PlayStation

Classic Japan-Only RPG Remaster Looks Beautiful On PSP

Walk Over My Corpse (Ore no Shikabane wo Koeteyuke) is one of the great Japanese RPGs of the PS1 era that was never released outside of Japan. With its Sumi-e style graphics, complex class-based battle system and in-depth breeding mechanic, missing out on it is truly a loss for RPG fans the world over.


May 22, 2012
PC

Diablo III: The Kotaku Review

Plagued with disconnects and shot through with lag, the May 15 launch of Diablo III had players and press alike railing against the always-online nature of the latest entry in the genre-defining action role-playing series. While not entirely unexpected, those unfortunate events punctuated the problems with requiring constant external server access for a single-player game.


May 1, 2012
News

Report: Square Enix Stalling Unannounced RPG Shooter From Nier Dev

Square Enix has been working on an RPG-slash-shooter called Catacombs, gaming site Siliconera reports today.


April 17, 2012
PC

Wasteland 2 Has Now Made $3m From People Like You

The grassroots initiative to generate a sequel to old-school CRPG Wasteland wrapped up last night by getting more than triple the amount that InXile Entertainment was asking for. In addition to the $US2,933,147 raised on Kickstarter, $US108,803 has donated through PayPal.


April 5, 2012
Mobile

The Shadowrun Video Game You’ve Always Wanted

For more than two decades pen-and-paper role-players have been losing themselves in the dirty streets and glimmering megacorps of Shadowrun, yet only four largely forgettable video games have explored the setting’s unique mix of cyberpunk and urban fantasy. Series creator Jordan Weisman would like to fix this oversight.


March 20, 2012
PC

Having One Class Is Never Enough For An RPG

The open Beta test for RAGNAROK Online 2: Legend of the Second started in Korea on February 22 of this year. With completely new graphics, systems and quests, the only thing intact from the original RAGNAROK Online is its settings and world.


March 16, 2012
PC

Skyrim’s Newest Update Makes Views To A Kill Much More Awesome

You’re still playing Skyrim. With content from the game’s Creation Kit making the game more weird and grand on a daily basis, why wouldn’t you be? But maybe you’re a bit tired of how all your finishing blows looks the same. Worry no more, Dovahkiin!


March 5, 2012
In Real Life

How One Teacher Turned Sixth Grade Into An MMO

Editor’s Note: Ben Bertoli is a long-time Kotaku reader and commenter, a lifetime, dedicated video gamer and a sixth-grade teacher in Indiana. He reached out to Kotaku this past week to share the story of how he turned his class into a role-playing game. The enthusiasm and motivation of the children in Bertoli’s class evoke the success stories seen in gamified experiences such as Fitocracy. Here, Bertoli explains his creation, ClassRealm, how it works and what motivated him to develop it.


March 1, 2012
PC

The Latest Game Of Thrones Screens Cover New Ground

While Cyanide Studio’s Game of Thrones role-playing game will take players to plenty of familiar locales, it also features original settings created to fit in with existing A Song Of Ice And Fire lore. Welcome to Castlewood.


February 29, 2012
PC

Baldur’s Gate Website Lurches To Life

It’s been 11 years since PC role-playing gamers claimed the throne of Bhaal, Lord of Murder, bringing BioWare’s epic Baldur’s Gate series to a satisfying close, but has the entire tale been told? New developments at the game’s website suggest there’s still life in the old death god yet.