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Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Gets a First Patch

Majesty 2: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim was launched not even three weeks ago and has already received a first patch. Paradox Interactive announced the update today and said that it will be focused on modifying and improving the gaming experience. The game will now feature an automatic updater, that will enable players to...

6 October 2009
06:22 GMT

Borderlands for PC Gets a Six-Day Delay

Bordarlands for the PC will be coming a bit later than scheduled, but, unlike many games that don't meet the deadline by whole years, Borderlads will be delayed for only six days. Planned for release on October 20, the game will miss its deadline in order to receive further tweaking. However, the release dates r...

23 September 2009
08:48 GMT

Alpha Protocol Decrypted on October 6

SEGA, as the publisher, and Obsidian Entertainment, as the developer, have announced that Alpha Protocol, the role playing espionage videogame, is set to be released for the Xbox 360 from Microsoft, the PlayStation 3 from Sony and the PC on October 6.Alpha Protocol aims to offer a spy-based experience that takes elem...

3 July 2009
13:31 GMT

Final Fantasy Isn't an Ordinary J-RPG, Says Square Enix

For any remotely hardcore gamer, when you say Square Enix, he or she immediately thinks of the hugely successful and very long Final Fantasy franchise of J-RPGs (Japanese Role Playing Games). The series has shaped its specific genre in the country and ever since the release of the first game, other developers have be...

7 May 2009
15:01 GMT

Dragon Age: Origins to Have Six Main Characters

The role playing game genre is a very popular one, as a lot of developers put a great amount of effort into creating the story of such games, trying to keep players motivated in order to finish them. While a lot of these stories are very similar, taking a young male through a rite of passage while he saves his villag...

13 February 2009
04:02 GMT

Fallout 3 Patch Coming

Fallout 3 is seen, by both critics and players, as a very good game, but, as most releases these days, the game has a few issues. Some PC players have reported crashes, especially when saving and leaving the game. So, Bethesda is getting ready to address those issues in a patch.Talking to Eurogamer, Bethesda's F...

5 November 2008
06:34 GMT

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 allows you to take on the role of composer Frederic Chopin a...

18 July 2008
12:06 GMT

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. Although just announced, the game is already expecte...

16 July 2008
17:06 GMT

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 developers promise that the RPG will be nothing less than the "ne...

30 May 2008
02:21 GMT

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! This role playing game (RPG) promises ...

28 May 2008
02:42 GMT

Raise Hell on the PlayStation 3

After receiving favorable reviews on both the PC and the Microsoft Xbox 360, Overlord is now setting its sights on the conquest of the PlayStation 3 player base. And it seems that the evil simulating role-playing game that crossed over with a basic real time strategy might achieve the same success on the Sony gaming ...

22 May 2008
18:06 GMT

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 already announced Falling Stars, an RPG game...

13 May 2008
04:23 GMT

MLB Power Pros Swings into Action

For every game out there that sets out to be a serious simulation of a field, be it infantry operations, politics or sports, there is bound to also be a humorous approach to the same subject. For every Armed Assault there's a Wolfenstein, for every Political Machine there's an animal kingdom equivalent. And...

12 May 2008
03:50 GMT

Lifestyle Role Playing Game Brought to Wiis

The family of very, very weird Wii games will soon get a new member - a role playing game (RPG) exclusively designed for the console - that promises to be a "lifestyle, action packed RPG". And since it's named Opoona, I was really tempted to name this piece of news "wii gets a poo? Nah!" but I decided not to do ...

8 February 2008
03:47 GMT


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