While The Reckoning: Kingdoms of Amalur failed to make a gigantic impac on the Action RPG market, it was still a great game. Now fans have an excuse to weave a new fate in the game with an expansion pack called The Legend of Dead Kel.
The digital distributors are pulling out all the stops this weekend, with plenty of amazing sales on some games that just hit the market, plus a .99 sale on a D&D classic. Now that you’ve finished your second run-through of Mass Effect 3 you should have a clear weekend ahead for your next gaming obsession!
Brian Fargo is creating a sequel to one of the most important games of a generation. Hailed by many developers as ‘the reason they got into gaming’ the original Wasteland was released in 1988, set in a post apocalyptic world and was the one of the first games that presented your NPC’s as characters, instead of floating guns. Brian Fargo of Interplay Productions then took the steps to create the instant classics Fallout 1 and Fallout 2trail blazing games that push the limit of what video gaming actually meant.
Blizzard has finally announced that Diablo III will launch on May 15, 2012. You can pre-order the game now through www.battle.net. Much like Blizzard’s popular, award winning MMO, World of Warcraft, Diablo is a dark fantasy/horror-themed action role-playing game. Whilst Diablo III will possess multiplayer modes, there isn’t the same Massively Multiplayer that you can find in WoW.
“I used to be a Spectre, but then I took an Omni-Blade to the knee”. It was only four months ago that the internet was ablaze with talk of Skyrim. Songs of praise were heaped upon the saga of the Dovakiin when the time came for “Year In Review” and “Best Of 2011” lists. But the hot new action RPG is here inMass Effect 3. How does last year’s blend of action and RPG stand up against this year’s hot ticket?
Last week Peter Molyneux announced that he was leaving Microsoft and Lionhead studios. But was his leaving really a grievance, or in fact a celebration? He left Microsoft Game Studios Europe, and Guildford, UK’s Lionhead Studios to pursue a career within new, indie company called 22 Cans. Whilst at Lionhead studios, he co-designed such memorable games as the Fable trilogy and the Black & White series.
That Zombie virus is everywhere! It seems like no genre of gaming can escape the menace of the undead. You’d think that puzzle games along the lines of Bejeweled would be safe, but no, the tide of undeath has come to devour the big juicy brains of puzzle gamers, with a new title called Containment.
