Veteran MMORPG developer Turbine (previously responsible for the likes of Asheron's Call and Dungeons & Dragons Online) has a new massively multiplayer game in town, and this one's a big licence. Translating such an epic tale ...

What did the Egyptians ever do for us, eh? Nothing. Apart from building the only surviving ancient wonder of the world, the pyramids. And inventing writing (well, hieroglyphics). And black ink, paper, the leap year and ...

If you're an RPG player, Bioware is a developer you'll be familiar with. Even those with a cursory interest in the genre will doubtless be acquainted with role-playing classics such as Baldur's Gate and Knights of ...

Interpreting dreams can be quite a simple matter. If you dream about getting on the wrong bus or train, for example, that's probably your subconscious indicating that you've lost your way in life. If you dream ...

Vanguard is the long awaited MMORPG from one of the creators of EverQuest, Brad McQuaid. It's had an interesting history. Originally it was conceived as a game for the truly 'hardcore' RPGers, challenging in the extreme. ...

World of Warcraft (WoW) has become a legend in the MMORPG arena. It now has over eight million subscribers worldwide, which is just a staggering amount. And doubtless some CEO somewhere is staggering home carrying the ...

Sam and Max have had one heck of a journey to get this far. Those with longer memories may remember the vintage days of LucasArts and its wonderful graphical adventure games: Grim Fandango, Day Of The ...

There are two ways of buying the Knights of the Nine Expansion pack for Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion. You can head to www.obliviondownloads.com and unbelt $9.99 or you can pay £14.99 for a DVD, which isn't ...

Nightfall is the latest campaign in the Guild Wars massively multiplayer online role-playing game series (or MMORPG as they're generally referred to). It isn't a typical expansion pack as it can be played standalone, as can ...

Our initial experiences with Dark Messiah weren't good. First off, we dropped the game box on our big toe when hastily removing it from the jiffy bag it arrived in. Then while it was installing, we ...

The Dungeons & Dragons game world has produced several engrossing RPGs for computers over the years, including the two Baldur's Gate titles, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment and the first Neverwinter Nights tale. They were all concerned ...

It seemed such a good idea when the game was first announced: an MMORPG where one player will have the opportunity to rule an entire world as the unquestioned champion and be given special powers to ...

They have a "gothic" night at our local nightclub. However, if you're a fan of Piranha Bytes' RPG series and turn up in your full live roleplaying clobber - wooden sword and shield, mock chainmail waistcoat ...

You can't beat a good conspiracy theory. Did you know that Tony Blair is from an ancient bloodline of alien lizard creatures? Presumably, Cherie's from a similar race with a crocodile bent, which would explain the ...

For adventure gamers the arrival of a new Broken Sword story is like discovering an oasis of creativity in the midst of a desert of mediocrity. As comfortable as a favourite pair of slippers, this fourth ...

The second you've loaded this game (and beware, you're going to need 5GB of hard drive space) you instantly feel like you're in familiar territory. When you then do a bit of research and discover that ...

We figured we were ready to explore the Dark Corners of the Earth. After all, we've been to Blackpool on a Bank Holiday weekend. We've been out in Manchester on a Saturday night. Hell, we've been ...

The Elder Scrolls are indeed an aged vintage. It's hard to believe that the original Elder Scrolls: Arena RPG was released in 1994. And today the basic philosophy remains the same: construct a huge game world ...

Imagine the scene. You're a chipper chap in the roaring thirties with a young bristly moustache, a cavalier tongue and a sports car. Or possibly a cavalier car and a sports tongue. Either way works. The ...

The first thing you should know about Fable is that it's an RPG which was originally released for the Xbox. If you already knew that, and odds are you did, then you'll also know it's a ...