From the look of things there, is plenty of tomahawk killing action. The trailer also shows our new Indian main character racing through the snowy woods as George Washington rallies the troops, plenty of redcoats dying by tomahawk and lots of running and jumping. The new scenery is a welcome change and it all looks great.

The game will be released on October 30th, and you can pre-order it over on Amazon now. I’m looking forward to this one since I love history. Hopefully at least some of this game turns out to be historically accurate. Mostly I just want to kill some evil redcoats with tomahawks, though.

[via Ubergizmo]

This Launch Date announcement trailer is sick! Like the trailer says “Get ready to joy puke your face off!” Just watch the video and you will understand. This game looks freaking amazing. There are more huge guns, more huge creatures and more ass-kicking all around. You get a new ride, new characters, new skills and a whole lot more. The game will have the campaign mode of course, along with a four-player co-op mode and split-screen.

Vault hunting has never looked so insane. Borderlands 2 should arrive on September 18th, and you can pre-order it now over on Amazon. Having watched the video, I now can not wait to play this game.

While there was never an official release date, we expected the game to land in 2011, which never happened. Then we heard the game would launch this month, and now we learn again that the game is delayed yet again. Activision announced during its financial report that there are no games to be delivered in Q1 of 2012. It looks like the soonest we will see Diablo III will be Q2 2012 – sometime between April and June. While you wait, sit back and enjoy opening cinematic from the game – which you won’t be playing any time soon:

Diablo III is still expected to launch this year, but the reality is that even that Q2 2012 launch date is unconfirmed at this point. Activision did state that two games are expected to launch from Blizzard this year. Diablo III is one of them, but the other title we aren’t sure of. It is expected to be Starcraft II, but there are other projects in the works at Blizzard as well.

[via Gamespot]

The ePawn Arena is designed for games which use physical pieces, such as Dungeons and Dragons style RPG games and the demo below shows how figurines placed on the arena can interact with each other. For instance, the figures can attack each other with weapons and magic spells, but if a map is programmed with walls the attacking figure’s spells will be blocked. Pretty cool no?

This device won’t just work with RPGs, of course. It’ll also work well for games like chess, backgammon, and even air hockey. They are also offering an SDK for iOS (current), Android and PC platforms (future) so developers can make their own games which use the technology.

They’re also working on a version of the technology which doesn’t use a display at all, but allows you to play with pieces on top of a traditional gaming surface, and then send the information back to your device.

ePawn is hoping to have their first device in stores later this year for about $400(USD) for a 26-inch LCD gaming board. That’s not a terrible intro price and it will come down in time. Keep in mind that’s the board itself will require a smartphone, tablet or PC to work, but since most of us already have one or all of those, that shouldn’t be a problem.

[via Dvice]

It may not be as engrossing as the real game, but it will add a few hours to your gameplay. That is, if you are reading this, which you aren’t, since you are playing Skyrim or napping a scant two hours so that you can play more.

So what are you waiting for? Grab the Skyrim Monopoly board over at DeviantArt. There are even coins and game cards you can print out too.

When will this epidemic end? Don’t ask me. I’m going back to my game now.

[via Geekosystem via Neatorama]

Not only that but players are also putting in an average of five hours a day in the game, totaling 28 million hours logged. Here are still more crazy numbers. 3.8 million characters have been created, over 1 million of which are famous light saber users.

And in case you are wondering about the Light Side versus Dark Side stats, as it stands now, Sith Warriors outnumber Jedi Knights; 550,000 to 510,000. Plus, over 2 billion NPCs have already died in The Old Republic. Yes, I think it’s safe to say that they have a hit on their hands.

[via Shacknews via Geek]

The delays were due to working out the bugs, and generally making sure that the game met Blizzard’s high standards. So it was pushed to 2012. And now there is light at the end of the treasure- and demon- filled tunnel.

Rumor has it that the release might be in the beginning of the new year. Amazon France now has the game listed as arriving on the February 17, 2012 and it can be pre-ordered from their website for €49.90 ($66 USD). Of course, if you don’t live in Europe, you’ll want to order a local copy to make sure you get the correct region. Hopefully, this is accurate as we are all sick and tired of waiting.

[via Ubergizmo]

You, player of roles, honor the old ways. Sell your loot and complete your quests until you have gathered $23 (USD). Then journey to the merchant SEIBEI to purchase this commemorative armor. Crafted in the image of the fabled Beatles homage by Experimental Jetset.

The game will require a constant internet connection and there is no offline mode. You can only play online as you can in World of Warcraft. There will be no single player missions to learn on as there were in the past Diablo titles. The bigger bad news is that Blizzard has specifically disallowed game mods and bots. That means no hacks for new game play sadly.

The final bit of bad news is that all of the items in the online auction houses will be sold for real world money. That means rather than farming for gold and making loot killing things, you will have to get out your wallet. There are locks in place though that prevents low-level characters from just buying the best weapons. Some items are locked to specific level characters.

[via Rockpapershotgun]

…six classes:

… and five alignments:

The idea is to pick one from each category and blend them to create your own unique scent, a nod to the character creation process in most role-playing games. It’s a neat idea, sure, but will the resulting amalgamation always be fragrant? It’s up to you to find out! Journey to the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab and sample the RPG series; prepare $17.50 gold coins (USD) for each scent. I hope you roll up a nice-smelling character.

[via Neatorama]

Camelot Software, developers of upcoming game Golden Sun: Dark Dawn – the first DS game of the Golden Sun series – were smart enough to include links to information about people, places and events when they are mentioned in conversations. In the example shown above, tapping Matthew’s name would make the encyclopedia entry to the right pop up on the top screen of the DS. Simple but extremely practical, especially if you’re new to the series. This is one feature that needs to be emulated industry-wide. It’s a shame Golden Sun’s doesn’t have hyperlinks within the hyperlinked encyclopedia entries, though.

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn will be released on November 29, 2010. You can pre-order it on Amazon for $35 (USD).

[via Joystiq]

I always wondered what went through all those people’s minds in RPGs when you come through their homes and start smashing up the place to look for goodies. Watch the clip below (and listen)…

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[via tastefully offensive]

As you’ll see in the screenshots below, there’s plenty to do in the world of Boring RPG (which apparently is Middle Earth). You can chat, set up a shop, manage your inventory. The cooldown of the click increases after each click; anyone familiar with online games will realize that here’s where the site makes money – you can buy tokens for more clicks. Prices start at 8 tokens for a $1(USD), all the way to 2,500 tokens for $100. You can also find tokens as you adventure, and if you don’t want ‘em you can sell them to other players.

Bored? Sign up and get clicking. The developers of this game should make a mobile version. I’m actually surprised that these fun clicking RPGs don’t have iOS/Android apps yet. Now if you’ll excuse me, I have a button to click. I hope I run into that blind falcon again.

[via reddit]

If you’ve ever played any table top RPGs, you’ve probably heard of the Cthulhu Mythos. It was one of the first systems that made it fun to go just plain bonkers. The trick of the game was to just remain sane enough to play.

That being said, these plush Cthulhu shouldn’t make you go crazy, but they’ll sure remind you of Lovecraft’s disturbed universe, wherever you put them. A bunch of different cute and cuddly Cthulhu accessories are available over at Entertainment Earth.

This is probably the first and only time we’ll ever see the Blue Screen of Death as a hero. The real surprise? There are zero pixel penis heroes. Good job, gamers!

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Below is Atlus’ first video walkthrough for the game. If you’ve played the PS2 version before you’ll barely see anything new in the video, but you will see what I think is one of the best features in the PSP version. If you’ve played any Persona game you know that there’s a lot of running to and fro involved in the series, and that’s a bit tiring even in the console versions, but if you look closely at the video you’ll notice the streamlined travel interface in the PSP version. Instead of having to manually control your characters on the field map, people, objects and places that you can interact with are marked on the map. All you have to do is “mouse” over the markers to interact.

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My PSP is broken, and I don’t own a PS2, which is why I’m hoping that Atlus would release a bundle for the PS3 that includes this version of Persona 3 and Persona 4. I don’t think it’ll ever happen though. Persona 3 Portable will be out on July 6, but you can already pre-order it at Amazon for $40 (USD).

[via Aeropause]

No one’s stopping you from actually using it to play D&D, just make sure your friends are okay with it. Trust me, there are people who take their D&D seriously, and will not stand for inflatable d20s.

The inflatable d20 has a diameter of 17 inches; no word if it comes in other colors. You can order one at ThinkGeek for only $12 (USD).

Final Fantasy XIII hit the shelves today in Japan where hundreds of people queued up in order to buy the  game. Sony hopes that the game will boost sales of the PS3 console for Christmas.

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Square-Enix hopes to sell at least 2 million copies of  FF XIII locally. The game will be launched in the North American and European markets on March 9th, 2010. It will also be available on Xbox 360, but not on Wii.

The Final Fantasy franchise has sold more than 92 million games worldwide since its launch in 1987.

The initial impressions posted on Kotaku say that the cut-scenes are well-directed, but I’d expect nothing less from Final Fantasy. The music is layered and complex. The game starts with resistance operatives fighting against a city of machines. Sounds pretty cool! I’m looking forward to playing this when it arrives in English.

[via Kotaku, images via Square-Enix]

Not only is the sequel spread out across two discs, but the follow-up will also feature a sprawling voice cast packed with even bigger names than the first game, which sported work from the likes of Marina Sirtis and Lance Henriksen. Actors Seth Green and Keith David will be returning for the second game, and a bevy of new actors have been added to the voice cast, from Carrie-Anne Moss and Tricia Helfer to the underrated and fabulous Oscar nominee (and Emmy winner) Shohreh Aghdashloo and Martin Sheen. In case that’s not enough, fan favorites Adam Baldwin and Michael Dorn round out the cast. I sure hope January and February are low points in the movie release schedule next year, because Hollywood is gonna be hard-pressed to pull me away from this one.

At this point, I’m not sure what’s left for the planned third game. Nathan Fillion? That’d be worth waiting for.

[via Gay Gamer]

GamePro has the details on the forthcoming sequel, but they’re not ready to give ‘em up just yet. From the image, it looks like the interface is going to be a little more straightforward and the graphics a little more slick… but really, all that matters is that you can match gems and kill dudes without getting all complicated as with their last game, Galactrix. The sci-fi setting was cool and all, but the beauty of Puzzle Quest was that you just matched gems and threw some spells around. It’s a most satisfying way of killing ghosts and goblins.

No more information as yet, but I’ll tell you one thing: if you own some sort of electronic device, you’ll probably be able to play this game. I’m surprised they didn’t release a Game Boy version last time.

[via Joystiq]