Mythic Entertainment just sent us over a press release announcing that they've reactivated all inactive Ultima Online player accounts for free until October 16th. Now's your chance to check out Stygian Abyss:<br><blockquote><b>EA AND ULTIMA ONLINE ANNOUNCE “RETURN TO BRITANNIA” CAMPAIGN IN HONOR OF ...

Deep Silver has updated their YouTube page with <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHCsjHgNnEs">a second pre-rendered trailer</a> for Piranha Bytes' Risen. This one is pretty short, too, but at least it nearly breaks the one-minute mark.<br><br>Look for Risen on store shelves this Friday.

Soldak Entertainment's Steven Peeler has penned <a href="http://www.soldak.com/Blogs/Steven/Hybrid-class-system-2.html">another blog entry</a> that continues his discussion of the hybrid class system in Din's Curse.<br><blockquote>I originally thought that we were going to have a couple of disadvant...

Gamasutra recently had the chance <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/view/feature/4146/building_experiences_the_bioware_.php">to grill BioWare co-founder Greg Zeschuk</a> about various development-related topics pertaining to Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2. An excerpt from the four-page interv...

The hardware savvy folks at PCGamesHardware.de have <a href="http://www.pcgameshardware.com/aid,696074/Risen-in-graphics-card-benchmark-test-Radeon-HD-5870-on-top/Practice/">benchmarked Risen</a> with several different video cards, including ATI's new Radeon HD 5870.<br><blockquote>The setting of Ri...

The weekend has brought us three more reviews for From Software's Demon's Souls, and they're all very favorable.<br><br><a href="http://www.frictionlessinsight.com/archives/2009/09/demons-souls-re.html">Frictionless Insight</a> clocks in at 4/5:<br><blockquote>Demon's Souls is an incredible experien...

Questions about DLC-only equipment, Windows 7 compatability, and much more have been answered in the latest developer responses on the official Dragon Age: Origins forums.<br><br>Mike Laidlaw on <a href="http://daforums.bioware.com/viewtopic.html?topic=695235&forum=135">the lack of gender-specific c...

During a chat with Microsoft Game Studios' Phil Spencer at the Tokyo Game Show, <a href="http://www.joystiq.com/2009/09/24/microsofts-phil-spencer-easily-envisions-fable-natal-crossover/">Kotaku learned</a> that the previously announced episodic version of Fable II will be released this week and tha...

Bit-tech's <a href="http://www.bit-tech.net/gaming/pc/2009/09/27/alpha-protocol-preview/">hands-on impressions of Alpha Protocol</a> seem to help dispel our newfound worries that the game won't be enough of an RPG.<br><blockquote>Just to be clear; we’re not saying that Alpha Protocol is going to be ...

Akella and .dat's Disciples III: Renaissance is the subject of <a href="http://www.gamingnexus.com/Article/Disciples-III-Renaissance-Interview/Page0/Item2340.aspx">a new interview with producer Alexey Ilyin</a> over at Gaming Nexus.<br><blockquote><b>What kind of RPG elements can folks expect to see...

We haven't heard much about Reality Pump's Two Worlds sequel lately, so it's nice to see that the editors at GamerSyndrome have slapped up <a href="http://gamersyndrome.com/video-games/preview-two-worlds-ii/">a quick preview</a> of the game.<br><blockquote>The size of the world in Two Worlds II woul...

IndustryGamers has <a href="http://www.industrygamers.com/galleries/playing-favorites-bethesdas-todd-howard/">another "playing favorites" feature</a> on offer, this time profiling Todd Howard's ten favorite video games of all time. The only RPG listed is Ultima VII - go figure:<br><blockquote>Depend...

BioWare writer Patrick Weekes <a href="http://forums.penny-arcade.com/showthread.php?t=101869">dropped by the Penny Arcade forums</a> to respond to comments about <a href="/news/static/EkVFAlVpEEZaGPUGgG.php">Mass Effect 2's newly revealed Subject Zero character</a>. A quick summary of his responses...

The editors at RPG Site spent some time with Square Enix and PopCap's Gyromancer during the Tokyo Game Show, and have since penned <a href="http://pc.rpgsite.net/previews/195/163/gyromancer-impressions.html">a quick preview</a> of the puzzle/RPG crossbreed.<br><blockquote>The game punishes move-wast...

The developer in charge of the remastered version of Divine Divinity has <a href="http://www.larian.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=386852#Post386852">paid a visit to the official forums</a> in order to point out two major changes we can expect and to request more feedback as the proje...

The folks over at GameOnn have whipped up <a href="http://www.gameonn.com/2009/09/venetica-preview/">a preview of Deck 13's Venetica</a>, though it doesn't appear to be based on any hands-on time with the game.<br><blockquote>Gameplay consists of that of a standard action RPG. You’ll be able to trav...

Blend Games <a href="http://www.cinemablend.com/games/Mass-Effect-2-Vs-Alpha-Protocol-Round-2-Replay-Factors-20070.html">continues their "Mass Effect 2 vs. Alpha Protocol" feature</a> by comparing the replayability factor that each title brings to the table.<br><blockquote>l.m.h While the spy-based ...

WarCry has posted <a href="http://www.warcry.com/articles/view/interviews/6574-Bill-Roper-Talks-Champions-Launch">a lengthy interview with Cryptic Studios' Bill Roper</a> about the recent launch of Champions Online, some of the design decisions that went into the game, and more.<br><blockquote><b>WC...

Heroic Fantasy Games continues to churn out new patches for Knights of the Chalice, with their latest efforts bringing the game up to <a href="http://www.heroicfantasygames.com/Forums/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=78">version 1.20</a>. The fixes since v1.18 (our last posting):<br><blockquote>1.20:<br>1) Attac...

BioWare's "Tome of Knowledge" wiki on the official Dragon Age: Origins website has been updated with <a href="http://social.bioware.com/wiki/dragonage/index.php/The_History_of_the_Elves">a history of the elves</a>, details for the Rogue's <a href="http://social.bioware.com/wiki/dragonage/index.php/A...