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Dungeons & Dragons Online (DDO) has been free to play for more than two years now. Rather than a death knell, the end of monthly subscriber fees in 2009 turned out to be a brilliant decision that boosted the number of users and increased profits. How well are things going for DDO? They just announced [...]

Skyrim is by far the most popular video game that doesn’t involve mowing down enemy troops with a machine gun, selling almost three million copies in November alone (and it didn’t even come out until November was almost over). As such, there are a trillion Skyrim reviews on the Internet. So I won’t bother talking [...]

Dungeons: the Dark Lord is the sequel to last year’s Dungeons, from publisher Kalypso. In many ways it’s the spiritual successor to the beloved Dungeon Keeper franchise — a game that turned the RPG trope of heroes invading dungeons upside down, putting the player in control of the dungeon and making the heroes the antagonists. [...]

The official D&D Facebook game, heroes of Neverwinter, is in beta, and Robot Viking has 50 beta keys to give out. If you’re looking for an old-school RPG video game, check it out!

I wrote an article for io9.com today about how the story elements of Star Trek Online fit into the greater Star Trek mythos. Instead of just pointing you over there as usual, I’ve got a bit more to say on the subject — specifically, how I would design a “starship captain” MMORPG that’s very different [...]

If you look back fondly on the joys of Baldur’s Gate and Icewind Dale, miss the beauty of a top-down isometric view and relish the delights of massive dungeons full of monsters and loot, then today is a happy day for you. The old-school RPG is not dead! Torchlight has all the delving you could [...]

MechWarrior will return to PCs and show up on the Xbox 360 someday soon, and BattleTech co-creator Jordan Weisman is at the helm once again. Are we ready for an intense tactical mech war game in destructible urban environments, with three of your friends joining your assault lance? Yes. Yes we are.

Sometime this spring, venerable superhero MMORPG City of Heroes will release their 14th free expansion, “Architect.” Fans of classic superhero RPGs will be agog at the options available in the new mission creator. Design your own villain group, create a story, and allow other players to face off against an arch-nemesis you designed (who spouts [...]