Nethergate Resurrection Released

Today Spiderweb Software announced the release of their new fantasy Role-Playing Game, Nethergate: Resurrection for Windows.

Nethergate: Resurrection is a complete, ground-up rewrite of the fantasy role-playing classic, Nethergate. It takes place in ancient Britain, a land ravaged by war. Gamers will play as the cunning Celts or the powerful Romans in a journey that will have you exploring deadly dungeons, embarking on numerous quests, and trying to rediscover and master the lost art of magic!

For more info, check out:
http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/

View Screens here:
http://www.just-rpg.com/default.asp?pid=2411

Wild Arms 5 Site Launched

XSeed Games has unveiled their official site for Wild Arms 5!
Check the site out here (http://www.wildarms5.com/).

Wild Arms 5 is the next chapter in the popular Wild Arms RPG series. The release of the game celebrates the 10th anniversary of the series and features the return of the popular HEX battle system from Wild Arms 4, an all new cast of characters, and a riveting new storyline!

Wild Arms 5 ships August 28, 2007 for the PS2 with a suggested price of $39.99.

8/16/07 Issue at Just-RPG

This week Just-RPG has a preview of the highly anticipated BioShock, the FPS/RPG from 2K Games that will be hitting store shelves shortly. We're also taking a look at Heavenly Sword on the PS3.

http://www.just-rpg.com

• BioShock Preview
• Heavenly Sword Preview
• Tabula Rasa Video
• Sins of a Solar Empire Screens
• And More!!!

Depths of Peril Demo

Soldak Entertainment has announced that a demo of Depths of Peril is now available!

Depths of Peril is a single player action RPG with strong strategy elements. Gamers will play as a barbarian faction leader protecting the city of Jorvik by destroying threatening monsters and completing quests. As a faction leader, you must handle diplomacy and trade with rival factions, battle competing leaders for leadership rights, plunder loot, explore an exciting fantasy world, and increase the strength of your faction in order to crush your enemies!

The demo allows you to play all four characters that are available in the full game up to level 7 and is under 70 MB in size. Give it a try at the link below:

http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/demos/depthsofperil/

New Games on TotalGaming.net

Stardock has announced that two new games from developer Moonpod Games have arrived on TotalGaming.net!

The first of these games is the popular indie game, Mr. Robot. In Mr. Robot players take on the role of a lowly service mechanoid as he takes on a journey throughout a massive starship to save his robot friends and rescue the ship's human cargo after the ship's computer system goes bonkers. The game features puzzles, platforming, humor and RPG-style combat!

The second game is Starscape, an action-packed arcade game with RPG elements. With most of its crew missing and its weapons systems ruined, the space research station Aegis is all but lost. As the last remaining pilot you must help rebuild the station’s defences, acquire alien technology and create your own uniquely configured set of fighters. Mine asteroids to harvest valuable resources that fuel the Aegis’ molecular furnace as you build devastating weaponry. Within the nodes of the grid you will encounter allies to aid in the struggle to escape, uncover the terrible purpose of the evil Archnid race and learn why you and the rest of the crew were brought here.

TotalGaming.net is Stardock's user-friendly digital-distribution service. TotalGaming.net is a leading provider of the very best independently developed games. Mr. Robot is now available for $19.95 and Starscape will be available soon. For more information check out the links below:

http://www.moonpod.com/.

http://www.totalgaming.net/

BioShock Early?

According to Joystiq, some Toys 'R' Us stores have released the Xbox 360 version of BioShock before the release date and the game is now availible on their shelves.

So if you live near a Toys 'R' Us and can't wait to get ahold of BioShock, go and check them out! Maybe you'll get lucky...

Read more about this story on Joystiq...

Fallout MMO News

Interplay has made a few comments regarding the upcoming Fallout MMORPG!

Despite major financial trouble over the last few years, Interplay appears to be on the uprise and has announced double the profit since this time last year. At a recent money-matters talk, Interplay officially announced plans to work on a Fallout MMO. No developer for the MMO has been announced yet, but Interplay's CEO, Harvey Caen, recently made these comments:

"With that difficult period behind us, we are focused on securing funding for development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Game based on the popular Fallout franchise."

The upcoming Fallout MMO appears to be of great importance to Interplay, and an integral part of their resurgence. Caen continued, "Along with our strategy of leveraging our existing portfolio of intellectual gaming properties, Fallout Online will play a key role in the future of Interplay."

A few months back Interplay sold all of their rights to the Fallout series to Bethesda, who is now working on Fallout 3. As part of the agreement, Interplay licensed the rights to the Fallout MMO from Bethesda and has four years to complete the game. Seeing as they are currently securing funding for it and no developer has been announced, chances are they haven't started it yet.

Thanks to Eurogamer for the news.

Space Siege Trailer

There's an all new Space Siege trailer up at the game's official site. Head on over here to check it out! It's a nifty little trailer and definitely worth a quick watch.

Space Siege, from Gas Powered Games and Sega, is a sci-fi RPG and the spiritual successor to Dungeon Siege. It's currently slated for a 2008 PC release.

8/15/07 Links

Honestly, I have no idea when all of these articles were published, but I came across a good amount of RPG-related content. RPGLand has put up several previews and a review that I missed out on before, and Strategy Informer has a lot of new stuff, so I'm linking quite a bit of their stuff here.

It looks like the RPG world is getting busy lately. It may only be August, but the holiday season is rapidly approaching, so expect a lot of new games and plenty of coverage to begin popping up. We also just saw E3 (well, a miniature E3 at least...), Comic Con and now gamers are gearing up for GenCon. Of course, we can expect an overflow of game previews from these events.

RPGLand's Jeanne d’Arc review - Their verdict on Level-5's latest? A "Great" 8 out of 10.

Persona 3 on RPGLand - A second very positive review on RPGLand, this time of Persona 3.

Wild Arms 5 Preview at RPGLand - A preview of XSEED's upcoming game in the popular Wild Arms series. They went hands on with this one.

Final Fantasy Tactics PSP Preview at RPGLand - They get hands on time with the PSP port of the classic Final Fantasy Tactics. Ok, that's the last of our RPGLand links...

Witcher Screens at Strategy Informer - Two gorgeous new screens from the highly anticipated PC RPG.

IGN Reviews Blue Dragon - Their score is 7.9, which is positive, but not quite what I was expecting of Blue Dragon. This game was receiving a lot of hype and got great scores in Japan.

GameSpy Reviews Jeanne d'Arc - 4.5 out of 5 stars from them, indicating that the new PSP RPG is great!

GameSpot's Eternal Sonota Interview - GameSpot has posted an interview with Eternal Sonota Director, Hiroya Hatsushiba.

IGN's BioShock Preview - Positive remarks about the recent BioShock demo!

Strategy Informer's Requital Interview - An interview with the lead programmer of the upcoming PC RPG.

Shadow Hearts: From the New World on Strategy Informer - A recent take on a PS2 RPG from a few years back. The score is quite a bit lower than that of many RPG lovers.

Eternal Sonata Interview on Strategy Informer - Our second Eternal Sonata interview of the day.

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Atari's DnD: Tactics Ships

Atari has announced that Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics has hit stores across North America, exclusively for the PSP.

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics is a turn-based tactical role-playing game and the first D&D game for the PSP.

D&D: Tactics features an original storyline based in the D&D universe. Gamers will take on the role of a mortal child caught in the middle of a conflict between two dragons striving for godhood. Players will play through a series of adventures, completing various objectives and choosing between whether to follow the forces of good or evil along the way.

All of the base character classes from D&D are playable, including Barbarian, Bard, Cleric, Druid, Fighter Monk, Paladin, Ranger, Rogue, Sorcerer and Wizard. There are also two psionic classes available, the Psion and the Psychic Warrior. Players are able to customize their characters and store as many as their memory stick can handle.

Dungeons & Dragons: Tactics is available now for $39.95.

Fury Release Date Announced

Gamecock has announced the release date for their upcoming PC MMORPG, Fury, to be October 09, 2007.

Fury is a PvP MMO created by Australian developers, Auran. It combines intense FPS gameplay with the depth and character advancement of an RPG. It will be the first title published under the Gamecock banner.

Find out more information or pre-order the game at:
http://www.gamecocklove.com/
www.unleashthefury.com

Heroes of Mana Ships

Square Enix has announced that Heroes of Mana is shipping to retailers today across North America, exclusively for the Nintendo DS.

Heroes of Mana is an exciting real-time strategy game that promises to breathe new life into the series and take it into an entirely new direction. For the first time in the Mana series, players will plan, plot and strategize their way to victory on the battlefield, all through the intuitive Touch Screen capabilities of the Nintendo DS!

Heroes of Mana is now availible in stores for $39.99.

The Mana RPG series has a pretty big cult following, so I'm curious to see how well the new strategy emphasis goes over with fans of the series.

Atlus Ships Persona 3

After a slight delay, Atlus has announced that Persona 3 is shipping to retailers nationwide!

Persona 3 is the newest entry in the popular Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series. Fans have been looking forward to this release for nearly 8 years!

Making the game's release even better, each copy of the game is a deluxe edition package, featuring a 52-page full color art book and soundtrack CD! Look for Persona 3 in stores starting today!

BioShock Owns.

Yes, BioShock Owns!

If you haven't downloaded the demo off of Xbox Live Marketplace yet, then I highly recommend that you do! It's a lot of fun and has made me even more excited to play the final version upon release.

I don't want to say too much, because I don't want to spoil the demo for you... just go play it and you won't be sorry. It's free, after all. Expect to see a PC demo and some coverage here on Just-RPG shortly.

Luminous Arc Ships!

Atlus has announced that Luminous Arc, the strategy RPG for the Nintendo DS, has shipped to retailers across North America!

Luminous Arc promises a traditional strategy RPG experience, enhanced with professional voice acting, an involving storyline, versatile controls, multiplayer mode, and an epic musical score! If this sounds like a game that you're interested in, then make sure to head to your local game store and check it out.

Find out more info about the game from the official site:
http://www.atlus.com/luminousarc

Xbox BioShock Demo!

2K has announced that a demo for their "genetically enhanced" first-person shooter, BioShock, is now available on Xbox Live Marketplace.

Gamers who experience the Xbox demo will find themselves in the world of Rapture, an underwater utopia torn apart by civil war. Players will be able to experiment with weapons and plasmids, and get a sneak peek as the game's story begins to unfold.

A PC demo will also be available later this month. BioShock will be available exclusively on Xbox 36 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft and Games For Windows in North America on August 21, 2007 and in Europe beginning August 24, 2007.

So... go download the demo now.