Tag Archives: Action RPG

When you’re not busy narrowly avoiding death at the claws of eldritch abominations, you might notice there are a lot of other hunters scurrying about the world of Bloodborne. They tend to come in two flavors – kind and helpful, or homicidal and intent on wearing your giblets as earrings. …

CD Projekt RED emerged briefly to claim five Golden Joystick Awards (opens in new tab) earlier today, but now it’s straight back to work on Cyberpunk 2077. And, to a lesser extent, The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab). “The team is divided right now,” Michal Nowakowski, CD Projekt SVP …

The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s 16th DLC, New Game Plus mode, was free (opens in new tab) – as were the 15 other pieces of DLC that came before it. Not every piece of extra content for the game will be free (there’s still two paid DLC packs …

If The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s last patch left you with an inventory full of equipment you were suddenly underleveled for, you now have one hour to slay your way into gear you can actually use. Patch 1.07 increased the level requirements for several items, which meant that …

I am relentlessly noble when it comes to my behavior in RPGs. When given the choice to define my character’s personality, I unfailingly defend the downtrodden, oppose the oppressors, steal from the rich and give to the… well, I keep the money because that sweet new gear isn’t going to …

The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s penultimate free DLC will add new ways for you to carve up foolhardy brigands. CD Projekt Red has announced that a free content update coming later this week will add a slew of new finisher animations to the game. If you’re not familiar, …

Geralt of Rivia has a problem. No matter how much he wants to open a tempting-looking treasure chest or flip an important switch, he feels compelled to show off his fire magic by repeatedly lighting, dousing, and re-lighting nearby candles and torches first. Thankfully, the latest patch for The Witcher …

What would you do if you were a genetically engineered monster killing machine with a vast fantasy world to explore and a quest of grave importance to pursue? You’d completely disregard the quest and go find some monsters to kill, duh. That’s the idea behind this new The Witcher 3 …

Each of From Software’s incredible Souls worlds has been bled utterly dry of content. Lordran has been laid bare. Drangleic is done and dusted. Boletaria’s bones have been picked clean. With his latest foray into the action-RPG genre, series creator Hidetaka Miyazaki poses a new question: what if there was …

Supergiant Games have upped the ante with their second release in the wake of Bastion. Transistor is a revenge-meets-love-story-meets-Tron mash-up with a crisp art style that bleeds into soft watercolours accompanied by a vast medley of ambient tracks that Red can hum along to at the push of a button. …