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Final Fantasy-inspired card battler Pixel Tactics is coming to PC
By Eric Watson published
news Level 99 Games' head-to-head card battler is launching on Steam this summer.
Cartoonishly violent puzzle-slasher Grindstone is out next week
By Eric Watson published
news Coming to the Epic Games Store on May 20.
The Division: Heartland closed beta gameplay footage leaks online
By Eric Watson published
news "Avoid sharing any information, including what you see in this test."
Heroes of Might and Magic 2 fans are building it a better engine
By Eric Watson published
news The open source project is making good headway.
Base One's modular space station building looks cool, may be a bit buggy
By Eric Watson, Tyler Wilde published
news It's another space colony sim, and this one has potential if the bug complaints are resolved.
Blizzard and Epic vets hope to 'revolutionize' RPGs with new studio
By Eric Watson published
news The all-remote indie studio houses decades of big-budget RPG experience.
Smelter review
By Eric Watson published
Smelting Pot Smelter combines strong platforming levels with a lackluster real-time strategy map.
Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth review
By Eric Watson published
Mini-vania The '80s and '90s live on in a new game based on the classic novel, RPG, and anime series.
This RPG's dungeon builder is Neverwinter Nights meets Super Mario Maker
By Eric Watson published
DIY Become a Dungeon Master without having to buy three rulebooks.
Gem Wizards Tactics is a bite-sized strategy game that pits potato wizards against corporate demons
By Eric Watson published
you fried Turns out potatoes are really good at magic.
If Baldur's Gate 3 isn't D&D enough for you, Solasta may be the dice-obsessed RPG you're looking for
By Eric Watson published
Roll again Solasta does a great job adapting tabletop combat, but there's not much else in its Early Access release.
Hack and slash through Hindu mythology in Raji: An Ancient Epic
By Eric Watson published
Goddess of War Ancient India is plagued by demons and performance issues.
It took me 15 minutes and 12 deaths to beat the first enemy in Eldest Souls
By Eric Watson published
Boss Rush Ultra-challenging boss fights are the new normal in Eldest Souls.
Foregone aims to be the next brutal 2D brawler, but it's not a roguelike
By Eric Watson published
Live Cells Foregone looks like Dead Cells, but loots like Diablo and does away with the procedurally generated structure.
This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage
By Eric Watson published
Time Bandits Iron Danger's time manipulation tools look like video editing software, but with more spells and daggers.
The action-RPGs you should be playing
By Eric Watson published
mighty mouse Diablo and Path of Exile are great, but there's a new crop of action-RPGs worth your time today.
Pagan Online review
By Eric Watson published
Godsless Combining the loot-fest of Diablo with MOBA-style heroes.
The best Pagan Online heroes to hack through the horde
By Eric Watson published
Pagan Pasting Each character offers drastically different approaches, so choose wisely.
Gloomhaven on Steam isn’t a full adaptation of the stellar board game, but it's a strong start
By Eric Watson published
board-like Now in Early Access, digital Gloomhaven offers a singleplayer roguelike slice of the full board game campaign, coming in 2020.
Diablo meets Destiny with action-RPG Killsquad, and it's a damn good time
By Eric Watson published
Strong start Killsquad does a surprisingly good job mixing its many looting, shooting, action-RPG inspirations together.
The Legend of Grimrock devs are back with Druidstone, a new tabletop-inspired tactical RPG
By Eric Watson published
Interview Druidstone: The Secret of Menhir Forest is out on May 15, and we talked to its creators about moving on from Grimrock.
Last Epoch puts a brilliant new twist on the Diablo and Path of Exile skill systems
By Eric Watson published
Necromancy The action-RPG, now in Early Access, still needs lots of work, but its skill system is already great.
Cthulhu goes post-apocalyptic in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
By Eric Watson published
Collect call It's the end of the world as we know it.
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