... [read more >>] | | 01 April 2008, 02:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Etrian Odyssey Follow up for the Nintendo DS Announced |  | The Nintendo DS is praised as a gaming platform especially for the novel ways in which the dual stylus and buttons input system can be put to good use in creating new and interesting ways of controlling the game. This has encouraged game creators to come up with titles that a ... [read more >>] | | 28 March 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Fallout 3 Will Kill Your Social Life with 200 Endings |  | Fallout 3, the post-nuclear role playing game from Bethesda Softworks is a highly anticipated game and each time new details about it pop, we better understand why. So far we are aware that you have a limitless freedom, the power to solve problems, quests and, bas ... [read more >>] | | 25 March 2008, 05:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Two Worlds Gets Sequel |  | Last year saw the release of Two Worlds, a RPG developed by Reality Pump for both the Xbox and the PC. Now, publisher SouthPeak Interactive has announced that a sequel to the game is in development, named Two Worlds: The Temptation, with a release date set for the autumn of 2008.
The first ... [read more >>] | | 21 March 2008, 05:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Details on the Dragon Age |  | Dragon Age has been in production since early 2004. And that, in an industry where development cycles are getting shorter by the year, could mean one of two things. Either the game is being polished to perfection and each and every element of it is being tweaked to perfectly reflect the intentions of the developer, or the game has hit development issues and more time is needed to address certain game problems.
As Dragon Age is the next ... [read more >>] | | 17 March 2008, 05:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| More Mass Effect, Better Mass Effect |  | Mass Effect was one of the best games of 2007 and a clear shot in the arm for a suffering RPG genre. BioWare made a great game, Microsoft marketed it well, it sold well. So it was bound to spawn a sequel. Well, in the case of Mass Effect, two sequels which BioWare is currently working ha ... [read more >>] | | 12 March 2008, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Rocketmen: Axis of Evil Goes Live |  | It's no secret that gamers have saved the world or even the entire galaxy more often than Bruce Willis and Sylvester Stallone together and we'll keep doing this for sure without ever getting bored, probably. We'll do the same thing in Capcom's ... [read more >>] | | 04 March 2008, 03:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| X-Blades Coming. XXX Title or Not? |  | Nothing sells better than partially naked, sexy chicks in video games and most of the new titles have them. It's even better when these girls are promoted to game heroines: I will always remember BloodRayne a game I only played because I wanted to see the main ... [read more >>] | | 03 March 2008, 03:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
| Try Being a Demigod |  | In some sense, all strategy games let you become a "god". You tower well above the battlefield, in immaterial form so that no one sees you and you get to influence the minds of all those below you by issuing left and right click commands. Forget omniscience and omnipresence, omnipotence is what being a "god" is all about. And recently the ... [read more >>] | | 28 February 2008, 04:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia |
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