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“All these resources are going to this?” we wonder today as Konami announces that there will be a new Castlevania game coming to the Xbox 360 and PS3. Also, Jeremy schools Carlos on some Star Ocean and they chat it up RPG-style.
The Nintendo Wii really needed more RPGs and the console is starting to deliver. Ougon no Kizuna, being developed by Jaleco, may be one of the more interesting RPGs to hit consoles in some time. It’s also nice to see Jaleco back in action. They made some really awesome games back in the 1980s.
The game is an action-RPG, where you will use the Wii Nunchuck in battle. I don’t know a lot about the game yet, but it certainly looks like a title we need to keep our eyes on.
Scans Via Gamekyo via VG Chartz
I was searching around the net to see if any new KOTOR 3 news had surfaced, but came up empty handed in that department. However, I did discover that KOTOR era mineratures got an expansion of 60 different characters and the KOTOR Campaign Guide is now available. RPG players should rejoice that Wizards of the Coast now has these items on the market. If you aren’t experienced with traditional RPGs, you might want to check the Star Wars options out. Any fan of the films, comic books or video games will probably be interested in what they find.
To find out more about these items, check out the article on TheForce.Net.
Anyone who really knows me has probably heard my ramblings about how much I love the original Final Fantasy VII, one of the greatest video games of all-time. I’ve never been fond of the direction Final Fantasy VII sequels have taken us since the classic PS1 title. Fortunately, I recently discovered ‘Avalanche’ which is a 3rd-person action game. You don’t quite get the RPG experience, but it’s a lot of fun. The story basically takes place just after the events of the original FF VII. You play as Tifa who is loaded with all kinds of cool special weapons and powerful attacks. Unfortunately, this isn’t a Square licensed game, but I hope they take a look at this game and learn from it. It amazes me how great “freeware” titles still are. If you’re a big FF fan, don’t miss out on this one.
The Xbox brand has never been one to host the best RPGs, but it hasn’t been from Microsoft’s lack of trying. We got a taste of traditional RPG goodness with Lost Odyssey, Eternal Sonata, and Blue Dragon and Square Enix has just announced the next wave of RPGs for the system.
The biggest surprise is probably that Star Ocean: The Last Hope, once believed to be PS3-exclusive, is headed to the Xbox 360 in 2009. It’s likely that it wont be completely exclusive to the Xbox 360, but it should still come as a bit of shock to fans of the series as it had never left Sony’s camp before.
Other games previewed at the Microsoft RPG Press Event in Japan, by way of Famitsu.com, were Infinite Undiscovery (due Sept. 2 in North America), Tales of Vesperia (dropping August 7 in Japan), and The Last Remnant which will simultaneously release in all regions this winter on the Xbox 360 — the PS3 version following some time after.
Considered one of the best PC games of all time, Warren Spector’s (who works for Disney Interactive now) Deus Ex will be made available on GameTap for free play after an initial 15-second ad-gasm.
While a bit dated, the game warrants a play — it’s free! — as it was one of the first shooters to incorporate RPG elements into the gameplay. It’s not the most trigger-happy title, but its branching paths and cyperpunk story line should keep you well entertained. Deus Ex 3 is currently in development by Eidos Montreal so this should serve as a primer before that game sees the light of day.
Via ShackNews
Lockpick Entertainment has been hard at work on a closed beta for Dreamlords The Awakening, an MMO RPG and RTS mashup, and is opening the doors for everyone to check out the game. They’re quick to point out the following in their press release:
* Free to Play.
* Recruit and manage your troops, form alliances with other players or crush them…
* Bring your Dreamlord with you all the time in the game, equip it with various exciting gear and cool stuff.
* Simplified rules system, easy to get into – hard to master.
The sequel continues the story of “the mystical Dreamlords,” as they traverse pieces of land called Patrias. Seems like an interesting enough plot for a hack-and-slash MMO. Most importantly…its free! Let us know what you think of it in the comments.
Download Dreamlords for free here.
Atlus released the official trailer for Operation Darkness, an alternate-reality WWII strategy RPG for the Xbox 360 system. The trailer depicts British SAS’ Wolf Pack as they fight Hitler’s supernatural Nazi army of vampires and zombies.
World War II games are completely played out at this point, but there’s something different about Operation Darkness. Perhaps it’s the fact that it’s an alternate-reality version of WWII that might save the game. In the game, you take on the role of a special ops team member assigned to take down Hitler’s secret army of vampires and zombies. That sounds like “B” movie material right there and that just so happens to be the kind of entertainment I like….
Thanks GT for posting the video!
The Chronicles of Spellborn (TCoS) is a MMORPG, developed by Spellborn International and distributed by Frogster Interactive, set in a post-apocalyptic fantasy world. Spellborn uses the Unreal Engine, featuring a so-called European Art approach and contains notable contributions from Jesper Kyd[1].
Spellborn distinguishes itself from other MMORPGs by emphasizing the focus on story line, separating the look and the statistics of gear, integrating PvE (Player vs Environment) and PvP (Player vs Player) and offering combat that is fast paced and more reliant on player skill[2].
Dutch band Within Temptation wrote two songs for the game.
Description via Wikipedia
Screens directly from Frogster
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