Tag: RPG

A Skyrim dev broke the game before launch when they made thousands of tiny ants cast individual shadows: ‘Why is the game running so slow?’

A Skyrim dev broke…

Bethesda RPGs are typically jam-packed with tiny details that most players will never notice, but which all contribute to…
What we’ve been playing – principles, parables, and pillars

What we’ve been playing…

Hello and welcome back to our regular feature where we write a little bit about some of the games…
Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5 Good Games We Can’t Get Off Our Minds

Kotaku’s Weekend Guide: 5…

Spring is almost here. I can practically feel it quietly blossoming between the 25-degree overnight lows and the desperate…
Avowed Was Originally Pitched As Skyrim + Destiny

Avowed Was Originally Pitched…

Obsidian Entertainment’s Avowed is a wonderful single-player RPG featuring large fantasy zones to explore and chatty companions. But that…
If you want to get caught up with Larian’s pre-Baldur’s Gate work, $157 worth of Divinity games are on sale on Steam for $23

If you want to…

Larian is currently offering a Divinity franchise sale on Steam, with markdowns of 75-90% off for each game. If…
RPGs like Avowed need to stop letting me steal everything that isn’t nailed down

RPGs like Avowed need…

It’s not easy surviving in the Living Lands. Everywhere I go in Avowed, I meet desperate, scared people, laid…
X-COM’s original creator keen on a return to the series, if Firaxis was ever to ask him

X-COM’s original creator keen…

Julian Gollop, creator of the original X-COM game – known as UFO: Enemy Unknown here in the UK, and…
I got murdered by the ancient Swiss in this life sim about being Julius Caesar’s top guy

I got murdered by…

As a man who has listened to one third of Mike Duncan’s History of Rome podcast and seen James…
“It’s modding on steroids” Skyblivion project lead talks progress towards a 2025 release, those official Oblivion remake rumours, and if Fallout: London offers any lessons

“It’s modding on steroids”…

We should finally get to play Skyblivion this year. The massive modding project that’s remaking The Elder Scrolls IV…
George R.R

George R.R. Martin says…

George R.R. Martin, creator of Game of Thrones and acclaimed writer of books you’d shrivel up and die halfway…