Is Final Fantasy VII the best Final Fantasy ever? Is it the best computer RPG ever? Not sure about that later claim but some will think so. Sony stood up at E3 2015 and announced that they’ll be remaking the famous game for the PlayStation 4. What do we know about the game? It’ll be […]
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The Warhammer RPG at E3: Vermintide
This is a gameplay trailer for the Warhammer FRPG Vermintide. Vermintide is the first person action RPG from Fatshark set in Games Workshop’s fantasy Warhammer world. The city of Ubersriek is besieged by the skaven and a band of five heroes need to cooperate to survive the apocalyptic invasion. The game itself stretches from the […]
Shared world adventure in Sea of Thieves
Sea of Thieves is a new title from Microsoft and Rare. It’s a multiplayer pirate game set in a shared world. This means you’ll share ships and battles for loot with other players. Destiny comes to mind; except with pirates. There’s scarce other details from either E3 or the press releases since. The game will […]
The ReCore announcement trailer
This may well have the touch of sci-fi anime about it. ReCore will be an Xbox One exclusive and it comes from Keiji Inafune and the Metroid Prime team. It’s the story of one of the last human beings, friendships with brave robot friends and a dangerous adventure.
Mirror’s Edge Catalyst announcement trailer
Here’s another high profile, RPG inspired and good looking game from E3 this year. It’s EA’s Mirror’s Edge Catalyst and comes from the publisher’s Guilford, UK, studio. The game is due out February 2016 and puts players in the role of Faith. This is her origin story; from her rise as a careless young woman […]
Mass Effect: Andromedia announcement trailer
Announced at E3 today is the next Mass Effect game. As it expected it looks like the game is kicking off a whole new chapter – in a whole new galaxy. BioWare’s game is due out in the “Holiday” of 2016 for the Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. The official Mass Effect website now […]
Children of the Dark Mother: Onyx Path lead Beast – The Primordial to Kickstarter
Onyx Path Publishing has done a great job building the new World of Darkness and running very successful Kickstarters. They’re still going. The latest is the tenth book for nWoD and is Beast: The Primordial. [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing, this campaign has funded. There are more than two weeks on the […]
Battleborn looks impressive; clever with the XP too
Battleborn is the big new title from Gearbox Software and 2K. This is the partnership that brought us Borderlands. The game is set in the far future where all but one of the stars have gone dark. A mysterious force is at fault and now only one star remains – Solus. The universe’s surviving population […]
The American legal system and the failed Kickstarter with a $111,793 ghost
Back in 2012 Geek Native covered the Kickstarter project The Doom That Came to Atlantic City. It looked good. The project funded. We’re told artists did work on the game but weren’t paid. The project was then cancelled, backers lost their money and the promised refunds never appeared. The good news first; Cryptozoic stepped in, […]
Spiral notebooks perfect for Game Masters and tabletop RPG
Redbubble have added spiral notebooks to their arsenal of goodies. This is great news as spiral notebooks are my absolute favourite for tabletop RPGs. Spiral notebooks can be laid flat, perfectly, to act as maps and without fear of pages flipping over to reveal notes. Pages can be torn out easily. It’s also easy to […]
