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Redglyph said:

Can't quite get to that link, but this one seems fine and I think it's the one you meant
https://www.thegamer.com/dragon-age-mark-darrah-interview/

Well spotted, thanks!

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Finally, we have some exciting announcements for the game itself. Current and future owners of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition on any platform including Xbox Game Pass Subscribers will receive access to three free pieces of Creation Club content: Fishing, Survival Mode and even new quests with Saints and Seducers. Additionally, Skyrim Special Edition owners on PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S, as well as Xbox Game Pass subscribers on Xbox Series X|S will receive a free upgrade to an enhanced version on November 11 for their respective PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X | S systems!

We’re also excited to announce the most definitive version of Skyrim to date: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition. In addition to the three free Creation Club items mentioned above, this version contains the full game plus all three expansions and over 500 pieces of unique content from Creation Club, including pre-existing and new quests, dungeons, bosses, weapons, spells and more!

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Hey you! You're finally awake. Celebrate Skyrim's 10th Anniversary and watch the opening moments of Skyrim as the creators discuss insider stories and relive memories from development.

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Join members of the Fallout 76 development team as they discuss how the game is evolving and take an in-depth look at our upcoming Fallout Worlds Update

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On this second anniversary for Remnant: From the Ashes - we want to wholeheartedly thank our incredible community and partners for joining us in the post-apocalypse, and the many thoughts and moments that you've shared on your respective journeys.

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One of the most common but, often unnoticeable aspects of video games is their User Interface. It is hard to design a system in which the player almost immediately knows what to do and everything is clear and easy to use.

Meet Iza Mazur, who tries to bring these factors together, and design a coherent UI to Gamedec's a game of many worlds and genres.

All of the images might be from different stages of game development, please don't mind the occasional Polish words since this is still a work-in-progress state.

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Disciples: Liberation has shaped up amazingly based on what I’ve seen and experienced, and there really isn’t anything bad that I can say so far. The storycrafting, the base-building, the light exploration mechanics, the combat—it’s all been incredibly fun and surprisingly addictive. It’s a little sad that we won’t be getting the full experience until October, but, so long as the end product doesn’t change much, it will be more than worth the wait..

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Perhaps I need to spend more time with Mechajammer in order to properly suss out its secrets. The demo doesn't really tell you how to do much of anything during its 30-odd minute run-time, and I suspect a more thorough tutorial may well fix a lot of my current woes, particularly when it comes to managing and directing the rest of your party. There's definitely a lot to like here, and if its stealth can match the immersive highs of my favourite Deus Ex games, then Whalenought could really have something special. Mechajammer's noise meters, hacking, burglary and perception stats all point towards an engaging isometric, turn-based tactics take on the Deus Ex formula, but I've yet to see it manifest in the moment-to-moment gameplay. It's one to watch, for sure - stealthily, from the bushes, perhaps, while eating a pot of jam - and I'll be awaiting its full release (simply 'coming soon' on Steam at time of writing) with cautious anticipation.

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Alrik Fassbauer said:

10 years is it already ???

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A long time ago, Aivar, a descendant of an impoverished noble family, used to be a knight of the Royal Guard. However, at a crucial moment, he refused to support the coup that eventually led to king Claudius's ascension to the throne. This got him banished from the Guard. Aivar escaped to Artisania, where he earned a fine reputation as a mercenary and became the captain of his own troop: the Hounds of War. Recently, Aivar received an invitation to the Universal Assembly. There, Prince Adrian promised to pardon him and offered a good position with the Royal Guard. Aivar was suspicious of the offer, but he thought he'd try his luck. With that, he set out to meet the prince.

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Today, we're talking about the huge variety of gear options at your disposal within the world of Wartales, ranging from your camp, your characters, their specialities, cosmetics and covering a little gameplay ground with how your actions and decisions impact your world, story and more. Read on to find out more!

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In the last months, Archaelund has seen a lot of new content: from natural environments, to cities and dungeons full with adventure. From the beginning we faced the challenge of creating a world that was both new and ancient; the broken, overgrown ruins of a highly-magical empire lay next to the mundane (but thriving) villages and towns of the human Exiles, and the alien dwellings of the native Geldryn.

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In this video, we'll be talking about the Black Myth Wukong trailer that was published a few days ago and what our impressions are, if you haven't seen it yet, it's absolutely outstanding and in this video, we'll gonna go over what our thoughts are and give you guys a little bit information about this game.

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Welcome to what will be the first of several Cascadia updates! While we don't intend to do these monthly, we hope these will show our current progress and let you learn about some key factions, areas, and characters in our mod. This specific showcase features the Red Leafs, a guerrilla faction fighting to "return" Cascade to the people.

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There's more than one way to play an RPG. This gameplay trailer for Encased a tactical RPG set in an alternative 1970s looks at how you can play the game with non-lethal force, with your intelligence set to the lowest value and a few other ways of playing, outside of the norm, too.

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Ave Legate. Side quests! What are they? Where are they? Why are they? And how did they come to be? These are the questions that we will answer in this, our sixth DevDiary. All the way back in DevDiary 3, we gave you a glimpse into our overall approach to storytelling, and an outline of the plot of Expeditions: Rome as well as the major characters that drive it – but when you’re playing a roleplaying game, you don’t expect to just follow the main questline from the menu screen to the credits, you expect distractions; tangents; quirky adventures. You expect side quests, and so help us Jupiter, we will meet those expectations..

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Hello Village Leaders, We are happy to announce that Medieval Dynasty is taking part in this year's Future Games Show! Tune in and join us as we prepared something special for you to take a look at.

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For the first time, experience the post-apocalyptic landscape of The City in Dying Light 2 Stay Human enhanced with RTX. Watch how ray-traced reflections, global illumination and shadows enhance this unforgiving world, while NVIDIA DLSS provides maximum performance and image quality.

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On December 7, 2021, SpellForce will be releasing to PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series S|X for the first time in the history of the critically acclaimed game series. SpellForce III Reforced is a unique mix of an epic RPG storyline blended with accessible real-time strategy elements, designed to offer a riveting console experience to fans and newcomers alike.

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XEL is a 3D action-adventure set in a sci-fi fantasy setting. Play as Reid, shipwrecked on the strange world of XEL. Without any recollection of her former life, it is up to you to unravel her past and connection to XEL. Ready your sword and shield as you explore the overworld of XEL and dive into imposing Zelda-like dungeons full of unforeseen threats and challenging puzzles. Throughout your journey you will make new friends and foes, learn new moves, find new gadgets as well as being able to jump through time and space. As Reid delves deeper into the mysteries surrounding XEL, she discovers an endless cycle of peril. Will she be able to break free from it and what will it take?

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Wartales has a charming look to it: the isometric perspective has a tilt-shifted appearance, making its grassy hills and stone inns look like parts of a model train diorama. But this open-world game is also about role-playing as a person without any magical superpowers, your band of grubby mercenaries is made up of largely normal people, who may or may not have to resort to cannibalism before all this is over..

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So, even though SKALD: Against the Black Priory still has a while to go before it's finished, now is a good time to ask yourself - should I be interested in this game? If you're looking for a nice RPG that can teach a lot of bigger projects a thing or two about presentation, writing, and system design, the answer is a firm yes.


But should you buy it during the early access phase? Ordinarily, the answer to this question is, "only if you want to support the developers."

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I have been writing indie role-playing games for a living for 27 years. The end of my career is still a few years away, but it is in sight. So I am figuring out how I want to go out.

Three years ago, I started what is likely my last all-new game series, Queen's Wish. I didn't want to fade out the easy way. I wanted to make something unique. The story. The game system. The battles. I wanted all of these to feel fresh and different and unlike any other game out there.

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There's a new demo area for testing and feedback — everyone at this point can now join in on the forums and ooze out your thoughts. There are details below on how to get your keys.

Some of the main changes we've made based off feedback are some quality of life improvements — movement models are now more similar in and out of turn based mode (tile distances without the grid), getting into turn based mode is now only automatic to make that more streamlined, and cars also have a turn-based driving mode. A lot of physics and visuals like the MFI street-scanners still needs another layer of polish, but they are available to play around with. We'll be getting to those as we finish things up in 7.X.

You can check out some driving, shopping, local trouble and one of the gang factions. This is a small slice of the city, though we had to remove cross-map characters and and things to do to make it more compatible with the area, you can still get a feel for the atmosphere and mechanics. It's still buggy and lacking in some more cohesive itemization, but there are typically one of everything hidden around the zone to find and play around with.

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Zoe Delahunty-Light just can't wait for #Skyblivion to come out, the fan-made mod that's so extensive it's basically a remaster at that point. This video has some shots of new Skyblivion gameplay to show that the mod has made a number of alterations to the landscape, buildings, and towns of Oblivion to bring the game to life and make sure it matches your memories of playing it from years ago, from an extended Fall Forest to new and improved forts. Watch away to find out the ways in which this latest Skyblivion update is giving Oblivion some TLC, and let's keep our fingers crossed for a Skyblivion release date soon.

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State Of Decay 2 gets a much request DLC in Homecoming

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Dying Light 2 parkour kicked off the Xbox Gamescom 2021 presentation, with a whole trailer about leaping, bounding, and climbing across a post-apocalyptic metropolis.

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Since the events of the first game, the big bad known as Andor Drakon has been seemingly vanquished and Ancardia is still struggling with the cataclysmic aftermath of Andor's defeat. Unfortunately, power abhors a vacuum, and seven factions are now scrambling to be the new top dog. While they bicker with each other, however, a new evil begins to stir below the surface. It's up to you to head down into the aptly named Caverns of Chaos to investigate these ominous rumblings and keep things from getting out of hand. Dust off your spellbook, grab your favorite cloak, and maybe graft a new arm to your body so you can hold another weapon, you're going to need it.

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Zornilsa, the goddess of greed, introduces us to the world of Yerengal and her dark union with the devil-God Rothgor, leaving Isilmerald teetering on the brink of chaos.

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You wouldn't think that post-apocalyptic nuclear wastelands would make for fun worlds to explore, but Bethesda's Fallout series has provided compelling and extraordinarily crafted worlds to explore on a consistent basis. Even when the series has stumbled elsewhere - looking at you Fallout 76 - the world design has been impeccable.

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Knights, the time for the next update is almost here, and this time around we're bringing along a new class, difficulty options, controller support and more. While the dev team is working hard on the remaining story Acts for the final release, the summer Early Access patch is right around the corner. As soon as we have an exact date, we'll of course share it with you all.

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Today, Quentin talks all about the all encompassing Compendium of Wartales, giving us insight into how it will impact your troop, their belongings, the bonuses it provides while also delving into why Knowledge points are going to play a huge role in how you approach and progress through the game.

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The fate of magic rests in your hands in The Waylanders, a party-based RPG based on Celtic legends where you and your immortal allies will choose between religion and myths to save the Celtic world as you know it, coming to PC on November 16th, 2021.

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The developers of Eville show you the Endless Mist, a new area home to the ghosts of Eville. The game will be available on Steam Early Access in Q1 2022.

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From Twin Otter Studios and Serenity Forge comes Arcadian Atlas, an isometric tactical roleplaying game featuring more than 12 unique classes, 150+ skills, and a story about the choices people make in pursuit of the things they love, and the havoc it wreaks on a kingdom. Arcadian Atlas will release in 2022 on PC, Mac, and Linux.

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Check out this gameplay trailer from Soulstice, which stars Stefanie Joosten (Quiet from Metal Gear Solid V). Soulstice is an Action RPG where players must manage two characters simultaneously to excel in battle. Soulstice is coming to PC and next-gen consoles in 2022.

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Here's some gameplay from Sands of Aura, the atmospheric dungeon-diver revealed during the Future Games Show at Gamescom. Sands of Aura is coming to Steam early access on October 21, 2021.

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Check out this gameplay trailer from Project Relic, a brutal soulslike with big beasts and hectic combat. Keep your eyes peeled, as it's coming in early 2023.

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Check out this release date trailer for Medieval Dynasty, a game where you must manage a bustling township in the harsh Middle Ages. It's coming to PC on September 23, 2021.

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Journey into the demon-infested lands to lead a crusade on their abyssal forces, or reject your humanity entirely in Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous, when it releases on September 2nd on PC, and March 2022 on consoles.

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Mortal Shell certainly had some new ideas to offer the Soulslike genre at launch, and with The Virtuous Cycle, I applaud Cold Symmetry for trying new things and giving players a ton of replay value with a new, if somewhat derivative, roguelite mode and variety with the new weapon and shell.

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In this Black Geyser Gameplay Hands-On Impressions, I'm going to share everything we know so far in terms of the story, quests, combat, the unique greed mechanic and more! Black Geyser, which is being developed by GrapeOcean Technologies, started as a Kickstarter back in 2018 and it was originally intended to be released in August 2019. Right now, the developers are looking to fully release the game in early 2022.

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Prisonscape is an adventure/RPG game about the harsh and brutal life in prison, made for PC, Mac, and Linux. The focus is on making the best of what you have. Gathering parts and crafting makeshift weapons, interacting with other prisoners (bartering, forming alliances, or making enemies) and learning the trade inside the prison. You can develop your character to be a tough fighter, charismatic manipulator, intelligent craftsman, or a slimy snake, and the choices you make affect the story.

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Replaying Kingmaker today is quite a different experience than it was in 2018. Turn-based combat means area-of-effect spells actually hit the enemies you want, and your characters don't charge into battle directly over traps that have already been discovered. It's easier to manage your kingdom thanks to crisis points that can be spent to improve the odds of dealing with disasters, while the build points you need for construction and research projects can be bought right there in the kingdom management menu rather than by exiting it, then physically leaving your throne room to find the one merchant in your settlement who sells them.

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This open-world RPG isn't for the casual fans. It's a deep, strategy-heavy role-playing game that gives you freedom to choose how you want to play. It's out October 5.

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Check out the first Project Haven gameplay trailer. This cyberpunk-themed tactical RPG focuses on RPG stat progression mixed with tactical turn-based combat similar to XCOM.

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Alpha Backer Alert

If you backed at a tier that offers Alpha access and haven't yet responded to your survey to receive access through Steam or GOG - we need to hear from you! Please message us through Kickstarter or come shout at us on Discord to get set up.

What's Next? & when is the next Kickstarter update?

The next big Alpha update will feature the Chemical Labs. On the horizon is Beta and Early Access release for Steam and In Dev release for GOG. The next Kickstarter update will come with the launch of Beta and the sending of keys to all the Beta backers. When there's Beta news to share, we'll be sharing it here first.

In Closing

As always, a huge thank you to all of our backers and special shout-out to everyone who has been playing in Alpha and guiding development with your feedback, bug reports, character builds and gameplay stories!

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Couchpotato said:

XEL a new Zelda-like game coming to PC in 2022

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A DLC-sized expansion to Sim Settlements 2 featuring the Gunners as a fleshed out faction, continuing the story of Sim Settlements 2. Adds new disease mechanics, multiple large questlines, and a brand new game mode where you establish your own faction headquarters.

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Join our lead game designer Tymon Smektała in a special Gamescom episode of Dying 2 Know! You will learn more about parkour, combat, and some tools of destruction that will help you in Dying Light 2 Stay Human.

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The Middle Ages survival and crafting town building game Medieval Dynasty is leaving early access, and its developers have compiled all of its current features, plus what's coming next.

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We just uploaded a new version with major balancing to combat damages and stats and a few minor fixes to dialogues and combat mechanics.

We took some of your suggestions and made some extensive tests to make sure that all the player classes are balanced. Some of the classes were weaker than others, and some, like the mage class, were strong at the beginning but would not scale properly as you level up.

Our biggest change was to the ranger class, as we've significantly increased the damage and accuracy at lower levels. We've made sure that the ranger class will be much deadlier and that you won't have to be level 15 or above to gain high bow accuracy

In addition, we fixed a persistent fire enchantment effect that would stay after the effect was done. We also made sure that the player will be able to remove the fire enchantment effect by casting the "Minor Dispel." We also fixed several issues with the merchant guild dialogues.

We wish to thank you for your feedback. We will continue to fix and tweak any issue we'll find and balance and add things by your suggestion. Also, stay tuned for the Necromancer DLC.

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Couchpotato said:

Fallout 4: Sim Settlements 2 "Gunner Outbreak" Trailer

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