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Beamdog Livestream - Studio News and 20 Years of Baldur's Gate

Beamdog CEO Trent Oster and Producer Luke Rideout answer community questions from the chat and sent in by social media as the team preps for an office move.

Once again read the full recap on the Beamblog.

Anthem Developer Livestream from December 13th

Producer Darrin McPherson joins Lead Producer Ben Irving from our Austin studio to show off more Colossus and Ranger javelin gameplay along with progression and gear in Anthem.

Latest Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord Developer Blog Q&A.

In video games, game design must come first. It doesn’t matter if a game has awe-inspiring art or wonderful writing if its gameplay is clunky, repetitive or downright boring. In Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord, game design is king too – we want it to be as open, full of possibilities, dynamic, and engaging as a sandbox can possibly be. But that doesn’t mean anything if you can make game designers’ ideas come true. Gameplay programmers take care of that: they turn ideas into reality, creating game systems by implementing game features in the actual game. That takes understanding the feature itself by heart as well as writing the code to make it work as it was designed. Today we talk with Selim Çam, one of our gameplay programmers, to find out what he’s working on for the single-player campaign of Bannerlord.

Matt Chat ATOM RPG Video Interview

Anthem Official Legion of Dawn Trailer

In the darkest chapter of humanity’s history, one hero — General Helena Tarsis — rose up to bring us into the light. The brave soldiers who joined her became enshrined in history as the Legion of Dawn. From the seeds of their sacrifice bloomed an entire civilization.

This might be fun.

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Matt Chat ATOM RPG Video Interview

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Pantheon: Rise of the Fallen December 2018 Newsletter

As we reflect on the end of the year and engage in the holiday spirit, we here at Visionary Realms count ourselves as very fortunate. While it would be easy to be green with envy over the big studios with seemingly unlimited budgets, we know that we have been given a rare and amazing gift - the ability to craft our game as we see fit, to adhere to our vision, to resist compromise and to press ahead in creating the challenging, community based world that is lacking in today's market. We’ve been given this gift by you, our amazing supporters, and we are truly honored and appreciative of it, and we know how precious it truly is.

Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest Rock Paper Shotgun Preview

To a limited degree. I still can’t complete this. But the important thing is, as someone averse to all things strategic, I really want to! This has that immediate feeling of accessibility, that sense that it’s not the systems, the rules, nor the complexity that’s preventing me from succeeding, but simply that I’ve not yet learned to be good enough at it.

4 Things Gamewatcher wants to see in Dragon Age 4

Dragon Age 4 has been rumored or outright talked about since the closure of Dragon Age Inquisition with the Trespasser DLC in 2015. At the Game Awards, finally, Dragon Age 4 was properly announced.

But that's it. No real title, no release date, no story points, no setting, just a vague trailer you can see below, the nice artwork above - and a line from Trespasser. As big fans of the franchise (we've even seen the movie!) and of BioWare in general, we thought we'd put our minds to listing everything we want to see in Dragon Age 4! No spoilers here, we'll save that for the Everything We Know!

The Outer Worlds' Romance Options Are Going to be Limited

Speaking with Game Informer while showcasing a gameplay demo, Obsidian revealed that there will be no option to romance companions in The Outer Worlds simply due to the fact that it is a massive amount of work for little payoff. The feature was discussed among Obsidian staff, but it was decided that it wasn't worth pursuing.

The Outer Worlds' Romance Options Are Going to be Limited

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Wanna 10/10? Well then. Orgies. Or no 10.

Some "lack of news" news:

Edy's Advance Ops for Valkyria Chronicles 4 was supposed to show up on PC on the 4th. It still hasn't appeared on Steam. The last DLC, A United Front with Squad 7, is supposed to show up on Tuesday.

Argh! I'm waiting for it so I can continue with the game.

I'm waiting for the game of the year version so i can start….

I'm doing the same thing, love Valkyria Chronicles but for the new game, I'm waiting till all the content is released before acquiring the game. I do like all the rave reviews I've read on it!

Warhammer: Chaosbane Gameplay Video

Play as the agile High Elf Mage, Elontir and unleash your fury as a powerful spellcaster! Crusade across the Fantasy Battles universe with up to four friends in local and online co-op. Warhammer: Chaosbane is coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC in 2019.

Underworld Ascendant Post-launch Development Roadmap

Greetings, Ascendants!

Today we are sharing our post-launch development roadmap beginning with Update 1, which will plan to go live next week. Our goal is to address the biggest issues brought up by the community and to improve the overall quality of the game.

We have also included our plans for Update 2, which will go live early next year. Further details and timing are outlined below.

Chaosbane looks decent. I mean, it looks just like Diablo 3, but still decent!

Ex-BioWare Devs To Release Breach Sometime In January 2019

Modern Earth and Mythological Earth collide in Breach, a third person action RPG with fast-paced combat. Create your own character and choose from dozens of classes. Take your character on missions across the globe in Solo, Co-op, or Versus modes. Loot new gear, earn new classes, and endlessly customize your character to find your own unique playstyle and look. Every session is different with an all new kind of enemy, the Veil Demon.

We'd had a lot of people ask what the "QC" in QC Games stands for - today we answer that question.

Wasn't breach release last year ?

Nope steam page says 2019. Myrthos did a preview earlier this year.

Link - https://www.rpgwatch.com/articles/br…eview-449.html

The Waylanders Update #20 - New stretch goal unlocked

Greetings backers!

We have an important announcement: Paypal pledge is already active and… we reached the next stretch goal!

So, Heraklios will be available in the game as a companion!

Sorry tiny joke on into the breach which was released last year.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Nope steam page says 2019. Myrthos did a preview earlier this year.

Link - https://www.rpgwatch.com/articles/br…eview-449.html

Pagan Online Gameplay Trailer - Diablo-Style Hack-And-Slash


Assassin's Creed Odyssey director surprised at Alexios/Kassandra split

At this point we're just waiting for more DLC to arrive, but in the meantime in their latest issue, Game Informer managed to sit down with director Scott Phillips to get more insight into Odyssey's development. One of the more interesting tidbits involves the player usage stats for Alexios or Kassandra: the sibling duo that the player must choose between before starting their quest.

Phillips notes that although the split ended up being "two third Alexios" and "one third Kassandra," that number actually "surprised" him. He clarifies that during play tests the split was roughly 50/50, and that in the end he even though that there would be "a little bit more Kassandra." Phillips shares that beyond that initial dichotomy, all of the rest of the player choices surprised the team.

Das Geisterschiff RPG Codex Review

As a first attempt at game development, made in a garage by mostly one guy, Das Geisterschiff is a promising start. It shows understanding of what makes good level design and a willingness to experiment with your own ideas, instead of retreating to established conventions just to stay on the safe side. It can’t be denied that at times it’s rough around the edges, has some infuriating bits and leaves a lot of room for expansion and improvement in most aspects, but what doesn’t?

The potential is definitely there, and I’m willing to cut the developer some slack on the shortcomings, especially since when viewed from the perspective of the whole package, they don’t stand much in the way of the fun coming from the gameplay. However, what I think is Das Geisterschiff’s biggest bane is its length and lack of replay value. With its four levels, I finished the game in roughly five hours, while you could probably do it even faster, and that’s even without mentioning that the final level is basically just one puzzle room with teleporters that ends up being a huge and mind-boggling waste of time. Plus, once you’ve finished the game once, there is very little reason to revisit it.

Twenty years ago, Das Geisterschiff would have been a shareware version of a bigger game. Today you can buy it for ten bucks on itch.io or Steam and keep your fingers crossed that the bigger game will come at some point in the future. But it might be that it’s all just a dream. Wake up.

Hand of Fate 2: A Cold Hearth DLC Released

Hand of Fate 2: A Cold Hearth DLC forges a powerful new playing piece for use in the Game of Life and Death - the legendary bounty hunter, Cruel Keturah.


With a deranged killer at large in the city of Ironpeak, only a veteran hunter with a heart of ice has the mettle required to bring him to justice. But what drives Keturah to pursue her target so doggedly, and to what lengths will she go to get her man?

Ironpeak is famed for its industry, and this adventure will bolster your arsenal with some awesome new firepower. Wield pistols, blunderbusses and enchanted gauntlets into battle, or cut your foes down to size with deadly new bleed weapons.

This DLC includes a new companion, a new companion quest chain, new utility encounters and new pieces of equipment to unlock.

This content requires the base game Hand of Fate 2 in order to play.

Monster Hunter: World - Iceborne Expansion Interview on the PlayStation blog

Greetings, fellow Hunters! Hot on the heels of yesterday’s announcement of Monster Hunter World: Iceborne, we sat down with producer Ryozo Tsujimoto from Capcom to learn what’s new in Iceborne, including new threats, new locations, and more. Watch the video above to get first details, or read on if you’re more of the written-word type.

Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden - A Look at the Characters on Eurogamer

Personality goes a long way with games. Just an ounce of it can elevate a game from the crowd. And Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden has heaps of it.

This post-apocalyptic adventure is X-Com with a dash of stealth and exploration. It's based on a decades old tabletop game simply called Mutant which was itself rebooted into Mutant Year Zero a few years ago. It's very popular in Sweden, where the game's creators Bearded Ladies, hail from. While it provided the world Road to Eden would live in, this adaptation leans on one particularly potent characteristic of the tabletop game. One thing that just stands out immediately. The X-Com trappings are as solid a foundation as you can get but it's the world and the characters that held my attention. Because there's no getting round it, the first thing you're going to notice, the first thing everybody is gonna want to talk about with this game is the badass duck man.