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New release: Dark Quest

Oh dear. Pocket Tactics reports on the release of Dark Quest, a turn-based fantasy dungeon crawler for Android, iPhone and iPad by Brain Seal Ltd. The premise: An evil sorcerer has appeared in the lands, he has built a dungeon in the nearby village of faladir, where his minions use it as a base to […]

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Dragon Fantasy Book I released on PS Vita, PS3

Remember that time I mentioned that Muteki Corp.‘s Dragon Fantasy: Book I would be getting an enhanced version released on Playstation 3 and Playstation Vita? It’s happened! As of late Tuesday, you can nab Dragon Fantasy: Book I from wherever it is that one nabs digital downloads for Playstation products. PSN, I think? (I wouldn’t […]

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Bonfire enters paid alpha

Polish indie developers MoaCube have transitioned Bonfire, the fantasy strategy title with procedurally generated battles that I posted about last month, into paid alpha. They write: The game is available before it’s officially finished at a significant discount. The price starts at $7.95 and will move towards $15.95 as we get closer to the final […]

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Frayed Knights 2: Khan of Wrath announced

Yesterday, Rampant Games announced Frayed Knights 2: Khan of Wrath, the second episode in the Frayed Knights series (you can find my review of the first, Frayed Knights: The Skull of S’makh-Daon, right here). FK2:KoW is being built from the ground up in Unity, so unlike the first episode, this one should run on Mac […]

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Back to Back: indie RPGs to fund

There’s been a bit of a lull in people emailing me about their RPGs this past week, which can only mean one thing: it’s time for another Back to Back! Every single game that was on last list remains available to fund, though most are approaching the end of their campaigns. Here’s the update, with […]

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Ortus delayed

Oof. So, I just did a bit of checking up on Ortus (the wRPG I covered last July, in development by Elvidian Entertainment), and while the news isn’t horrible, it’s not great either. It seems that Elvidian underestimated the amount of work they’d given themselves with the project, and their Kickstarter funding has run out. […]

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Jorvick announced, temporarily shelved

A little bit of digging on Steam Greenlight reveals the existence of Jorvick, a jRPG with a unique art style in development by TACS Games. (I link to the game’s Greenlight page because it appears to be the only official page that currently exists for the game–hopefully that will change at some point.) The premise […]

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Millennium 5: Battle of the Millennium announced

Aldorlea Games has written in to announce the fifth installment in their Millennium jRPG series, called (appropriately enough) Millennium 5: Battle of the Millennium. From what I’ve read, Millennium will feature tournament-style fights that occur in a sort of martial arts ring, where you can win by knocking (or tricking) your opponent out of the […]

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Claustrophobia: The Downward Struggle announced, paid alpha released

Claustrophobia: The Downward Struggle is a graphical roguelike in development by The Indie Forge. (Neither the developer nor the game seem to have an official website–look to the end of the article for links.) I don’t think there’s a narrative premise, but there is a rather wordy feature list: Expansive Random Generation – Everything from […]

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Dragon Fantasy Book I getting an enhanced Playstation port

Adam Rippon of Muteki Corp. writes in to announce that Dragon Fantasy Book I is coming to the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. In addition to porting the game to the new platform, Muteki Corp. has enhanced it with the following: Redid all the graphics and sound for the optional “enhanced mode”, added a new […]

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