System Shock 2 is one of those games that everyone should get around to playing eventually. It’s an eerie and atmospheric first-person shooter with RPG elements that truly was ahead of its time. Some folks like it better than BioShock, others don’t; regardless, it is a game that is loved by many and hated by few. Now, with the addition of System Shock 2 to the Steam library,...
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It’s been awhile since we’ve taken a look at Cube World, a voxel-based action-RPG, but that doesn’t mean the small team hasn’t been working on it. Indeed, the game’s development blog has seen fairly regular updates, usually with a fresh batch of cubey screenshots. The video above shows off some of the exploration aspects of Cube World, which seems pretty heavily...
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It’s hard to keep track of all the Kickstarters out there, but I regret not reporting on Valdis Story: Abysal City because it’s shaping up nicely. A year after Kickstarter funding ended, we now have more footage of the Metroidvania action-RPG. This latest clip shows off the A.I. partners co-designed by backers. Valdis Story: Abysal City is an expansion of a 2007 game by prolific...
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With Cyberpunk 2077 years away from release, it’s going to be one hell of a wait. Especially when just about every drip of information we’ve gotten about CD Projekt RED’s adaptation of the pen-and-paper RPG has been intriguing. IGN has got quotes from the team which describe character customization, mechanics, dialogue systems, and more. Most interesting to me was talk of...
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Neocore Games has announced the availability of a pre-order offer on their upcoming title, The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, and released the above trailer to promote it. As you may be able to see, it’s an action game with RPG elements and an isometric view, set in a world inspired by the setting of Bram Stoker’s Dracula.  The trailer has me a mite intimidated by...
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