Couchpotato's Random RPG News

The 1998 PlayStation classic is back: SaGa Frontier is being remastered for PlayStation 4, Nintendo Switch, Steam, iOS, and Android launching in Summer 2021!

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Demon's Souls is pretty much the sole PS5 exclusive of any circumstance, which is impressive when you remember it's also a PS3 game. From Software's incredibly influential 2009 release is one of my favorites, and I've wanted to see it rebuilt for years. Now it's finally here, with some quality of life improvements, a lovely new coat of paint, and the online accoutrements back at their peak. It's very enjoyable. Very, very enjoyable. By far the best PS3 game the PS5's ever had.

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As President Rayne, lead Sordland into ruin or repair during your first term in this text-based role-playing game. Navigate a political drama driven by conversations with your cabinet members and other significant figures. Beware or embrace corruption; shirk or uphold ideals. How will you lead?

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Lesquin (France), November 26, 2020 – Following the success of GreedFall, which sold more than a million copies in less than a year, and considering the enthusiasm of all those who travelled the rich lands of Teer Fradee, NACON and Focus Home Interactive are happy to announce a new partnership aiming to expand the game with new content, as well as a release on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X.

The two companies have thus reached an agreement, in which Focus Home Interactive will be in charge of the publishing of the upcoming additional content and expansion, as well as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S/X versions of GreedFall. The GreedFall brand is now integrated as part of the NACON portfolio.

Released September 10, 2019, GreedFall is an RPG experience in which you explore uncharted lands seeping with magic, filled with secrets and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, influence a living world… and forge your destiny.

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Today we're launching another huge update for ATOM RPG: Trudograd Early Access.

We have spent several months constantly working on it and we have great hope that you will feel like the wait was worth it!

After updating the game, you will be able to continue the previously unavailable main quest branches; you will get to meet new characters, most of which will have side quests for you; you will be able to challenge new bloodthirsty enemies on several new random encounter maps as well as in a huge new dungeon, and generally do many, many more new things.

The most awaited of which is the ability to finally acquire and check out the new suit of Power Armor, which is attached to a unique quest.

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While working on the next chapter release we are also working on making your game experience better in previous chapter, that's why we wanted to upgrade Myrna's attacks VFX.

Encountered the first time you came at Herelsor, Myrna happens to be , and here are some of the new attack effects we made.

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Greetings Ellarians! As you surely have noticed, we've kept our heads low for several weeks because we were hard at work on some new content that will be released soon. This week, we just completed and polished a new feature we mentioned a few times before. Legends of Ellaria is getting dungeons!

As you may remember from previous dev and lore blogs, the Ancients left behind a multitude of structures and buildings. Among them, there are many underground constructions, mighty dungeons which purpose is now lost time, but which, thanks to the powerful technology and magic that the Ancients possessed, are still more or less intact and operative.

They are quite dangerous, though. The Ancients left behind powerful traps and magical machines protecting their bearings. Some are comparatively simple – they will shoot you a simple firebolt if you get too near. Others will fire strong spells that can kill an unprepared hero in a single hit. And they can't be disabled or disarmed, you will have to find a way to destroy them altogether.

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ENBSeries creator, Boris Vorontsov, has shared a brand new version of his ENBSeries Mod for Deus Ex: Human Revolution. This new version allows more light sources to cast detailed shadows, and adds support for Screen-Space Reflections and Ambient Occlusion.

Unfortunately, this new version of ENBSeries for Deus Ex Human Revolution is only available to its Patreon members. We also don't know when it will become available to the general public.

In order to showcase these graphical improvements, Boris released the following comparison screenshots. Let's hope that Boris will make this latest version of his mod available to everyone sooner rather than later.

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Before we begin, we'd like to take a moment to remember Brad McQuaid who sadly passed away last November. Brad not only built worlds but he built teams and communities. He received hundreds of emails of great adventures in his past games and relationships forged that would never have come about without the worlds he spearheaded. Visionary Realms itself is a team Brad built. He brought us together with a common goal and passion. He always believed in the game, the team and the community. He would be incredibly proud to see us here, development and community, still working onward together to get to the goal. Thank you for the adventures, Aradune. We miss you.

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I have been bursting at the seams and can finally share a few details about the upcoming Snow & Steam update. This update focuses on new winter-themed items and steamy updates for Forged and Fazeer's Dundjinn. While I am not sharing EVERYTHING that will be in the upcoming update (we want to leave a few surprises in your holiday stocking), here are a few of the fun things we can preview about this upcoming patch.

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In a post on its website celebrating the series' 10th anniversary, Metro Exodus developer 4A Games revealed that it's working on a new version for PS5 and Xbox Series X/S. 4A Games promises fans major enhancements such as a faster frame rate, increased resolution, reduced loading times, and ray tracing. There's no release date for the next-gen versions, although we can expect them to come sometime next year.

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Immortals Fenyx Rising might live in the shadow of better games, but its puzzles, combat, and open-world come together often enough to create a satisfying experience.

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Reviewed by Cam Shea on Xbox Series X. Also available on Xbox, PlayStation 4/5, PC, Nintendo Switch and Google Stadia.

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Steel Dawn is the first chapter in the new Brotherhood of Steel questline, free for Fallout 76 players. Paladin Leila Rahmani and her troops have arrived from California to establish a new Appalachian chapter. Work with or against the other Factions to achieve success. Visit settlements populated with new NPCs and unlock powerful weapons and armor from the Brotherhood arsenal. Where will your loyalties lie as you aid the members of the Brotherhood and factions of Appalachia? Available now.

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None other than the official release date of Nox Archaist! On December 12, 2020, all backers will receive a link to the Digital Download version of the game! But that's not all, on this date we will also begin shipping physical rewards to backers who selected Option 2 (Early shipment with labelled blank floppies) on the survey we sent via email on November 16th.

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Proudly presented by Ninth Exodus with music by the exceptional Sewerslvt! Peripeteia is an upcoming indie cyberpunk Action RPG in the vain of classics such as Deus Ex, System Shock, and other 0451 games. We proudly present here our trailer original made for the /v/3 event. You play as Marie, a cyber soldier in an invisible war beneath the noise skies of Neo-Poland.

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Knights of the Chalice is a 2D RPG with turn-based combat for Windows. The game uses the OGL 3.5, the set of rules at the root of Dungeons & Dragons 3.5, a role-playing game from Wizards of the Coast. Create a party of four adventurers, explore the Crimson Coast of Mindrel and fight valiantly against the evil Council of the Slaver Lords, domineering Giants, fiendish Demons and scheming Dragons.

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Dive into our latest Dev Diary for Outward with Guillaume Boucher-Vidal, CEO at NineDots. There is more than destruction on the path of an adventurer, the time for rebuilding has come in this latest DLC for Outward - The Three Brothers!

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It's hard to find the words to say when something that seemed impossible happens to you. After flopping with our two previous titles, I had very conservative expectations and thought selling 100,000 copies would be a great step up from our previous attempts. To have sold ten times that is surreal. Outward isn't a perfect game, though it has a lot of heart. And we had more heart than resources when we began work on Outward. Now we have experience, an audience, and more resources than ever before. I'm excited to think about what comes next.

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A month has passed since the end of Stage 2 of the Alpha Test. We have analyzed all the feedback and assigned tasks based on it. A lot of the feedback corresponded to what we were going to do based on our experience. Now it is time to prepare for the Beta Test, which (we hope) will launch in January 2021. There will be a lot of changes compared to Alpha - more content, improved Crusade mechanics, an additional chapter, functioning archetypes, and many more.

This update isn't about Beta, but what we will change based on the feedback from Stage 2 Alpha players. Though we wont miss another chance to tell you that there is now an option to upgrade your tier to include Beta Access! More players = more feedback = better game.

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One night, in 198X, in the small town of Watford, Arizona, a satanic cult unwittingly summons the ancient evil, Baphomet, catapulting the town into chaos.

John, awoken by the kidnapping of his neighbor, sets out into the night to fight back against the demonic invasion and rescue his friends before it's too late.

Kingdom of Night is an 80's themed isometric, story-driven, action-RPG with an expansive, interconnected map and open-ended quest system.

It is a game about coming of age, cosmic horror, and true love. The player takes control of John as his adventure leads him through an hour by hour experience of what may be everyone's last night on Earth. He will encounter unearthly evils, Demon lords, afflicted townsfolk, high school bullies, and a torrent of engaging, serial-like side stories all nested in a larger-than-life fantasy that brings the ultimate evil to a neighborhood near you.

Players can choose their own class, customize their abilities, battle nightmarish creatures, and collect unique items and equipment in order to infiltrate the massive lairs of demon lords that have taken over the town.

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Start a new character in a completely fresh economy, track your prey and live new adventures! Engage in an adapted storyline, discover new events, chronicle rewards, bosses, pets and a lot of other changes, additions and enhancements for Wolcen: Lords of Mayhem.

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Immortals Fenyx Rising may have many of the ingredients that fans love about the Assassin's Creed series, but its lateral step into myth, its colourful visuals and its comedic presentation ensure it's very much its own game.

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Get ready to shoot and drink your way through the brand new free campaign The Dead and the Drunk, and guide the same old group of misfits in their struggle against all-new challenges! There's something strange and occult going on, and it's not just the fog - the dead are rising from their graves!

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Remind me what's in the Winter Update?

Worry not, we've got you. After all, it's already been 3 weeks since we first announced the upcoming Winter Update, and not all of us picked Keen Mind during character creation (though I sure wish I did, now where did I put those damn keys again…). So here is a reminder of what you can look forward to:

• An overhaul of the Lighting System, we're going back to the Tabletop Ruleset with no disadvantage in Dim Light and Darkvision working as its name implies.
• A new area and its set of quests, taking place after the Necromancy Main Quest
• The Scavenger System - no more lugging around all the junk you see lying around
• New combat features, such as hiding during combat and applying Poison onto your weapon
• More customization options in Character Creation, and a bit of plastic surgery on some faces
• Inventory and Shopping improvements, hand picked from your suggestions
• Optimization to the Food mechanic, so your party won't end up starving as often

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BioWare general manager Casey Hudson and Dragon Age executive producer Mark Darrah have announced their departure from the studio.

Hudson began his tenure at BioWare back in 1998, eventually serving as project director on the likes of Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect. He parted way with the company for the first time in 2014, but returned, after a brief spell at Microsoft, in 2017.

In a new post announcing his retirement from the position of general manager at BioWare in order to "make way for the next generation of studio leaders", Casey wrote, "It's not an easy decision to make, and big changes like this always come with a certain degree of sadness."

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joxer said:

Not actually RPG, but related:

Casey Hudson and Mark Darrah announce departure from BioWare - Eurogamer

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Mark your calendars! We're happy to announce, that following its successful Kickstarter campaign, NeocoreGames' role-playing tactical game KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT'S TALE will be available on Steam Early Access on January 12, 2021.

Early Access allows us to work hand in hand with our players and implement changes to the game as we go, based on the feedback we receive from the community. The Early Access period will last for a few months, with regular content updates, followed by the full release on PC in early 2021 and later on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series S / X.

Based on the Arthurian mythology, KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT'S TALE is a turn-based tactical role playing game - a unique hybrid between turn-based tactical games and traditional, character-centric RPGs. KING ARTHUR: KNIGHT'S TALE is a modern retelling of a classic Arthurian mythology story filtered through the dark fantasy tropes, a twist on the traditional tales of chivalry.

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Happy Dragon Age Day! I'd like to extend a huge thank you to Laura, Casey and Mark for their kind words yesterday, and confidence in me during this transition. Casey and Mark, who I've worked with over the last three years have both been such a positive influence, and I have learned so much from them. It is bittersweet indeed. I am going to miss working with them every day, but I know we will remain friends and I am excited for them as they embark on their next adventures.

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Chronos: Before the Ashes is an atmospheric RPG that chronicles a hero's lifelong quest to save their homeland from a great evil. Grow wiser, stronger and more powerful as you explore the depths of the mysterious labyrinth. But beware, the labyrinth takes a heavy toll each time your hero dies, they lose a year of their life!

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The great stone has awoken and the way to the other world is open. Will you go through? Chronos: Before the Ashes is OUT NOW on all platforms.

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Chronos: Before the Ashes will be out on December 1st. But what is the action RPG all about? Check out the new explanation trailer, telling you all the details about the prequel to the 2019 smash hit Remnant: From the Ashes.

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How are you all doing? Winter is starting show its nose, it's getting pretty cold here in Paris! However, that also means we're getting closer to the Winter Update, which we will be talking about a bit more in today's Dev Update. But before that…

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Welcome to the second episode of our gamedecverse-related articles. This time, we're looking closer to the aspect of defying gravity and suspending buildings, pneumobils, and other things in the air. A real 22nd-century innovation we're looking forward to inventing someday. Take a closer look at the article by Marcin S. Przybyłek, the author of the Gamedec saga.

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Ars Technica is proud to present our extended interview with Westwood Studios co-founder Louis Castle - the executive producer, art director, and technical director behind the influential 90's point and click PC adaptation of Blade Runner. Learn more about the challenges Louis and his team overcame in converting the Blade Runner universe into an interactive environment, reinventing adventure games and taking players on an audiovisual journey on par with Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece.

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LISTEN UP, EVERYONE! Valkyria Chronicles 4 charges onto Google Stadia on December 8! Lead Claude Wallace and the members of Squad E through the hostilities of the Second Europan War wherever you're taking R&R.

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Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic ll - The Sith Lords will be available December 18 for $14.99.

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As you might have noticed, we've been silent since the last major events Alaloth took part in: the PC Gaming Show and Gamescom. Alaloth received a lot of interest at the PC Gaming Show in June and was written about by PC Gamer and PCGamesN. Gamescom was a great success too. At the event we released a new gameplay trailer, were featured in an IGN article, announced new platforms (PlayStation and Nintendo Switch), and made a 2021 release official.

So with Christmas on the way, we felt that now was the right moment for a new wall of text! We're back with a massive update on Alaloth's development and a peek at what's been going on for us behind the scenes during this crazy year.

First things first, we'd like to say a heartfelt thank you for your interest and support. More and more people have been joining in the wait for Alaloth and our Discord server has been growing as fast as our amazing community! We're so glad that you're as excited about Alaloth as we are. It's definitely kept our spirits lifted during 2020.

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Keeping the excitement exciting!

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Grim Misadventures here with our final 2020 update!

Last time, you had your the first glimpse into the new areas being added to the Shattered Realm. As part of our MOAR policy, you'll be absolutely shocked to learn that the number of new levels has since gone up from 15 to 20!

This naturally does not mark the end of our v1.1.9.0 journey. Today, we'd like to unveil the assortment of unique rewards you can hunt down while traversing the Shattered Realm.

With v1.1.9.0, the Shattered Realm loot pool will be enhanced with the addition of 12 new Legendary items, split across three sets. These items will drop at any Shard on Ultimate difficulty, though you can naturally expect their drops to be more common the higher you go.

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Join us as we interview a few of our own devs as they tell the story of N7.

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We are thrilled to reveal that House Van Saar is joining the battlefield on December 14 as the first DLC of Necromunda: Underhive Wars!

With their brand-new set of skills, unique House perk and high-tech looks, this technological powerhouse is ready to wreak havoc in the Underhive!

Bring heavy fire to the battleground thanks to the Van Saar's technological advantage

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Let's put it simply. Something went terribly wrong with Augury of Chaos. As an RPG combat and adventuring engine, Knights of the Chalice 2 is very solid, even excellent, barring some quirks and issues. But the first campaign that shipped with it is absolutely not up to par, primarily because of its unfair, lazy and sadistic encounter design. Dropping a dozen dragons in every fight to challenge the player is the easy way out. The art is in making the player like it and feel like coming back for more. You can't just kick him in the teeth and call it a day.

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Plenty of RPGs have romance options, from Mass Effect to Stardew Valley. The romances in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are still among the best in the genre and have a lot to teach other developers about handling romance in the future. The romances in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are well-integrated into the story, feeling far more narratively driven and far less mechanical than some of the ones in other games.

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Get a sneak peek at the next chapter of the Mass Effect universe. A veteran team at BioWare is in the early stages of what is on the horizon for the Mass Effect franchise, and we are excited to show you where we’ll be heading next!

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At The Game Awards 2020, Bandai Namco released a new trailer for Scarlet Nexus, highlighting the game's dual protagonist storyline. Additionally, the publisher finally revealed that the game is set to release in Summer 2021.

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SEGA and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio have announced that Yakuza 6, Yakuza 3 Remastered, Yakuza 4 Remastered & Yakuza 5 Remastered will be officially coming to PC. Yakuza 6 will release in March 2021, whereas the three remasters will be available this January.

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The fate of Bilgewater is in your hands, and looks like you've got quite the squad to back you up. Watch the official first-look at gameplay for Airship Syndicate and Riot Forge's Ruined King: A League of Legends Story now.

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Wanna find your true self? Follow the symphony of voices, seek out the new skin, and pursue your political visions to wild new heights in Disco Elysium - The Final Cut on PlayStation and PC/Mac in March 2021.

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In 2009 Torchlight took the world of game development by surprise, emerging as an action RPG that truly hearkened back to the almighty Diablo franchise, which hadn't seen a brand new release since 2000's Diablo II. What began as a single-player alternative for players looking to hack-and-slash took off further with the extremely popular Torchlight II, before its developer Runic Games flared out after the release of the beautiful-but-underselling Hob.

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Prepare yourselves to go deep into the lore of Alaloth - Champions of The Four Kingdoms. The four kingdoms have already been introduced, but there are still many paths that we want to invite you to traverse. May the lore series begin!

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Hello, friends! Today we wanted to make several announcements. Firstly, we are very happy that the reception of last week's update was so positive.

But thanks to some of your more critical feedback we also see what we can do better moving forward. So keep on sending us your ideas. This is the fuel that keeps us going!

We will try to implement some of the smaller suggestions in the next patch, but the bigger ones will have to wait for the next huge update. By the way, we already started working on it and are ready to shed a little bit of light on the new content that will be available in it.

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