Tag Archives: Role Playing

Known for their colorful, quirky, and hilarious Japanese role-playing games, NIS America is adding a few more titles to their North American and European lineup, which are due out later this year and early next. At a press event in San Francisco yesterday, the publisher revealed three new games including …

A new story trailer for Game of Thrones? But you already know all about where to put the pointy end, winter being coming, etc, etc. However! This is a clip for Cyanide’s Game of Thrones RPG, revisiting events and characters from the show (or the book, if you’re some sort …

Bioware’s preparing to release Star Wars: The Old Republic’s Game Update 1.2, bringing with it a substantial amount of changes and improvements to the title. Most prominent for players in for the long haul, the update features substantial expansions to the game’s legacy system, tied together by the ability to …

Whispers of an Elder Scrolls MMO have been gathering for ages, but now it looks like 2012 will finally be the year that Tamriel announces the opening of its online borders. At least, this is the latest rumor coming from tech website Tom’s Guide, which claims Zenimax Online Studios and …

A couple weeks ago, we took our first steps into the charred remains of North America to try to investigate how much – if any – of Fallout’s world we can look forward to (or dread) in the future. In fact, it was really more dread than hope. Portable nukes …

600 Blizzard Entertainment employees have been forced to update their resumes today after the majoy league studio announced a large-scale staff reduction in order to safeguard the company’s financial future. Today, Blizzard confirmed the staff cuts in a formal press release, stating 90% of the fired employees were from departments …

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Bioware’s teased the first DLC for Mass Effect 3, releasing (then retracting) a vaguely spoilery blurb on Xbox Live ahead of the game’s release next month. What are the spoilers? SPOILERS Available on all platforms, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes will allow players to “unearth lost secrets from the past …

February is exploding with releases (just look at this release calendar (opens in new tab)), but you need to remember to clear your gaming schedule by the first week of March if you plan on playing Mass Effect 3. BioWare’s finale to the trilogy comes to the US March 6 …

The shortlist of nominees for the British Academy Video Games Awards’ (BAFTA) GAME Audience Award is out, and it looks like this year is going to be a fanboy bloodbath. Ten nominees have been shortlisted for the people’s choice honor. They include Batman: Arkham City, Battlefield 3, Call of Duty: …