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Roguebook’s first free game update will add new cards in the Gem Mines

July 7, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Deck-building game Roguebook is enjoyable enough that Nate stopped playing Hearthstone long enough to tell you so in his Roguebook review. The Slay The Spire-alike designed by Richard Garfield of Magic: The Gathering fame brings some swell extra twists to the roguedecklikebuilder genre. After launching last month, it’s already teasing its first free game update coming soon with new battles, cards, and and more. You can spot the trailer for that, and its most recent patch notes, down here. Read more

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Upcoming gothic fantasy roguelike Rogue Lords makes you play as a cheating devil

May 6, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Rogue Lords is an upcoming gothic fantasy roguelike being developed by Cyanide Studio (the creators of Blood Bowl and Styx), and it’s set to release this year. It caught my eye when it was first announced amidst the notE3 celebrations last year, mostly due to the eerie aesthetic and cool concept art shown during publisher Nacon’s announce-a-thon stream. But today, the devs released a new gameplay trailer that’s piqued my interest once more, because it shows that players can kind of cheat to win runs. Read more

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Blood Bowl 3 coming to PC and consoles in August 2021

February 8, 2021VG247

Cyanide Studio’s newest video game interpretation of Games Workshop tabletop game, Blood Bowl 3, is launching in August this year.In a new statement, publisher Nacon has announced that Blood Bowl 3 will come to PC via Steam, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch this summer.The announcement about the American Football-inspired Warhammer-based game was made, unsurprisingly, off the back of the Superbowl hype that built up until last night, and whose hangover-like effects you can see on the internet today.Check out the new Blood Bowl 3 trailer below, showing off a fictional in-world beverage called…

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The Lord of the Rings: Gollum release pushed into 2022

January 26, 2021VG247

By Stephany Nunneley, Tuesday, 26 January 2021 19:55 GMT The game was slated to be released this year.The Lord of the Ring: Gollum will not be released this year after all, and will instead arrive sometime in 2022.Alongside the news, it was announced that NACON and Daedalic Entertainment signed a co-publishing and distribution agreement for the game. The two companies decided to join forces to “ensure that the game will meet the expectations of fans”. In this story-driven action-adventure, you play as Gollum, trying to find his Precious. You will climb, leap and sneak your way past dangers or into…

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Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood shows off wolf stealth

January 22, 2021RockPaperShotgun

World Of Darkness ’em up Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Earthblood is just around the corner, so the developers over at Cyanide Studio have begun releasing some videos to show off a closer look at how it plays. Today’s developer diary gets into your werewolf’s rage resource but I’ve gotta say that what really caught my eye was the wolf stealth bits. (more…)

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The Sinking City returns to stores, but its legal troubles are ongoing

January 6, 2021RockPaperShotgun

Lovecraftian RPG The Sinking City is available to buy again, after an ongoing legal dispute between developers Frogwares and publishers Nacon saw it removed from digital storefronts back in August. According to a statement from Nacon, the dispute is still pending in French courts. But, for now at least, The Sinking City is back for sale on Xbox One, and will be available on Steam and PS4 again soon. (more…)

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Colonial fantasy RPG GreedFall will launch an expansion

November 30, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Fantasy colonial RPG GreedFall launched back in September 2019 with a modest splash. I thought perhaps we’d heard the end of the latest game made by Spiders but the developers have now announced that they’re actually planning new content and an expansion. It comes alongside the announcement that Spiders will be releasing GreedFall for the new PlayStations and Xbox boxes. (more…)

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Blood Bowl 3 closed beta coming early 2021

November 15, 2020VG247

Cyanide Studio’s latest take on the Games Workshop tabletop game, Blood Bowl 3, will enter closed beta early next year.Publisher Nacon and developer Cyanide have announced that any players that pre-order the game will be able to access the beta when it launches in early 2021.Currently, it seems to be only PC players that will get to demo the game early – the official blog post notes that players who pre-order Blood Bowl: Second Season Edition will get sent a Steam code to get into the Blood Bowl 3 closed beta “as soon as it opens in early 2021”.If you…

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Blood Bowl 3 continues Games Workshop’s fantasy sport in 2021

August 27, 2020RockPaperShotgun

Following a brief and vague announcement, publishers Nacon today revealed that Blood Bowl 3 is coming in 2021 with more violent fantasy American football. Cyanide Studio’s latest adaptation of the Games Workshop tabletop warsportsgame is building on the latest version, with the new teams and rules of the Second Season Edition. Today’s new trailer doesn’t have any of the game in action, but it does show some downright unsporting equipment like lawnmowers and tentacles. (more…)

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