Stoic Studio writes in to announce the release of a trailer for The Banner Saga (last posted about here), which they say contains “real gameplay footage.” Well! There’s not much to do but give it a watch, eh?   Personally, I have a hard time believing that that’s actual footage of the combat, what with […]

IndieGameMag reports that Stoic Studio, a newly-formed indie operation consisting of three former Bioware employees, have announced that they are creating a new turn-based tactical RPG called The Banner Saga. On their site, the devs describe their game as follows: role-playing meets turn-based strategy, wrapped into an adventure mini-series about vikings. Travel through stunning landscapes […]

Tomes of Mephistopheles, a first-person action RPG taking place across randomly generated dungeons and an equally-randomly-generated overworld, has reportedly entered a paid alpha stage. The devs sum it up as follows: “Following the alpha funding model, we offer gamers immediate access to the early alpha of Tomes of Mephistopheles, free updates and a free final […]

A new tactical RPG has been released by Sinister Design*, by the name of Telepath RPG: Servants of God. Quoth the game’s page: Telepath RPG: Servants of God is a hybrid western RPG / strategy RPG set in a unique Middle Eastern steampunk fantasy setting. The game features: Tactical turn-based combat where positioning and planning […]

Carpe Fulgur have released a new localized game (their third, I think?) by the name of Fortune Summoners: Secret of the Elemental Stone. This one is a side-scrolling action RPG sort of in the vein of Ys III: Wanderers from Ys. Andrew Dice from CF has this to say about it: Fortune Summoners is a 2D […]

The Arkh Project is a new 3D action RPG currently in the early stages of development “by individual people who would like to see more representation for the underrepresented.” Specifically, these anonymous individuals are making the game for the primary purpose of creating an RPG with “queer people and people of color as main characters.” […]

Anne Mönkkönen of Instant Kingdom writes in to report the release of a 5-10 hour demo for top-down action RPG Driftmoon. You can download the demo here, and read more about the game here.

Jesse Zoeller, creator of the original first-person dungeon delver Darklight Dungeon, has released a sequel by the name of Darklight Dungeon Eternity. Looking at the feature list, I get the feeling that the new adjective is meant to describe how long it takes to beat the game: Explore a vast dungeon totaling 50 floors. Defeat […]

Cannon Technologies writes in to announce the development of a game called Fabula Divina for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X. Fabula Divina is a 2D tile-based affair modeled on the classic Ultima titles of yore. (So far it reminds me mostly of Ultima V, but it’s too early in development for me to draw […]

Oddball, creator of one of the two ubiquitous roguelike graphics sets from the TIGSource Assemblee competition, has finally come out with a roguelike of his very own by the name of Hack, Slash, Loot. He describes it thusly: Hack, Slash, Loot(HSL) is a single-player turn-based dungeon crawler for Windows, MacOS, and Linux. Take control of […]