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The Grandfather of RPGs Returns: Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord Remake

To understand where the modern Role-Playing Game truly began, you have to go back to a time when graphics were made of lines, "storage" meant a floppy disk, and difficulty…

Chris May 7, 2026

Gaming News

Of Ash And Steel Update 1.07 Released

The ambitious and gritty CRPG Of Ash and Steel has just received a pretty massive update. The game is a must play for any fans of the old Gothic games,…

Chris April 30, 2026

Gaming News

MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light Fully Released

If you’ve ever looked at a swarm of monsters and thought, "I could probably take them with a sharp stick and a really good plan," then MEMOLITH: Forsaken by Light…

Chris April 28, 2026

Gaming News

Imperial Ambitions and Ancient Secrets: Avaria: Iron Rule Could Be The Next Big CRPG

If you’re the kind of gamer who still wakes up in a cold sweat thinking about the moral weight of your choices in classic isometric RPGs, then you definitely need…

Chris April 27, 2026

Gaming News

Back to the Wastes: ATOM RPG 2 is up on Kickstarter right now

If you spent any time wandering the irradiated Soviet wilderness in the original ATOM RPG or its follow-up, Trudograd, you know that AtomTeam craft brutal, hilarious, and deeply nostalgic love…

Chris April 27, 2026

Retro-Games

The Infinite Ambition of the Iliac Bay: A Daggerfall Retrospective

Release Date: September 20, 1996 Developer: Bethesda Softworks Get It On: GOG When Games Were Too Big for Their Own Good Back in the mid-nineties, the gaming industry was a…

Chris April 26, 2026

Gaming News

Heralds of the Third Apocalypse Incoming: Iron Tower Studios Drops Design Update

If you’re a fan of the brutal, choice-heavy worlds created by Iron Tower Studio, you might want to sit down for this. The team behind The Age of Decadence and…

Chris April 11, 2026

Gaming News

Dust Off Your Player’s Handbook: Revenge of the Firstborn is the 3.5 Throwback We’ve Been Waiting For

Rob Koska over at Sawtooth Games has been quietly building a massive love letter to the era of crunchy CRPGs, and it’s called Revenge of the Firstborn. While many modern…

Chris April 10, 2026

Reviews

Revving Engines in a World of Rust and Magic

If you’ve ever looked at a classic 1930s Art Deco skyscraper and thought, “This would be way cooler if it were floating three miles in the air and I had…

Chris April 5, 2026

Reviews

The Long-Awaited Odyssey: Stellar Tactics 1.0 is the Sci-Fi Sandbox We Didn`t Know We’ve Been Craving

After nearly a decade drifting through the vacuum of Early Access, Maverick Games has finally brought Stellar Tactics to its full 1.0 release. If you’ve been following the indie scene…

Chris March 31, 2026