RPG

VIDEO: Dungeons and Dragons on Microsoft Surface

A team of students at Carnegie Mellon University has developed a Dungeons & Dragons application for Microsoft Surface. It's a little like a printed out map, but completely interactive and able to recognise items placed on top.

It can then calculate line-of-sight,...

Top five PSP games to have in your collection

With the PSP Go inches from the shelves and few first-timers about to get stuck in, we thought it be best to give you five ways to spend your spondoolics with maximum satisfaction. There's more games on the PlayStation store than you can shake a tree of sticks at so, if...

Fighting Fantasy books coming to iPhone

The Fighting Fantasy range of gamebooks, which were an introduction to the world of fantasy for thousands of kids in the 80s and 90s, are coming to the iPhone.

The founder of the series, Ian Livingstone, confirmed earlier in the month that they'd be arriving...

VIDEO: Final Fantasy XIII trailer released

Square Enix has released a new Final Fantasy XIII trailer that will give FF fans a sneak peek into what they can expect from the next instalment in the series.

The trailer shows a mixture of cinematic sequences as well as some gameplay footage too, which is...

New Final Fantasy game won't hit Europe until 2010

Gamers outside of Japan will not be seeing Final Fantasy XIII until April 2010 at the earliest.

The news was confirmed in a press release, and attributed to Square Enix president Yoichi Wada.

Japanese gamers can still expect to see the game in 2009...

Fable II "Knothole Island" DLC coming 13 January

Lionhead Studios has announced it will be releasing new DLC for Fable II on 13 January.

Senior programmer Jonathan Shaw and fellow members of the team hint at what we can expect from the new episode in the latest instalment of Lionhead Studios' video diary.

PETA names Fable 2 "most animal friendly game" of 2008

PETA has taken a break from slamming video games for their poor treatment of animals, to single out Xbox 360's Fable 2 for being 2008's "most animal-friendly game".

At PETA's sixth annual Proggy Awards the organisation described Fable 2 as a "vegetarian's dream...

Ascaron teams with Nobilis for new RPG, King's Bounty: The Legend

Ascaron Entertainment, the developer behind the Sacred game series, has announced a new RPG in partnership with Lyon-based publisher Nobilis.

King's Bounty: The Legend is a knight saga that is described as a mixture between "role-playing adventure and battle...

Ascaron releases hefty Sacred 2 patch

A patch for PC RPG Sacred 2 has been released by Ascaron, and it's a pretty hefty one.

Version 2.31.0 will need 620MB and introduces a number of additions including ten new bosses and a new level of detail for better performance.

Other changes you...

Phantasy Star and Mega Man installments for Virtual Console

Two installments of best-loved action and adventures series' Mega Man and Phantasy Star form this week's Virtual Console update.

If you've enjoyed the recently released Mega Man 9, why not go way back to Mega Man 3 and master that as well?

In the...

Atari dates pre-Christmas games

Atari has released dates for all its games we can expect before Christmas.

Alone in the Dark: Inferno for the PS3 will eventually see release on 14th November, some six months after its launch on Xbox 360 back in May. The game has had the "Inferno" added to...

Namco Bandai to close Hellgate: London

Namco Bandai has confirmed it will be closing all servers for online RPG Hellgate: London, on 31st January 2009.

The future of the game, which is coming up to the first anniversary of its release on October 31st, became unclear after its developer Flagship Studios...

GOG.com launches public beta

GOG.come has launched its public beta, and is offering all your favourite PC games from back in the day.

The website, which stands for "Good Old Games", features favouritges such as Earthworm Jim, Freespace and Gothic, not to mention the Fallout games. They're...

Dutch teenagers get convicted for "virtual theft"

Two teenagers from Holland have been convicted of stealing virtual items in the children's MMO, RuneScape.

Yes, its seems gone are the days where bullies would steal your lunch money - the 14 and 15-year-old culprits instead pressured a 13-year-old boy into...

LucasArts confirms Star Wars MMO

LucasArts and BioWare have confirmed that a new Star Wars MMO is being developed for the PC.

Called Star Wars: The Old Republic, we've been told to expect "immersive storytelling" and "dynamic combat" and interestingly, "intelligent companion characters".

Beta details released for Call of Duty 5 PC

Details have been announced for the Call of Duty: World at War PC beta, and it seems that you simply have to be registered on the official website to take part.

Although there has been no specific start date announced yet, the site says that "all registered...

Early NXE access for some Xboxers?

Xbox Live's insider Major Nelson has given some hints in his latest podcast that some Xboxers may get the chance to give the New Xbox Experience a spin before its official release date on November 19th.

During his show, Major Nelson said: "You want to get your...

Sacred 2 delayed until Q1 2009 on consoles

Anyone looking forward to the release of Sacred 2 on Xbox 360 or PS3 is going to have to wait a little longer than expected.

Koch Media has said that the release of the game for the two next-gen consoles has slipped to Q1 2009, but gave no reason for the delay.

New Final Fantasy game coming to Wii and DS

Square Enix has confirmed that it is working on a new Final Fantasy title, exclusively for Nintendo Wii and its handheld sibling, the DS.

Shonen Jump magazine first held news of the new game, rumoured to be titled Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of...

Sacred 2 PC demo released

Ascaron has released a PC demo for Sacred 2, but left 360 and PS3 gamers to wait for the game's full release.

The demo will allow you to have a test run around the lands of the High Elves as Seraphim, or take on the guile of Shadow Warrior, High Elf, Dryad,...

Korg turns Nintendo DS into synthesiser

A new "game" for the DS sees it make the change from a games console into a music-making tool, as one of the world-famous Korg synthesisers makes its way onto Nintendo's handheld.

Korg DS-10 provides a fully functional, complete synthesiser on the DS that will...

BioWare "looking at" more DLC for Mass Effect

BioWare boss Greg Zeschuk has said the company is looking into more downloadable content for action role-playing game, Mass Effect.

When asked directly in a recent interview about more DLC, Zeschuk simply replied: "We're talking about that. You know how we are.

Xbox boss says console success secured FFXIII

Albert Pennello, Xbox's global marketing director, believes the success of the Xbox 360 is the main reason the console has managed to secure FFXIII - a game previously exclusive to PlayStation.

The news comes from a fresh interview that has surfaced from E3,...

Release date announced for Fable 2

Lionhead Studios has announced that Fable 2 will be available on European shelves on October 24th, and also released details on the Limited Edition copy of the game.

Anyone lucky enough to get their hands on the Limited Edition version will get a few extra goodies...

Fallout 3 wins Best in Show in E3 awards

Fallout 3, the popular RPG from Bethesda, has been awarded the E3 Best in Show award by a panel of more than 30 press outlets.

The Games Critics Awards look into various gaming categories, with the only criteria being that the game must have been played at the...