http://www.rpgwatch.com?rwsiteid=1 Watching out for news at RPGWatch http://www.rpgwatch.com?rwsiteid=1 http://www.rpgwatch.com/images/default.gif http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19688 A small collection of reviews are out for Game of Thrones, though it's hard to get a bead on the underlying quality of the gameplay. All agree the title lacks polish, however. IGN was first out as discussed on our forums with a very low 4/10, though many of the complaints are cosmetic and the combat is "surprisingly robust" : While Game of Thrones boasts some expertly crafted story beats, complete with moments that will enthrall and shock you, the monotone delivery from poorly voiced characters, constant bugs you’ll wrestle against, and muddy textures that plague the majority of the game will make most not continue through to the end.... 2012-05-16T23:11:19+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19687 Joystiq reports a meeting to resolve 38 Studios' failure to pay the first $1.125M of their Rhode Island state loan - and 38's request for more money - didn't reach an outcome: Today's emergency meeting by Rhode Island officials to determine what they are going to do about Curt Schilling's 38 Studios has concluded with officials freezing like deer in headlights.... 2012-05-16T23:02:08+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19686 Josh Sawyer has kicked up a new version of his F:NV hardcore mod - head over for the changelog. Yeah, I don't have a good excuse for why it took me this long to update the JSawyer mod.  But the battle.net outage gave me a nice chunk of time to fix up a few things.... 2012-05-16T22:58:07+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19685 This Diablo III pre-release interview at Rock, Paper, Shotgun is almost irrelevant now but it features Leonard Boyarsky and gives me the opportunity to link some Diablo III error gags. A snip: RPS: Just to go back to the world briefly, there was a shift from the first Diablo, which was very claustrophobic, a dungeon full of horrors, and then Diablo II planted a world on top of that.... 2012-05-16T22:55:21+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19684 The Shadowrun second city survey ended with just 1% between Berlin and Hong Kong, so a second survey is away to backers. If you backed the project and didn't vote the first time, make sure you get your choice in this survey. 2012-05-16T22:46:34+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19683 We haven't introduced Dreadline yet, so let's start with that. A "a Diablo/Freedom Force mashup, but faster and with more blood!" action/RPG from Eerie Canal, formed by ex Irrational and Harmonix devs, the premise is certainly interesting. Check out a teaser here and this early question from RPG Codex's interview covers the core concept: Dreadline's premise - controlling a group of monsters who travel through time to kill those who are already doomed to die in history's calamities - definitely makes it stand out, as does the look.... 2012-05-16T22:43:02+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19682 Stoic points to a couple of Banner Saga updates, with Technical Blog #0 talking about their first programmer hire Victor Ude and his current work integrating sound. In What is Told, the first of a series of lore updates is provided: A lot of things were on Hafr’s mind.... 2012-05-16T22:35:46+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19681 It appears South Park: The Stick of Truth has been delayed to 2013 according to THQ's recent financials. From Cinema Blend: THQ announced the delay during their latest earnings report. They expect to release the game during their fiscal fourth quarter.... 2012-05-16T22:30:18+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19680 Here's a bunch of Diablo III stuff, starting with the official launch presser: DIABLO III NOW LIVE It’s a bad day for demons . . .PARIS, France. - May 15, 2012 - Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. today announced that Diablo® III, the highly anticipated next chapter in its award-winning action–role-playing-game series, is now available in retail stores throughout the U.... 2012-05-15T22:19:03+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19679 Today's Dead State update offers a blurb and nice screen of the looting/inventory interface: We’ve got a pretty simple layout for our inventory. The player’s inventory is on the left side, where the container or body is on the right side.... 2012-05-15T22:09:28+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19678 Game of Thrones has been released in NA - the rest of us have to wait two weeks or so, which is a good way to dilute your launch marketing. From the press release: ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., today announced that "Game of Thrones™," the RPG based on the internationally bestselling book series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.... 2012-05-15T22:07:03+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19677 Digitally Downloaded looks back at Dragon Age 2, asking Was it really that bad? The answer seems to be "no", according to them: The thing that a lot of people seemed to find so disappointing in Dragon Age II was how limited the setting was. By focusing almost the entire game on the city of Kirkwall the game did indeed lack the epic scope of Dragon Age: Origins, but was this a bad thing? I’d argue not.... 2012-05-15T22:04:55+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19676 The Bioblog has a new Dragon Age feature, titled Question of the Month (Discovery and Learning). This is essentially a way to engage fans on the future of Dragon Age - though based on various previous comments, I find it hard to believe they aren't further along with planning than this would suggest: Beginning today, we’ll do a series of questions and discussions around Dragon Age.... 2012-05-15T12:53:07+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19675 Catching up on some news, Rock, Paper, Shotgun has the announcement of a new game from Neocore (King Arthur) - an action/RPG titled The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, due Q4 2012. 2012-05-15T12:45:42+01:00 http://www.rpgwatch.com/show/newsbit?rwsiteid=1&newsbit=19674 We've covered Smuttlewerk's Companions and Time of Heroes for iOS before, so they let us know of new developments for their TBS game. A second campaign for Time of Heroes has been released and here are the details: The Wrath Of The Prophet Features: - Seven brand new maps - Two new heroes (Oskar, the iron golem and Runtula, the elven mistress) - Three new units (iron golems, elven drones and elven archeresses) - New achievements - Hours of playtime ----------------------------- This chapter concludes the story about the arrival of the northern people in Altland: The servant of the dark god Detexx, the Prophet, has only one wish: to destroy every living being in Altland, especially the insolent humans who dare to defy the power of his insane god.... 2012-05-15T12:41:28+01:00