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This week both Oculus and Turtle Beach have revealed new information about their products that will likely be revealed next week during E3 2015.

Polygon has a terrific article about a new Japanese-styled RPG that will be unveiled next week at E3 2015. Called Project Zodiac, the game is being developed by a French studio, Kobojo, which is not just incidentally populated by some of the genre’s top game makers including several key members of the Final Fantasy series and one Mario Rizzo who heads up the studio.

Double Fine Productions has changed their focus in recent years. After creating a couple of critically well regarded games which failed to sell well, Tim Schafer and his merry band of game developers began creating smaller games at a more rapid (and presumably less expensive to produce) pace. They have been experimenting with genre, game platform and financing method and producing some very interesting results.

Is now a good time to get into FFXIV? Victor discusses the pros of starting FFXIV today.

With last week’s announcement of Fallout 4, Chris explores his troubled relationship with the franchise. Like an old flame, it’s an on-again off-again relationship. Read on as Chris dedicates the first half of this week’s RPG Files to the game to an open letter to the franchise and the second half to the week’s news. Fallout 4 releasing in 2015? It’s looking likely. Click through to see why!

This week on Game On, Chris and Brax sit down to discuss a week of explosive news: Fallout 4 has been revealed, Wildstar announced plans to shift to free to play, Trove officially released, and Infinite Crisis is already on the sunset path to closure putting the future of Turbine in question. All that, Steam Machines, and more on this week’s episode!

The Steam Monster Sale has officially kicked off. If that doesn’t send you to the penny jar to start tabulating how much you can spend, nothing will. It’s a great chance for players to expand their Steam games list with some of the best deals ever on the hottest titles out there.

Backers of the Bard’s Tale IV KickStarter from the $20 tier and upward will receive the series’ first three games for free. The original trilogy will be released on successful funding of BTIV and there is an agreement in place for updating the original Apple IIe versions to run natively on Windows and Mac PCs.

A new RPG will soon be headed gamers’ way with the release later this year of Legend of Legacy. Legend of Legacy is being developed by some of the industry’s most experienced designers who have worked on games including Chrono Cross, Chrono Trigger, and Final Fantasy XIII, to name a few.

Based on the MMO Age of Wushu, Snail Games has revealed its entry into the ever-growing MOBA marketplace with King of Wushu. Matches will take place 5v5 along some of the more traditional MOBA mechanics with a number of what Snail Games calls innovative features.