Like the AK-47, the Soviet RPG-7 rocket propelled grenade has become one of the most widely-distributed infantry weapons on Earth, used by everyone from E8 nations to guerrilla insurgency groups in every major conflict since Vietnam. But their ubiquitousness nature has kicked off a global race focused on how to beat them.
Angry Birds is one of the most popular mobile game franchises of all time. There have been several games launched in the series and until the Angry Birds Go racing game landed, most of the apps had the same basic game play. A new Angry Birds game had been teased with the tagline “The Most Epic Soft Launch Ever.”
It appears that the word “Epic” was a hint at the next game. Reports have surfaced along with some screen shots that call the new game Angry Birds Epic. The game is rumored to be a narrative, turn-based strategy RPG. If that is accurate, it will be a big change from its traditional game play.
The game will be free to play and will be supported via in-game purchases. Screenshots tease “epic” upgrades that involve upgrades for your characters and more. Those weapons and upgrades are tipped to be items that the player crafts in the game. Unsurprisingly, to speed up the crafting process, gamers are said to be able to purchase the upgrades in the game with real money.
Angry Birds Epic will land first in Australia and Canada. There’s no word on exactly when it will be released.
[AngryBirdsNest via NDTV]
One of the major points of contention when Diablo III released on PC and Mac last year was an auction house where you could use real money to buy high-level gear. That’s changing next March 18th when developer Blizzard closes the doors on the controversial feature, as well as the in-game currency auction house. In a post on Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment Production Director John Hight writes that, despite the auction house’s benefits, it “ultimately undermines Diablo‘s core game play: kill monsters to get cool loot.” In the video embedded below, Hight and Game Director Josh Mosquiera stress that they’re focusing on making murdering nightmare creatures the most satisfying way of getting rad gear — not spending ducats, real or otherwise. If you want a preview of what an auction house-free Diablo III looks like right now, check out the recent PS3 and Xbox 360 ports — they’re super good!
Via: Joystiq
Source: Battle.net
If you love playing RPGs, perhaps you’ve imagined what skills and prerequisites you’d need to have in the real world to reach your desired job or level of success. The folks at web development agency 352 Media thought of doing the same thing to their profession and created Dungeons & Developers, an RPG-style skill tree that outlines what you need to learn to become a master web developer.
As with a typical RPG, each icon in the tree represents a skill. The skills involve learning about things like CSS, AJAX & APIs and Advanced DB Management. When you learn a skill, your character gains stats and unlocks more advanced skills. But 352 Media took their geeky project a step further and made it possible so you could actually use the skill tree to help you learn about web development and keep track of your progress while you’re learning. Each skill contains a link to an educational resource such as a tutorial. Your skill tree is tied to a unique URL, so you can bookmark it to save your progress, then check back to see if you’re bound to level up.
Once you’ve learned a skill, simply left click its icon to add a point into it. Right-click on a learned skill to subtract a point. You cheater. Speaking of cheating, Dungeons & Developers also has a god mode. 352 Media says you can unlock 100% completion if you “go old school.”
Head to Dungeons & Developers to check out the skill tree. As a fan of RPGs I can’t help but point out that the tree is misleading. It’s missing a few arrows for the other prerequisites needed to unlock the ultimate skill. It’s no biggie though, just know that all of the skills at the second to the last row need to be learned before you can unlock Web Development Mastery. The earliest you can do that is at level 26, so get grinding!
[via Boing Boing]
If you spend hours immersed in MMO raids, you likely value anything that helps you click faster. It’s a good thing that Razer has just overhauled its Naga mouse, then. The 2014 model year now uses mechanical switches for its signature 12 side buttons, offering clearer feedback with each press. There’s also a new tilting scroll wheel, in-game customization software and a tweaked grip that should fit a wider selection of hands. That includes left hands, we’d add — Razer is shipping its promised left-handed Naga alongside the regular model. No matter your input preferences, you can buy the new RPG-friendly mouse today for $80.
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals
Source: Razer
The iPad is no stranger to nostalgia-filled gaming sessions, and today Apple’s platform is welcoming yet another popular OG title into its hefty ranks. More specifically, we’re referring to Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, a game which will surely bring a great deal of excitement to those who were avid fans of the original BioWare RPG back in the day. Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic is up for grabs now, but be prepared to pay a slight premium for it, since the near-2GB App Store download costs a cool 10 bucks. But hey, not too bad if you’d like to use an iPad to show your custom-made character what life was like before the Galactic Empire even existed.
Filed under: Gaming, Tablets, Software
Source: App Store
If you’re going to bring the well-loved, 30-year-old Fighting Fantasy book series to digital screens, you’d better do it right. Fortunately, Sorcery! does. The game is based on the original choose-your-own-adventure series written by Lionhead Studios co-founder Steve Jackson, with a few modern adjustments. The iOS game sidesteps the need for organic books and (unfortunately) our tried-and-tested multi-fingered bookmarking system, digitally keeping note of all your decisions along the way — in short, no cheating. Making use of the new medium, there are now touch-based sword fights to help break up the wordy play-by-play descriptions of what you’re doing. The initial installment is available now for $5 at the App Store, with the remaining three parts expected to follow later this year.
Filed under: Gaming, Software, Mobile
Source: Sorcery (App Store)
A company called Inkwell Ideas has come up with dice that can help budding dungeon masters or spice up the adventures of long-time parties. Aside from being numbered, each face on a DungeonMorphs die contains a piece of a map. Roll the five dice and voila, you get a randomized area.
Note that each face on all five dice is unique, meaning you have 7,776 combinations with just that one set. Get more sets and you get a bigger and more varied dungeon.
ThinkGeek is selling the Adventurer Set of DungeonMorphs Dice for $20 (USD), but there are two additional sets available on Inkwell Ideas’ website.
[via Nerd Approved]
It was close to a year ago when Capcom, Namco Bandai and SEGA announced they would be teaming up to work on its Project X Zone Nintendo 3DS game. And after several months of development time, publisher Namco Bandai has announced the game will be made available on the 3DS on June 25th in North America.
Project X Zone will star Namco Bandai, SEGA and Capcom characters in a strategy RPG. The inclusion of characters from each developer’s roster is explained the in game’s story, which revolves around a stolen ancient treasure known as the Portalstone. The game’s roster will include stars of such franchise’s as Resident Evil, Street Fighter, Darkstalkers, Tekken, Rival Schools and Mega Man X. Yes – we know the majority of these franchises are from Capcom’s stable of titles, but we’re sure we’ll hear about more stars from Namco Bandai and SEGA’s camp when we get closer to Project X Zone’s release date. Until then, keep your Nintendo 3DS fully charged to prepare yourself for the moment this interesting looking mashup RPG game releases.
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Dwarven Forge is known in the tabletop gaming world as a provider of high quality miniature terrain. But with high quality comes a high price tag. Until now. The company has launched a Kickstarter fundraiser for their new product called Game Tiles. They’re more affordable that Dwarven Forge’s current sets but are still durable and beautiful.
As you can see the tiles are meant to evoke a dungeon setting. Each set of Game Tiles is made of 34 pieces, which consists of straight walls, corner walls, floors and swinging doors. With the exception of the doors, all of the pieces have a 2″ x 2″ area, so you can rearrange them as you see fit and even combine multiple sets together. Game Tiles will come in two variants: one that’s been pre-painted and one with a uniform dark gray finish.
Here’s Dwarven Forge’s Kickstarter pitch:
Pledge at least $65 (USD) on Kickstarter to get a set of Game Tiles. I don’t even play tabletop RPGs anymore and I still want a set.
[via Geekosystem]
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