DUNGEONS & DRAGONS ON PC | WHEN DICE BECAME CODE

Dungeons & Dragons has always been more than a ruleset. It’s a social ritual, a spark that builds entire worlds from nothing but imagination. Long before PCs were powerful enough to render vast forests or simulate complex combat encounters, players sat around tables, scribbling notes, arguing over the odds of a ridiculous plan working, and rolling dice with the kind of anticipation no computer could replicate. Yet as gaming technology matured, something...

PUBLISHED | I8.O5.IIO26

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REVIEW | DIABLO IV: LORD OF HATRED | STRONGER, DARKER, BETTER

Diablo IV did not need another expansion that simply added more enemies, more loot, and another map marker to chase. It needed a stronger reason to return, a clearer structure around its endgame, and enough new energy to make Sanctuary feel dangerous again without throwing away the foundation Blizzard has spent years adjusting. Lord of Hatred comes closer to that goal than expected. It does not completely reinvent Diablo IV, and players who never...

PUBLISHED | I6.O5.IIO26

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AMAZON LOTR PROJECT | MMO CANCELLED, PLANS CONTINUE

Amazon’s latest Middle-earth gaming plans have taken another strange turn. The Lord of the Rings MMO announced in 2023 with Embracer Group / Middle-earth Enterprises has reportedly been cancelled, but Amazon Games is not walking away from Tolkien’s world completely. In a statement shared with Eurogamer and reported by Game Developer, Amazon Games general manager Jeffrey Gattis said the team is still exploring “a compelling new game experience...

PUBLISHED | I4.O5.IIO26

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ATOM RPG 2 | CROWDFUNDING BEGINS FOR THE SEQUEL

The Kickstarter campaign for Atom RPG 2 is now live, and for fans of old-school post-apocalyptic CRPGs, this is a pretty meaningful moment. Atom Team is pitching the sequel as a larger and more ambitious follow-up, still built around tactical role-playing, player choice, strange characters, harsh wasteland politics, and that familiar alternative-history world where the Cold War did not stay cold for very long. The Kickstarter page describes the game as...

PUBLISHED | O4.O5.IIO26

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PREVIEW | SONGS OF GLIMMERWICK | LOW KEY, HIGH POTENTIAL

Not every RPG needs to be loud to stand out. No explosions, no forced urgency, no constant pressure to “win.” Songs of Glimmerwick takes a noticeably calmer approach, and that alone makes it feel different from most games in the genre right now. At its core, this is a witch academy RPG, but not in the way most people would expect. Forget combat-heavy systems or dark fantasy drama. Instead, Songs of Glimmerwick leans into a softer, more personal experience...

PUBLISHED | O6.O4.IIO26

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REVIEW | BALDUR’S GATE III | WE WAITED… IT WAS WORTH IT

Waiting too long for something you care about changes how you look at it before it even arrives. Not the loud fear of disappointment, but the quiet one, the type that grows slowly over years. Baldur’s Gate III carried that kind of weight for me. Not because Larian didn’t know how to make RPGs. They clearly do. But because Baldur’s Gate is not just another RPG name. It is a memory. A tone. A rhythm of play. A feeling of sitting in front of a screen late at night...

PUBLISHED | II6.O3.IIO26

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PREVIEW | EXODUS | FRESH GAMEPLAY, FAMILIAR DNA

Exodus is a game that captivates you instantly, not by presenting something entirely novel, but by evoking a sense of nostalgia for something you've longed for. There’s a familiarity to it that’s hard to ignore, especially if you’ve spent years hoping for something that could fill that quiet gap left behind by Mass Effect. And yet, the more you look at it, the more you realize this isn’t just trying to recreate that formula - it’s trying to stretch it, reshape it, maybe even...

PUBLISHED | II4.O3.IIO26

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