Category: Big Huge Games
Bytes of Spam 001 – THQ Nordic Buys the Amalur IP
Some long overdue comments on THQ Nordic’s September 2018 acquisition of the Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning IP.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 55 – Conversation Systems
Let’s take a look at different forms of conversation systems that crop up in games.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 38 – RPG Stories
Stories in RPGs…what makes them good, and are they even necessary?
Peer Into The Collapse of 38 Studios
Documents and emails from 38 Studios have been released, further illustrating the dire straits the company was in prior to its collapse.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 17 – How Necessary is Combat in RPGs?
How much prominence does combat need to have in an RPG? How necessary should combat be to progressing through — or passing — the game? And is there something “lesser” about including an “easy” difficulty setting?
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Is On Sale on Origin Right Now
Big Huge Games’ Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning is on sale at EA’s Origin storefront.
Spam Spam Spam Humbug: Episode 7 – Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
Withstand the Fury Dragon never seems able to shut up about Big Huge Games’ 2012 RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. Herein, he’ll try and explain why.
Big Huge Games is Back (Sort Of) and Hiring
While I’m admittedly happy to see that Big Huge Games has been resurrected, that happiness is tempered somewhat by the fact that they’re making mobile games. Not that DomiNations is a bad game; I...
Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning Commentary: “An Underrated Game”
Over at IM PLAYIN, there’s a short retrospective of Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning. It enumerates some of the game’s flaws, but also touches on a number of its triumphs, on systems within it that...
