It has been well over a year since The Banner Saga successfully completed its stint on Kickstarter. Since then Stoic Studio has been busy toiling away on their tactical RTS. Soon we will see the fruits of their labor, after they announced that The Banner Saga will be released January…

Matt and Trey have spoken out about the current release about South Park: The Stick of Truth. “We always wanted the game to feel like you’re actually in an episode of South Park,” says Matt Stone and Trey Parker. “Getting the game up to the crappy standards of the show…

Time and time again CD Projekt RED have taken the clear stance of vocally having no DRM in their PC games. This time is no different after stating The Witcher 3 will have "absolutely no DRM". These comes through a post on their official blog and expanded on the meaning of…

Neocore games, developer of The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing, has released its new Arcane Mechanic DLC today. The DLC allows players to get to to grips with a new class in the action-RPG, who specializes in the weird science aspect of the game. Using an array of dastardly machines…

 Featuring both the Shadows of Amn and The Throne of Bhaal, as well as four extra companions, Baldur's Gate 2: Enhanced Edition will be the ultimate edition of one of the industries best RPG experiences. The game can be pre-purchased from the Beamdog site for $24.95. The game will be released…

Divine Divinity isn't the most catchy of names, but such was the name of the first title in the Divinity series. The kickstarter title, Divinity: Original Sin, will be the fifth game in a series strangely fascinated by dragons. When the game smashed its Kickstarter goal of $400,000, with a…

Ubisoft have released the date that the highly anticipated RPG, South Park: The Stick of Truth, will be hitting store shelves. Hitting shelves on December 13th, South Park: The Stick of Truth will be available on Xbox 360 and PS3 consoles. The game will also be available for PC, however…

The story for Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII is a little complicated. While Final Fantasy XIII itself wasn't overly complicated, XIII-2 added time travel and everything got weird. The basic summary involves the death of Lightning's sister Sarah and the ending of time brought about by the death of the…

There has always been one thing that has bothered me about RPGs. This is a genre based around the size and scope of a world, full of wonderfully written characters to spend upwards of 100+ hours with sometimes. As the name denotes you play a role, you fill a space…

Aerith or Aeris, whatever the spelling many gamers remember the sweet flower girl from Final Fantasy VII. Having one of the most , if not THE most, memorable death scenes in all of gaming history, she is one of the most fondly remembered characters from the PS1 era. Square Enix…

While only available on iOS, the Infinity Blade series has a respectable amount of fans who enjoy the Punch-Out!! style of fantasy gameplay. Announced alongside the unveiling of the Apple iPhone 5S, Infinity Blade III is a great way of showing off the phones power. Managing to look rather slick…

In a recent interview with RockPaperShotgun, Bioware's Mike Laidlaw has laid-out the world of Dragon Age: Inquisition with a little more detail. Foregoing the open-world many people had gotten the impression Dragon Age: Inquisition would have, Laidlaw set the record straight. “Open world” I think is a really loaded term,” he…

 At the Sony Computer Entertainment Japan and Asia press conference company Kadokawa Games have announced their new titles, known as Natural Doctrine, which will be released on PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. So far only the announcement has been made, alongside a trailer which defines the game as a, "Fantasy Simulation RPG."…

Dragon Age: Origins was an amazingly ambitious game for its time, which sadly the sequel failed to capitalize on. Bioware is going full-force with their third entry to the franchise, so much so one generation of consoles just isn't enough. In Dragon Age: Inquisition Bioware are changing the world of…

Shadowrun Returns is the first major Kickstarter game to be released since crowdfunding became popular amongst developers wanting to try something different. Bringing back the tabletop series to the virtual world, is it a good game with old-school sensibilities, or can you not teach old dogs new tricks? What is…

Project Phoenix is a Kickstarter unlike any you ever will have seen. It features talented individuals form all corners of the game industry (with credits including several Final Fantasies, The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim, Valkyria Chronicles, L.A. Noire, Diablo III, Halo 4, Crysis 3, the list goes on) coming together to…

  After the dramatic PS4 reveal trailer, Deep Down has been on the down-low, skipping E3 with Capcom staying quiet. The silence is now broken with this short little teaser for the PS4 exclusive. You may notice something if you care to look at logos and other official emblems, it…

Mario and Luigi Dream Team Bros Players: 1 Genre: RPG Platform: 3DS Developer: AlphaDream Shying away from the Paper Mario side, Nintendo have taken us back to the pure RPG side for the Year of Luigi and while we at VGU really enjoyed Paper Mario Sticker Star, we also all agreed…

Gloria Victis is a Low-Fantasy Medieval MMORPG which seeks to combine classic RPG gaming with the modern MMO model to create something new. This latest video sheds some light on both the world of Gloria Victis and the combat system within. It should be noted that Gloria Victis is still…

Cube world is a rather promising looking little game. A multiplayer open-world RPG may not sound amazing, but throw in voxel graphics and the world being entirely procedurally-generated and that may be a winner. Initially conceived by one man, wollay, the game looks a lot like a more developed 3D…

Independent games developer ‘Dreamatrix’ is proud to announce the worldwide release and availability of their highly anticipated fantasy RPG, ‘Legends Of Dawn’, on the Steam store. This incredibly immersive and addictive RPG is now available for purchase at a special introductory price of USD $19.99, with 20% additional discount exclusively…