Tag Archives: Role Playing

The auction that could see THQ’s properties sold off one by one begins today, but at least one franchise may not be up for bids. Selling South Park: The Stick of Truth to another company without the consent of South Park Studios would violate its contract, the company claims. Polygon …

A battle of patience The typical Japanese role-playing game runs on a predictable cycle. Step one: Run around fields while world-threatening events unfold. Step two: Watch as the screen fizzles into a battle scenario. Step three: Tap buttons while your rag-tag team of heroes stares awkwardly at assailants until an …

Its time to eat crow We gamers are a fickle gang, arent we? Cut the hair of our favorite monster-slaying protagonist? Treachery! Port a platform-exclusive series to another platform? Treason! But these are misdemeanors when compared to adding multiplayer to an otherwise single-player franchise. This rabble was recently re-roused when …

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NamcoBandai has released a behind-the-scenes video for its upcoming RPG, Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch. The video focuses on the art of Studio Ghibli – the Japanese animation studio behind movies like Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke and who is co-developing the game with Professor Layton developer …

Today’s North American Nintendo Direct stayed on mostly familiar territory with a few surprises, including a release date for the next Fire Emblem. Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime guided us through the proceedings with a little help from various versions of Nintendo president Satoru Iwata. Fire Emblem: Awakening, the …

Despite housing the bulk of the holiday shopping season, December is typically the calm after the storm for game releases–by that point, most notable titles for the year are already out and fending for themselves on store shelves or their digital equivalents. But while the schedule is notably thinner, the …

The next Mass Effect game will run on Frostbite, and is being made by a new BioWare team led by series veterans. BioWare Montreal studio director Yanick Roy made the announcements today in a post on the BioWare blog, where he outlined his team’s pedigree with the series and gave …

Bethesda hasn’t released any of Skyrim’s three add-on packs–Dawnguard, Hearthfire, Dragonborn–for PS3, blaming performance issues. Last month, Bethesda’s vice president of marketing, Pete Hines, also chose Twitter to update on the situation, although the update was that there was no update: “I don’t have any info on Hearthfire, Dawnguard, or …

Based on the many outstanding Mario RPGs released over the years, Nintendo’s mascot and role-playing games go together like green pipes and turtles. After years of success on consoles, the Paper Mario franchise has now moved to the portables with Paper Mario: Sticker Star (opens in new tab)for the 3DS. …