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A new Steam client update is now available in beta, bringing a new Steam Controller feature that aims to improve usability with strategy and RPG titles. Valve details the patch in a new Steam Community post, explaining the addition of the new ‘Mouse Region’ touchpad mode. The mode basically allows …
Read More »Valkyria Chronicles IV and remaster headed to PS4
Sega’s cult hit RPG Valkyria Chronicles is getting a brand new instalment on PS4 – as well as a remake of the first game in the series. Valkyria Chronicles IV: Valkyria of the Blue Revolution will be the first new instalment in the popular tactical role-playing series since 2011’s Valkyria …
Read More »Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros joins Nintendo’s 3DS line-up for December 2015
The fifth Mario role-playing game is coming to the UK earlier than you might have expected. Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam Bros sees the Italian siblings accidentally unleash characters from the 2D Paper Mario universe into their 3D world after fiddling with a magical tome in Princess Peach’s Castle. 3D …
Read More »CD Projekt Red: ‘Cyberpunk 2077 is far, far bigger than The Witcher 3’
Cyberpunk 2077, the next game from The Witcher developer CD Projekt Red, is the biggest title the studio has ever made. The sci-fi-flavoured RPGwas originally announced back in 2012, but the Polish outlet has remained quiet on specificities of the project since. Now it has been revealed that the title …
Read More »Five Nights at Freddy’s RPG in the works for PC, Android and iOS
Scott Cawthon’s popular horror series Five Nights at Freddy’s is getting a fifth title, but it won’t be Five Nights at Freddy’s 5. The game will instead be an RPG by the name of FNAF World, Cawthon revealed in a post on theFive Nights at Freddy’s 4 Steam community hub. …
Read More »State of Decay studio shutting down free-to-play RPG Moonrise
State of Decay developer Undead Labs has announced its RPG Moonrise will shut down at the end of this year. A post on thestudio’s blogreveals the title is having trouble retaining users in its preview phase on iOS and Steam, and plans have been made for its closure on December …
Read More »Odin Sphere remaster set for PS4, PS3 and Vita
2008 PlayStation 2 RPG title Odin Sphere is getting the HD remaster treatment. Entitled Odin Sphere: Leifdrasir, the HD remaster is set for a January 14th 2016 release in Japan. It is being published by Atlus. Odin Sphere was a PlayStation 2 RPG title made by Atlus of Persona fame. …
Read More »Persona 4 rhythm game spin-off Dancing All Night coming to Europe in 2015
The next instalment in the ever-widening Persona 4 universe is coming to Europe this year, in line with its North American launch. Persona 4: Dancing All Night is the third spin-off from the 2009 RPG, following fighting game Persona 4: Arena in 2012 (a sequel to that game, Arena Ultimax, …
Read More »Why it’s not RIP for D&D video games
It might have recently turned 40 years old, but Dungeons & Dragons hasn’t thrown its last die yet. Having almost single-handedly created the role-playing genre upon its release in 1974, D&D is to thank for the modern state of RPG games. Without it, there wouldn’t be Fallout 4, The Witcher …
Read More »VIDEO: Fallout 4 gameplay sees VATS return, building construction and the pre-apocalypse
Bethesda dropped a major bomb during its first gameplay reveal for Fallout 4 – literally. Showing off the title at its pre-E3 press conference, the publisher revealed that the beginning of the game will take place before the series’ defining nuclear disaster, providing players a taste of both pre- and …
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