Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 28. Feb, 2010 | 3 Comments
Torchlight by Runic games is a great action role-playing game played in dungeon crawl style. There are 3 types of characters to choose from: The Destroyer – a melee combat type character, The Vanquisher – an archer/rogue character, and the Alchemist who is similar to a mage.
The game is set in the Mining town of [...]
Instead of creating another set of successful Dungeons & Dragons or Star Wars game, BioWare has moved on to create a fantasy and a sci-fi universe all by themselves, and done so successfully no less.
BioWare is leading the RPG genre today, which isn’t such a bad thing considering everything they touch turns to gold. With Mass Effect and Dragon Age: Origins respectively, BioWare has taken a detour from the beaten track of licensed games. Although their games in the Forgotten Realms and Star Wars settings are great too, so [...]
Another Fallout game is on the way; this one is neither the much talked-about MMO Project 13 or (yet) another piece of downloadable content. It’s being developed by Obsidian for release by Bethesda.
Fans of the post-apocalyptic RPG genre will be thrilled to know that a Fallout MMO may still come about.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 07. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Deus Ex 3 will be the first tangible collaboration between Square Enix and Eidos after Square Enix bought the company. The third part of Deus Ex 3 is in development at Eidos Montreal, and Square Enix will be contributing with pre-rendered movies to the game.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 03. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
We have been waiting for about 10 years for another installment of Diablo III, and what does Blizzard have to say on the matter?
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 01. Mar, 2010 | No Comments
Incredibly, giving the game away for free has been great for Turbine, which now earns its revenue from micro-transactions, according to Gamesindustry.biz. An impressive one million new players have now entered the Dungeons & Dragons Online Universe after the game went free – a doubling of the player base since September and a quintupling of [...]
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 28. Feb, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you’ve already played through DA: Origins about five times as all the different races and classes you might be up for something more challenging. Thankfully, the long-awaited Awakenings expansion is now nearing release and it’s safe to say that this is an old-school expansion and not some cheap DLC crap.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 21. Jan, 2010 | No Comments
Now is a great time to stock up on a couple of new RPGs; we’re happy to inform that GameStop is running some great promotions in February worth between 10% and 20% off all manner of games and accessories. So if you haven’t picked up the awesome Dragon Age: Origins or Mass Effect 2 yet [...]
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 25. Oct, 2009 | 1 Comment
According to EA and BioWare, the highly anticipated space RPG follow-up Mass Effect 2 won’t be available until early next year.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 13. Oct, 2009 | 4 Comments
Square Enix’ long-awaited sequel to its popular but aging MMORPG Final Fantasy XI – Final Fantasy XIV – is closing in on its 2010 release. Some of the character classes and other details about the game world were recently uncovered on the game’s official homepage.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 22. Sep, 2009 | 1 Comment
After a couple of hours with Drakensang: The Dark Eye, I realize that it’s like reliving an old classic, but with great visuals in high definition.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG News on 31. Aug, 2009 | 1 Comment
Some more details about the upcoming MMORPG Star Wars: The Old Republic has trickled out to eager fans. This time, BioWare has lifted the curtain off the Sith Warrior Class.
Posted by Rock'nRolf in PC RPG Reviews on 27. Aug, 2009 | No Comments
The new MMO Champions Online from the creators of City of Heroes/Villains is almost finished. Soon every place between the equator and the poles will be crawling with superheroes. Here’s what we thought of the beta experience. (Obviously it’s no review of the final version, but from what we’ve seen so far it’s shaping up [...]
