Remember that remake of the original Avernum that Jeff Vogel talked about doing in my interview with him last month? Spiderweb Games has now sent out a press release today officially announcing the remake to everyone who hadn’t already read about it in the interview. It reads: Avernum: Escape From the Pit is an epic […]

I received an email a couple of weeks ago about a new “Choice Of” game release, Choice of Intrigues. It begins: Dear Craig, Have you ever wished to be the heroine of a romance novel? Think you could have run Anne Boleyn’s life better than she did? Want to walk a mile in Princess Kate’s […]

Developer Roman Zeitl of Dynamic Games writes in to let us know about the development of a new RPG by the name of Warlock – Tower of Fentrax. ToF is modeled in large part on Ultima IV and V, with a big emphasis on wilderness survival: Tower of Fentrax will be a roleplaying game that […]

GameBanshee caught this little gem from Gamepro, published this past Thursday: The PC version of the Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII double pack from independent developer Zeboyd Games launched yesterday alongside Gaslamp Games’ charming roguelike Dungeons of Dredmor. All three are excellent games and well worth your time — cheap, too. […]

It’s that time of the month! …no, not that time of the month, you horrible, horrible people. No, it’s time for another monthly Indie News Roundup, courtesy of Jay Barnson of Rampant Games! You can read the whole thing right here. The gist: Age of Decadence will be getting a demo release sometime in November […]

Mario Gaida has released a free demo of Silversword, a first-person dungeon crawler in the mold of The Bard’s Tale. Gaida says the game uses a d20 system similar to the older versions of Adavanced Dungeons and Dragons. You can grab the free demo, “SliverswordLite,” on the Apple App Store here. In the meantime, here […]

Finnish indie developers Almost Human Ltd. have just announced a new first-person dungeon crawler for the PC, Mac and iOS by the name of Legend of Grimrock. They describe the game as a grid-based dungeon delver of the Wizardry variety: Legend of Grimrock is a fantasy game loaded with underground adventuring, tricky puzzles, combat and […]

Word has it that Gaslamp Games‘s comedic roguelike Dungeons of Dredmor has just hit Steam at a $5 price point. You can nab it here. NOTE: As of the time of this writing, Steam is discounting the game 10%, so it’s actually $4.49 a copy. DOUBLE NOTE: According to Gaslamps’s Twitter, DoD is presently the […]

RPG Italia has posted an exclusive interview with Vince D. Weller, lead designer on the upcoming wRPG Age of Decadence. From the sound of it, this is going to be an extremely open-ended game with a strong emphasis on role-playing. Interestingly, they’ve decided not to include a traditional magic system in the game at all: […]

Roguelikes seem to be on the rise these days, with yet another release joining their ranks. This time, however, it’s a game for Mac called 100 Rogues. Created jointly by developers Dinofarm Games and I’m-not-quite-sure-what-they-are Fusion Reactions, 100 Rogues is a Mac exclusive, so Apple fans should be all over this like worms. In an […]