Tag Archives: Role Playing

Blizzard has released a demo for the console versions of Diablo 3 (opens in new tab). You can grab it for free via either the PlayStation Network or Xbox Live, and it’ll occupy about 1.2GB of space on each format. That’s great news, because Diablo 3 is fantastic on consoles. …

Does it have any pictures? Imagine, if you will, a terrible alternative reality where video games don’t exist. How did that happen? Er… maybe people continued to believe that video games might break their television sets. Who knows. Point is, if parallel dimensions do exist, one of them looks like …

What’s harder than Dark Souls II? An unpolished beta version of Dark Souls II. You may be able to prove your mastery of misery when the game’s closed beta opens on October 5 in North America and Europe, Namco Bandai announced today. If you want to be selected for the …

Bound for Glory When EarthBound came out in 1994, Nintendo’s cult RPG assembled a decade’s worth of tropes and gave them each a swift kick in the ass. Simply put, there’s nothing quite like EarthBound, and while most cite the oddball story, strange characters, and unique setting as its defining …

Hair today, gone tomorrow Suspension of disbelief is something that’s simply inherent to playing video games. It’s a digital fantasy, so just roll with it, people! When it comes to character creation, artists have free reign, knowing that silly things like physics and gravity have no bearing on in-game costumes …

UPDATE TO THE UPDATE: Those of you who have a PC registration code should have gotten a private message on GamesRadar with a PS3 code. We are aware that for many of you, those codes are invalid or “have been used.” We are working to get you guys replacement codes …

On paper, Marvel Heroes sounds like an invincible game. What could be better than playing with iconic characters from the Marvel universe in a top-down RPG MMO designed by the makers of Diablo–all for free? However, like all superheroes, you’ll soon realize this free-to-play game has weaknesses that can mar …

The most exciting Pokemon podcast is back to discuss the most recent events in the Poke world, including our first new monster in weeks! We talk about the unnamed Pokemon’s possible lineage, plus we breakdown the limited supply of Pikachu 3DS XLs, reviews of the most recent Pokemon releases, and …

GamesRadar’s greatest lovers of pocket monsters gather around the microphones once again for our regular Pokemon podcast. This week we talked about upcoming Poke-spin-offs like Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates of Infinity and HarmoKnight. We also get nostalgic thanks to the return of a classic character to the anime. Listen and …

Putting the toys away As you may have heard, THQ is no more. The once giant publisher has finally completed its long, merciless road to dissolution through a piecemeal auction that saw the majority of its remaining studios and IPs fall into the hands of its former competitors. And while …