We’re halfway through superhero week for 2012 and it’s about time we dug out the roleplaying games. RPGs have given superhero genre plenty of attention over the years. We’ve had some fantastic games. Which is your all time favourite superhero RPG? Check out the list below. Is your favourite game included? Leave a note in […]
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The Indie+ bundle: $94 of RPG for $4
Indie+ is rather like an online gamer expo. It’s here to promote indie game publishers, writers, artists, podcasters and even bloggers. If you’re taking part in Indie+ let Geek Native know. A big part of Indie+ will take part in Google+. It’s the ideal venue, albeit rather untested, for this sort of online experience. Google+ […]
The Michael Rohan Memorial Fund Charity Bundle
This is a horrible time for Kevin Rohan and his family. One June the 10th, Rohan lost is 6-year-old son in a tragic accident at their local water park. Bravely, Kevin is trying to turn tragedy into an outreach project that will benefit the community. The Michael Rohan Memorial Fund has been created to help […]
Assassin’s Creed 3 – Rise trailer
This is a clever trailer to launch on July 4th. As America celebrates its birthday, Ubisoft have published a live action trailer for Assassin’s Creed 3 called “Rise”. As in “rise up”. Assassin’s Creed 3 stars a Native American assassin as he battles against the Templar infested British forces. The game will be out for […]
The Secret World launch trailer
The Secret World is a new type of MMORPG. It’s had a bunch of different names – Cabal, The World Online, but now it’s out and the launch seems to be a success. Wait. Different “type of MMORPG”? What do I mean? The change is in the setting. This is not a fantasy world sandbox. […]
Pelgrane Press’s 20% GUMSHOE sale
Pelgrane Press have a 20% sale going on all five of their GUMSHOE core books. That’s 20% off Trail of Cthulhu, Ashen Stars, Mutant City Blues, Fear Itself and The Esoterrorists. The sale is over at RPGNow.com Trail of Cthulhu, is an ENNie winning, is a clever blend of investigation and Cthulhu horror. I’ve played […]
Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms will be free to play
German gaming publisher Bigpoint has the rights to an official, free-to-play, fantasy MMORPG for Game of Thrones. The title has just been announced as Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms and there will be the first trailer at San Diego Comic-Con. This is a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game that will be played within the web […]
D&D versus Pathfinder – battlefield Google
Awesome Dice have put their search research hats on and dug into marketing data to compare Dungeons and Dragons to Pathfinder. The dice co have put together a cracking, long, well researched post over here and provided some handy charts for it. What is Geek Native going to do? We’re re-using the eye candy, the […]
Realm of LARP video
The Nerdist have put together a web-based reality show that follows a group of LARPers. I know – cause for concern. LARP has a long history of getting very bad coverage from anything that records moving pictures. Mind you, let’s consider some recent attempts. Leeds Student TV produced LARPing around which was pretty good at […]
Pinnacle reloads Hell on Earth
Pinnacle Entertainment have made a Savage Worlds version of Hell on Earth available. Hell on Earth Reloaded, by Shane Lacy Hensley, hit the virtual shelves on the 28th. The book fits into Pinnacle Entertainment’s Deadlands Reloaded project but does not need any knowledge or experience of the Deadlands Reloaded setting to play – just access […]
