Tag Archives: Role Playing

It’s funny, in a way, that Japan manages to keep one of the longest-running Western RPG series going strong. Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls is a fully Japanese-developed entry in the series, and it stays true to many of the franchise’s hallmarks: letting the player craft a party of adventurers, …

Demon’s Souls has become known mainly for three things: being exclusive to PS3; being incredibly, crushingly bleak and difficult; and being a surprise hit in spite of the first two. Dark Souls, its spiritual successor (but not outright sequel), is not only expanding its audience to the 360, but its …

Risen 2: Dark Waters is Die Hard with a Vengeance. Well, sort of. German studio Deep Silver stated that the main character in Risen 2 is a John McClane-esque sort – an unrecognized hero spinning into alcoholism before being called back into action. This is how they explain the open …

So far we have been nothing but wowed by BioWare’s Star Wars: The Old Republic. Kicking off our E3 demo, we were first treated to the “Return” intro cinematic which sets up the early premise for the game. The Sith Empire is determined to retake their home world, Korriban, from …

After completing the Water Temple, look for a shrine-like tablet on the island with a tree. Obtain the Fire Arrows by firing an arrow into the rising sun as it passes through two pillars in the distance. With those in hand, head to Kakariko Village – it’s on fire! Turns …

The path to the first dungeon is entirely straightforward. Village idiot Mido will demand you equip a sword and shield before visiting the Great Deku Tree, which is easily done; The Kokiri Sword is located in a maze on top of a hill in the village (you can see it …

When 2009’s Demon’s Souls suddenly became a hit, it was a huge surprise – not just because it was a new and untested property, but because the game was incredibly, unforgivingly hard. Nevertheless, the audience spoke with its wallets, and so Demon’s Souls’ spiritual successor/semi-sequel, Dark Souls, will be even …

An excited Peter Molyneux took the stage at Microsoft%26rsquo;s press conference today to announce the next evolution in the land of Albion. Citing that Fable contained a %26ldquo;living, breathing world%26rdquo;, a trailer revealed that Albion was, once again, in trouble. Above: No word if yelling %26ldquo;Giddyup!%26rdquo; at your Kinect will …

With rumors running hot that Nintendo’s new console will utilize a more traditional controller, we assumed Microsoft would play down some of the sillier aspects of Kinectivity. Quite the opposite! TheXbox press conference (opens in new tab)relentlessly bombarded gamers with Kinect enabled features throughout. Above: Use the air, like you …

With that in mind, we thought it’d be (moderately) entertaining to look back five years and recall those moments from E3 2006. Back then, these stories lit up the internet and fueled speculation for months – today, they’re ancient relics most of us barely remember. Halo 3 revealed Rumors had …