Obsidian Fridays
The weekly round-up of news pertaining to Obsidian Entertainment and their various RPGs.
Tagged: Joystiq
Big Huge Wednesdays
The weekly round-up of news related to 38 Studios/Big Huge Games and their upcoming open-world RPG, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
Even If You're Not Playing Ultima Right Now, You're Playing Ultima Right Now
Rowan Kaiser, writing at Joystiq, argues that Ultima was the most important game series — ever — and discusses many of the ways that it influenced both later RPG development and gaming in general.
The Doctors BioWare: "bring back some IP that people have a lot of fond memories around."
Ray Muzyka and Greg Zeschuk, in an interview with Joystiq about online gaming monetization models, dropped a small teaser about an upcoming free-to-play project that BioWare (or one of their sub-studios) have in the works.
Skyrim, Skyrim, Skyrim (Updated! Twice, now!)
In case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, Bethesda Softworks’ new game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, launched last week. And from the various reviews I’ve seen, it is apparently a damn awesome game.
Rather Infrequent Open Thread
The no longer anywhere near nightly open discussion thread at Ultima Aiera.
"Badass" Epic Mickey gameplay trailer
That’s Joystiq’s term for it, not mine, although it isn’t exactly an inaccurate label: I’m still digging the very classical styling of the game’s visual elements, especially the old-school Mickey Mouse look. Interestingly, the...
