Eric Watson
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Final Fantasy-inspired card battler Pixel Tactics is coming to PC
By Eric Watson published
news Level 99 Games' head-to-head card battler is launching on Steam this summer.
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Cartoonishly violent puzzle-slasher Grindstone is out next week
By Eric Watson published
news Coming to the Epic Games Store on May 20.
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The Division: Heartland closed beta gameplay footage leaks online
By Eric Watson published
news "Avoid sharing any information, including what you see in this test."
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Heroes of Might and Magic 2 fans are building it a better engine
By Eric Watson published
news The open source project is making good headway.
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Base One's modular space station building looks cool, may be a bit buggy
By Eric Watson, Tyler Wilde published
news It's another space colony sim, and this one has potential if the bug complaints are resolved.
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Blizzard and Epic vets hope to 'revolutionize' RPGs with new studio
By Eric Watson published
news The all-remote indie studio houses decades of big-budget RPG experience.
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Smelter review
By Eric Watson published
Smelting Pot Smelter combines strong platforming levels with a lackluster real-time strategy map.
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Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit in Wonder Labyrinth review
By Eric Watson published
Mini-vania The '80s and '90s live on in a new game based on the classic novel, RPG, and anime series.
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This RPG's dungeon builder is Neverwinter Nights meets Super Mario Maker
By Eric Watson published
DIY Become a Dungeon Master without having to buy three rulebooks.
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Gem Wizards Tactics is a bite-sized strategy game that pits potato wizards against corporate demons
By Eric Watson published
you fried Turns out potatoes are really good at magic.
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If Baldur's Gate 3 isn't D&D enough for you, Solasta may be the dice-obsessed RPG you're looking for
By Eric Watson published
Roll again Solasta does a great job adapting tabletop combat, but there's not much else in its Early Access release.
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Hack and slash through Hindu mythology in Raji: An Ancient Epic
By Eric Watson published
Goddess of War Ancient India is plagued by demons and performance issues.
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It took me 15 minutes and 12 deaths to beat the first enemy in Eldest Souls
By Eric Watson published
Boss Rush Ultra-challenging boss fights are the new normal in Eldest Souls.
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Foregone aims to be the next brutal 2D brawler, but it's not a roguelike
By Eric Watson published
Live Cells Foregone looks like Dead Cells, but loots like Diablo and does away with the procedurally generated structure.
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This tactical RPG mixes real-time combat and rewinding to make you a time traveling mage
By Eric Watson published
Time Bandits Iron Danger's time manipulation tools look like video editing software, but with more spells and daggers.
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The action-RPGs you should be playing
By Eric Watson published
mighty mouse Diablo and Path of Exile are great, but there's a new crop of action-RPGs worth your time today.
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Pagan Online review
By Eric Watson published
Godsless Combining the loot-fest of Diablo with MOBA-style heroes.
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The best Pagan Online heroes to hack through the horde
By Eric Watson published
Pagan Pasting Each character offers drastically different approaches, so choose wisely.
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Gloomhaven on Steam isn’t a full adaptation of the stellar board game, but it's a strong start
By Eric Watson published
board-like Now in Early Access, digital Gloomhaven offers a singleplayer roguelike slice of the full board game campaign, coming in 2020.
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Diablo meets Destiny with action-RPG Killsquad, and it's a damn good time
By Eric Watson published
Strong start Killsquad does a surprisingly good job mixing its many looting, shooting, action-RPG inspirations together.
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The Legend of Grimrock devs are back with Druidstone, a new tabletop-inspired tactical RPG
By Eric Watson published
Interview Druidstone: The Secret of Menhir Forest is out on May 15, and we talked to its creators about moving on from Grimrock.
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Last Epoch puts a brilliant new twist on the Diablo and Path of Exile skill systems
By Eric Watson published
Necromancy The action-RPG, now in Early Access, still needs lots of work, but its skill system is already great.
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Cthulhu goes post-apocalyptic in Stygian: Reign of the Old Ones
By Eric Watson published
Collect call It's the end of the world as we know it.