RPG News Archive

Fallout New Vegas DLC to be Xbox 360 Exclusive

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Lawrence
 – October 18, 2010Posted in: Role Playing Games, RPG News
Fallout New Vegas

Fallout New Vegas's DLC will be Xbox-only, at least temporarily.

Bethesda announced today that downloadable content is already in the works for its eagerly awaited RPG, Fallout New Vegas (which releases in North America tomorrow for PC, Xbox 360, and PS3).  The DLC, which is planned for the holiday season, will be exclusive to the Xbox 360 version of the game.

Downloadable content, a staple of this generation, has sparked plenty of controversies, particularly in the RPG genre.  In fact, Bethesda was one of the pioneers in this area, offering perhaps the most reviled DLC of all time – Oblivion’s infamous horse armor.  BioWare antagonized Dragon Age fans earlier this year when it released the Wardens Keep DLC, which, in addition to a quest, provided a location in which players could store their loot.  Many fans complained that this DLC, without which the game requires frustrating inventory management, should have been included with the game.

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Two Worlds 2 — Too Little Too Late?

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Lawrence
 – September 28, 2010Posted in: Role Playing Games, RPG News
Two Worlds 2

Two Worlds 2 delayed ... again

Two Worlds 2, the sequel to the critically panned RPG from developer Reality Pump, has been delayed for the second time, according to Joystiq.  Originally set for release on September 23, publisher SouthPeak first pushed the release date to October 5, pointing to Halo Reach as justification.  This week’s news of a second delay, this time to January 2011, raises some concerns.  Especially in light of SouthPeak’s stated reason this time around – “heavyweight quality assurance.”  

I’m willing to accept at face value a publisher’s reluctance to launch a relatively little-known RPG, supported by what I assume to be a relatively modest marketing budget, into the Microsoft – Halo marketing tsunami.  Even Bioware would be wise to sidestep that storm.  But SouthPeak’s excuse for this second delay, which pushes the game out of the lucrative holiday sales window, is not so easily dismissed. 

The game needs several months of additional quality assurance?  Heavyweight quality assurance?  That’s not encouraging. 

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Demon’s Souls Follow-Up Project Dark Announced for 2011

By
Lawrence
 – September 16, 2010Posted in: Role Playing Games, RPG News

Project Dark successor to Demon's Souls

Usually, the only Dark Project that would get me excited is Warren Spector’s masterpiece Thief.  However, I may have to make an exception in this case, given that this Project Dark is the follow-up to From Software’s brutal 2009 RPG Demon’s Souls.

Whether Project Dark is a role playing game is unclear at this point, but From Software’s history strongly suggests that it will be.  This is the Japanese studio responsible for Demon’s Souls and the King’s Field series.  My guess is that Project Dark will be an RPG.  And if it’s a successor to Demon’s Souls, it won’t be an easy one.

Originally announced for the Playstation 3 during Sony’s presentation at the Tokyo Game Show on September 15, 2010, it now appears that Project Dark will be available on both PS3 and XBox 360 in 2011.

Source: 1Up

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