Tag Archives: Action RPG

What is it? A 4-player, first-person action game set in the doomed Warhammer world. So, Left 4 Dead with rats, basically. Play it if you like… Left 4 Dead (obviously), the sound of rodent skulls cracking beneath your axe. Format: PS4, XBox One, PC Price: £39.99/$39.99 Release date: out now …

Xenoblade Chronicles X is a strange game, even by JRPG standards. The distant planet of Mira is harsh and unforgiving, filled with verdant plains and giant beasts, and Xenoblade unceremoniously plops you into the middle of it all and expects you to figure most of it out on your own. …

This is the first moment of the rest of your witching life: The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab)’s New Game + DLC is out now across all platforms, letting you begin Geralt’s journey anew with more experience, your old gear, and tougher enemies. You will have to start over …

Romance in games has become commonplace. In the M-rated RPG space populated by hits like Dragon Age: Inquisition (opens in new tab) and The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab), it’s assumed that there’ll be some component that lets you strike up conversation, bond, and eventually have sex with a …

If you pay close attention in Bloodborne, you learn that a werewolf’s ultimate weakness isn’t quicksilver or wolfsbane – it’s doors. Specifically, it’s doorframes that are too big for their hulking bodies to fit through. You can stand on the other side and comfortably hack them to death without any …

Here’s a shocking and entirely original revelation: Bloodborne is quite the dark adventure. Shocking huh? We’ve already quizzed game director Hidetaki Miyazaki on the challenge of creating conventional stories and the importance of having to work for Yharnam’s tastiest victories, but now it’s time to grill him on overdrive. In …

An alternative outfit for Ciri is hitting The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) soon, and this time, it won’t break your game. Developer CD Projekt Red has announced that the next piece of free DLC for the game will roll out for good later this week. CD Projekt Red’s …

The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab) is gorgeous, this is just an established fact. So showing you another video of Geralt ranging across lush green woods really isn’t going to add much to your understanding of the game… unless it’s in 60 frames per second. There’s just something about …

Demanding controls. Obtuse and unexplained mechanics. Soul-crushing difficulty. Million seller. One of these things seems like it doesn’t belong with the others, but both Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate and Bloodborne have sold over a million copies since their respective launches. And both games are notorious for being as difficult and …

“Ugh, this Blood-Starved Beast can go right to hell.” That was the entire body of an email I sent to a group of friends. We’re all tackling Bloodborne at various speeds, and discussing our thoughts, our successes, and our failures with each other as we play. In response to my …