Captain Solo: Playing Star Wars: The Old Republic Alone [Read] A confession: I have little experience in the world of online role-playing games. I did not fall under the spell of World of Warcraft , nor did I ever play Star Wars Galaxies . These games have spawned their own vocabulary, rules and in some cases et..

Video game buyers guide: Role-playing games [Read] 2011 has been a slow year for Japanese RPGs, with ‘Final Fantasy XIV’ stuck in post-release hell on PC and ‘Dragon Quest X’ still in development. Apart from the Namco Bandai-published ‘Dark Souls,’ all the entries are Western in origin, w..

Feature: Forever alone? Star Wars: The Old Republic as a single-player game [Read] A confession: I have little experience in the world of online role-playing games. I did not fall under the spell of World of WarCraft , nor did I ever play Star Wars Galaxies . These games have spawned their own vocabulary, rules, and—in some cases..

Fallout: New Vegas dev: some RPG advances "undermine" thrill of exploration [Read] Obsidian designer Chris Avellone believes some of the advancements made in role-playing games over recent years "undermine" the genre. Avellone, who played a key role in the development of a number of RPG classics while at Interplay, including Fallou..

BioWare's New Game Is Command & Conquer: Generals 2 [Read] Remember that "new" franchise that BioWare was teasing as a Spike VGA reveal? Well, it's not really a new franchise in the way you'd think. During the VGA show, it was revealed that the game is actually Command & Conquer: Generals 2. It's a leap for ..

Role-Playing Games - an Overview - The Oracle - Essays [Read] Middle Earth Roleplaying encourages players to interact with a detailed, complex and realistic interpretation of Tolkien's world.

These are the Big Role-Playing Games of E3 2011, We Think [Read] Human Revolution (PC, PS3, Xbox 360): It may look like a shooter, but lurking beneath the first-person firefights beats the heart of a cyberpunk RPG, with enough character choice a...

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