Posted in September 7, 2012 ¬ 11:21 amh.Craig Stern
Well, here’s something you don’t see every day: Worlds Beyond is an old school jRPG currently in development by Bridge Unit Orzo, created in an engine the developers built themselves from the ground-up. The premise: The universe has collapsed into an endless blue void, solid and featureless. Somewhere, there is a small pocket of existence […]
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Posted in September 6, 2012 ¬ 9:27 amh.Craig Stern
Interesting news, folks! Epic Banana Software has announced DataJack, a third-person isometric cyberpunk infiltration-focused action RPG. Did you catch all of that? Don’t worry; here’s the developer description to clarify: DataJack is an upcoming 2D cyberpunk stealth action / RPG game which has been under development for four years. Set in the year 2030, following […]
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Posted in September 4, 2012 ¬ 9:31 amh.Craig Stern
Hello, everyone! With Labor Day behind us, it’s back to laboring at the old Indie RPG News mill. To get us back into the swing of things, here is a little nugget I’ve been sitting on: Harmonia Online, described as “an MMO with the strategic interplay of a turn-based strategy game.” The plot is a […]
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Posted in August 29, 2012 ¬ 9:12 amh.Craig Stern
It has come to my attention that there is a new, squad-based tactics roguelike in development by Worthless Bums by the name of Steam Marines. Let’s put aside for the moment the fact that they have the best studio name I have ever heard, and look at what Worthless Bums are up to with this […]
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Posted in August 28, 2012 ¬ 10:29 amh.Craig Stern
William Fisher of WRF Studios writes in to announce Bloodlust, a vampire-themed action RPG he’s working on in the Unreal engine. The premise: Varic and Vista, two silent, dark, and solitary “ShadowHunters” find themselves resurrected into a lost city terrorized by the all-powerful “Emperor” Ranior, a monstrous vampire lord. Haunted by visions of darkness and […]
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Posted in August 24, 2012 ¬ 2:15 pmh.Craig Stern
Choice of Games writes in to announce yet another RPG / Choose-Your-Own-Adventure hybrid by the name of Way Walkers. The premise sounds rather promising: In a metaphysics driven society where freewill is law, your choices are your own as you attend the most prestigious of magical schools. Learn to master psychic Ability, fight monsters, argue with […]
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Posted in August 23, 2012 ¬ 10:18 amh.Craig Stern
Karl Zylinski has announced a new RPG by the name of Snöken: Inverno, intended as the first of three “Snöken” releases. The setting for this game is contemporary, and so is the premise: The game is set in the near future where the greenhouse effect has spiralled out of control. You play as an activist […]
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Posted in August 21, 2012 ¬ 9:20 amh.Craig Stern
Kasan Wright of Profit Motive Team writes in to announce (what else?) Profit Motive, an RPG styled on the rough-and-tumble world of big business. The premise is simple: Profit Motive is a modern day, corporate themed RPG. Players assume the role of Myron Meckler, a one-time executive of a major corporation who has been betrayed […]
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Posted in August 9, 2012 ¬ 9:58 amh.Craig Stern
Are you hungry for a new single player RPG with CCG-style combat? Hungry like the wolf? You’re in luck! Patrik Spacek writes in to announce Northmark: Hour of the Wolf, apparently two years into development by Rake In Grass (whom you may recall as the developers behind the fantasy strategy game Styrateg). Rake In Grass […]
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Posted in August 7, 2012 ¬ 9:31 amh.Craig Stern
Johnathan Davis of Shorebound Studios writes in to tell me about Shadow Remnants, a 3D turn-based tactical RPG. The premise: In Shadow Remnants, you play as Drake, whose family was slaughtered by invading Entarians two years ago. Now a foot soldier in the royal infantry, he fights for vengeance. The closer he gets to the […]
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