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Nintendo has revealed a brand new IP at E3 yesterday. Entitled Ever Oasis, it will see gamers play as adventurer Thethu to build a prosperous village in the middle of the desert. The RPG of course features its share of puzzle-dungeons, during which players will be able to switch between …
Read More »From Software working on three projects, including an RPG, potential reboot and ‘something weird’
President of Japanese developer adds: ‘Our only option is to make a new Armored Core’
Read More »Metal Gear Solid actor David Hayter would ‘love’ to develop a game – and here’s what he’d make
Voice of Solid Snake and Hollywood screenwriter highlights RPGs, Assassin’s Creed, Red Dead Redemption and Seth MacFarlane as inspirations, and rebuffs suggestion of crowdfunding campaign to finance project
Read More »The state of RPGs: ‘Complexity doesn’t matter if the game is easy to learn’
Brian Fargo, Larian Studios and Warhorse say lengthy games are a necessity in the genre
Read More »Nintendo launches #3DSAdventures marketing push
This year the 3DS is all about adventure games, Nintendo says. The company has launched a new PR and marketing campaign to highlight a number of major RPGs set for release this year, including Final Fantasy Explorers, Bravely Second: End Layer and Hyrule Warriors Legends. Other titles set to feature …
Read More »Diablo’s original design doc reveals beginnings of iconic RPG
Isometric perspective, permadeath and procedural dungeon generation all detailed in pitch for Blizzard North’s seminal 1996 debut
Read More »‘There’s no end in sight’: Lessons from 26 years (and counting) of Unreal World
For nearly three decades, Finnish developers Sami Maaranen and Erkka Lehmus have been working on one game: Unreal World. As the game launches on Steam, Develop catches up with Maaranen to ask what he's learnt from taking his time
Read More »Former Jagex boss Mark Gerhard teams up with Tomy for indie toys-to-life effort
'Our partnership is uniquely positioned to become the leading game, toy and technology platform for this hyper-growth category over the next three to five years,' says toy manufacturer
Read More »There’s an Iron Maiden RPG on the way
Heavy metal pioneers Iron Maiden are releasing a free-to-play mobile RPG this summer. The title – Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast – is launching for iOS and Android, and is being made by Roadhouse Interactive and 50cc Games. This isn’t the band’s first foray into video games – in …
Read More »Star Wars open-world RPG Kickstarter cancelled by 20-year-old creator
An impossible dream of creating a triple-A Star Wars RPG has, unsurprisingly, been cancelled by its creator. The pitch lit up parts of the internet earlier this week. With all the open world RPGs out there how is there not a good one for Star Wars?” it asked. I have …
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