Czech developers TEAM 21 this week launched a Kickstarter page for their upcoming hardcore RPG, Dungeons of Aledorn, calling it a "spiritual successor" to old school dungeon crawlers.
General: Mordheim: City of the Damned Content Update, Phase 4
Rogue Factor’s adaptation of Games Workshop table top game Mordheim: City of the Damned is changing all the time, and this week Early Accessors will notice it’s switched from Unity 4 to Unity 5.
General: NCSoft Investigating Embezzlment Allegations
NCSoft has terminated three developers on the Project HON team for allegedly embezzling millions of Korean Won. According to reports, the employees outsourced portions of HON’s development to a company with which they had "intimate ties", resulting in the ability to steal funds.
General: Immune: Cartoon Top-Down MMO Releasing March 25th
Vidiludi has let us know that Immune will be released on Steam on March 25th. Developers describe Immune as a top-down, post apocalyptic, cartoon, survival, sandbox MMO. If that’s not a mouthful, nothing is. Immune was recently ‘greenlit’ on Steam, also where the game will be released.
General: Victory Command: Now Accepting Closed Beta Applications
Petroglyph has announced that its upcoming battle arena game, Victory Command, is ready to begin accepting closed beta applications. Victory Command is new twist on MOBAs that utilizes an RTS setting. Players begin with three basic units, with new units unlocking as the player progresses.
General: The Daily Quest – What Makes You Return to a Game?
We’ve all come and gone from our favorite MMOs. I can’t count how many times I’ve made a return to World of Warcraft, even if just long enough to remember why I left in the first place. But what makes us return? Nostalgia? A new update? Boredom? Perhaps a mix of all three? That’s today’s Daily Quest.
General: Hanging Our RPG Hopes on Sword Coast Legends
There’s no denying that the Baldur’s Gate series is foundational in the evolution of single-player RPGs. The gameplay in Baldur’s Gate and Baldur’s Gate II: Shadows of Amn, along with their expansions, inspired a generation of isometric RPGs, including genre favorites Planescape: Torment and the Icewind Dale series.
General: Etrian Mystery Dungeon: Sovereign Class Announced
Atlus has revealed the first information about the Sovereign class in Etrian Mystery Dungeon. To show off the Sovereign’s abilities and more, Atlus has sent out a terrific new trailer. Check it out!
General: The Daily Quest: What Book Series Would Make a Great Game?
We trot this topic out every now and again. Truly, it never seems to get old, does it? With today’s passing of Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the Discworld series among others, it seems a fitting tribute to a great author who will be sorely missed.
General: Seven Dragon Saga Interview
Earlier today Rob Lashley chatted over the phone with David Kline and David Shelly of TSI about the Kickstarter for their upcoming cRPG Seven Dragon Saga. Read on to see what the SSI vets had to say about their new game that has roots in the cRPG gold box golden days.