Open World RPG Archives - Shadow Gaming

Two Worlds: Big Dreams, Rough Edges, and a World Worth Exploring

Release Date: 9 May 2007 Developer: Reality Pump Get It On: GOG There’s something special about the games that arrive with big dreams, bigger budgets (for the time), and a…

Chris July 30, 2026

Retro-Games

Two Worlds II: Pirates, Rat People, and Nine Years of DLC

Release Date: 12 November 2010 Developer: Reality Pump Get It On: GOG If you were around gaming in the late 2000s, you probably remember Two Worlds. It was that ambitious…

Chris July 28, 2026

Retro-Games

Sacred 2 Fallen Angel: A Deep Dive into Ascaron’s Epic Action RPG Adventure

Release Date: 2 October 2008 Developer: Ascaron Get It On: GOG Sacred 2: Fallen Angel and its expansion Ice & Blood deliver a massive, addictive hack-and-slash adventure that still holds…

Chris July 22, 2026

Retro-Games

Revisiting Sacred: Horseback Mayhem, Massive Worlds, and Rune Magic

Release Date: 27 February 2004 Developer: Ascaron Get It On: GOG Fellow loot fiends and button-mashing enthusiasts, if you’ve ever dreamed of diving into a sprawling action RPG where the…

Chris July 20, 2026

Reviews

Atom RPG & Trudograd: A True Successor to Fallout Classic

Release Date: December 19, 2018 Developer: Atom Team Get It On: GOG Hey fellow wasteland wanderers, if you're craving that classic Fallout vibe but with a heavy dose of Soviet…

Chris July 17, 2026

Reviews

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning – The Ultimate Action-RPG Return

If you're craving a big, colorful action-RPG packed with loot, flashy combat, and a rich fantasy setting, Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning delivers exactly that. This 2020 remaster of the 2012…

Chris July 13, 2026

Gaming News

Move Over Genshin: Azur Promilia’s Companion System Changes the Game

Manjuu, the studio behind the massively popular Azur Lane, is stepping into exciting new territory with Azur Promilia, and early impressions suggest it could be something special. This upcoming open-world…

Chris June 30, 2026

Reviews

Unforgiving, Gritty, and Brilliant: Why the Gothic Remake is a Must-Play

When THQ Nordic announced they were rebuilding a sacred pillar of European RPG history from the ground up, the collective gasp from the fanbase could have blown over a shadowbeast.…

Chris June 6, 2026

Gaming News

World of Anterra: The Gorgeous Pixel Art RPG Resetting the Genre Standards

If you are a fan of sprawling, immersive role-playing games that do not hold your hand, you have probably noticed a massive gap in the modern gaming landscape. We get…

Chris May 30, 2026

Gaming News

Middle-earth, Medieval Bohemia, and a Whole Lot of Hype

Hold onto your chainmail, because the RPG geniuses over at Warhorse Studios just dropped an absolute nuclear warhead of an announcement. Without a massive marketing campaign or a cinematic trailer,…

Chris May 20, 2026