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PREVIEW | SHADOW OF THE ROAD | STEEL, SPIRITS & SAMURAI

A weathered temple stands beneath the shadow of an industrial machine that should not exist in nineteenth-century Japan. Samurai move through villages shaped by tradition, while mechanical soldiers, foreign technology and yōkai turn a historical civil war into something far less predictable. Shadow of the Road uses this collision as more than decoration. Its reimagined version of 1868 places the Tokugawa Shōgunate against Emperor Mutsuhito and the technologic...

PUBLISHED | 2O.O7.IIO26

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KOTOR REMAKE | 2028 ENTERS THE CONVERSATION

Nearly five years after its announcement and four years after reports of a major development crisis, Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic Remake has appeared in public conversation again. The newest indication comes from Steve Allison, Saber Interactive’s recently appointed chief business officer, who mentioned the project while discussing the company’s preparations for a wider 2028 publishing lineup. Allison listed Space Marine, John Wick, several unannounced...

PUBLISHED | I8.O7.IIO26

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FALLOUT 5 CONFIRMED | FALLOUT 3 & NEW VEGAS RETURN REMASTERED

Bethesda Game Studios has finally provided a clear look at the future of Fallout, confirming Fallout 5 alongside remastered versions of Fallout 3 and Fallout: New Vegas. Fallout 5 has entered pre-production and is being developed with Creation Engine 3, the same shared technology platform being built for The Elder Scrolls VI. Bethesda describes the next mainline Fallout as its long-range destination, which makes the announcement important but also places...

PUBLISHED | I7.O7.IIO26

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GENEFORGE 3: DETONATION | OLD-SCHOOL RPG ON KICKSTARTER

Turn-based combat, hand-built isometric locations, faction politics and the ability to create a personal army of strange living creatures are returning in Geneforge 3 – Detonation, the next remake from veteran independent developer Spiderweb Software. The Kickstarter campaign is now live, continuing the studio’s effort to rebuild its cult Geneforge saga for modern systems without stripping away the dense systems, open-ended progression and deliberately...

PUBLISHED | I6.O7.IIO26

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MORTAL SHELL II | THE SHELL RETURNS THIS AUGUST

Mortal Shell II now has a clear PC release date, and this time it is not another vague “coming later” situation. According to the new trailer details, the action RPG is planned for release on August 20, with PC players getting the standard edition at €50. Those who choose the Devout Edition will be able to enter the game earlier, from August 17, with that version priced at €60. Console versions are also planned, but for a PC-focused audience the important part is...

PUBLISHED | O8.O7.IIO26

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PREVIEW | THE BLOOD OF DAWNWALKER | SUN, BLOOD & CHOICE

A medieval valley under vampire rule, a family running out of time and a protagonist trapped between human weakness and monstrous hunger give The Blood of Dawnwalker a sharper identity than another dark fantasy RPG with swords, castles and blood on the stone. Rebel Wolves is not selling only mood here. The studio is building its first major game around pressure, dual nature and consequence, with Coen moving through a world where daylight and night...

PUBLISHED | O5.O7.IIO26

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PREVIEW | SOLASTA II | WELCOME SOLASTA, WE MISSED THE DICE ...

Solasta II enters the CRPG conversation at a strange but useful moment. Baldur’s Gate 3 made the genre bigger, louder and more visible than it had been for years, but it also created a problem for every smaller tactical RPG that follows it: comparison is now unavoidable. Tactical Adventures cannot simply pretend that shadow is not there. The smarter move is to step around it, and that is where Solasta II becomes interesting. This is not a game trying to win with...

PUBLISHED | O4.O7.IIO26

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REVIEW | ESOTERIC EBB | DISCO FANTASY WITH A D20 SOUL

A dead cleric, an exploded tea shop, a city preparing for elections, and a fantasy world that keeps laughing while quietly sharpening the knife. Esoteric Ebb does not arrive like a normal RPG, and that is probably the first reason it feels special. It does not open with a huge battlefield, a dramatic hero shot or a long cinematic telling the player that everything is important. It starts in a smaller, stranger place: a bad cleric wakes up in Norvik, a case needs solving, and the...

PUBLISHED | O1.O7.IIO26

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CLASSIC GAMES | DRAGON AGE: ORIGINS | OLD BIOWARE POWER

A campfire, a tired party, blood on the armor, and a world that never lets heroism feel clean. Dragon Age: Origins still opens a very specific door in the memory of PC RPG players. It is the kind of game where the road between two decisions feels almost as important as the decision itself, because every village, ruin, castle and battlefield carries the same uncomfortable message: Ferelden is not waiting for a perfect hero. It is waiting for someone willing to pay the...

PUBLISHED | O1.O7.IIO26

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REVIEW | VENDIR: PLAGUE OF LIES | A HIDDEN CRPG SURPRISE

Some RPGs arrive loudly, with trailers, previews, critic quotes and enough noise to feel important before the player even enters the first town. Vendir: Plague of Lies does not have that kind of entrance. It sits in a quieter part of the RPG space, away from the obvious PC headlines, carrying the kind of old-school structure that can easily be missed if someone only follows the biggest releases. That is exactly why we decided to give it a proper pcdoorz review. Not because...

PUBLISHED | 29.O6.IIO26

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