D&D is a blast of a game, but if you’ve played a lot of it, you and your group may be open to something different or merely to experiment. That’s when one of the following role-playing games comes into play. Here are some of the best role-playing games that aren’t D&D for you to try next. Pathfinder Let’s just getPathfinderout of the way, as I’m sure every single one of you has heard about it....

At least give me Donkey Kong Country Back in September, Nintendo Switch Online celebrated its first anniversary of being a sub-par online service by adding something fans had wanted since it debuted: SNES games. The Super Nintendo is arguably one of the best consoles of all time and its catalog is a rich smorgasbord of platformers, RPGs, fighting games, andtimeless sports classics. Younger generations may not see the appeal, but if you’re around my age, you no doubt have your own story about the joy the system brought....

According to Rovio’s own blog,Angry Birds Spacehas just hit 50 million downloads in a little over a month. They also state that the game broke all of their previous sales records (which are probably mobile wide, and set by Rovio themselves), and is obviously a rip-roaring success. In addition to some earned boasting, the blog also hints that “something even bigger is on the way.”Angry Birds Space Seasons, perhaps? While it would be easy to look at the success of theAngry Birdsfranchise solely from a digital angle, the IP itself is still fairly popular in brick and mortar stores....

What’s your rule on a Cherry Bakewell? Right now in North America, theSplatoon 2community are battling it out on the Nintendo Switch shooter in the latest head-to-head splatfest. Later on todaywe’ll find out exactly which is the best chip dip, Salsa or Guacamole. However, we Europeans shouldn’t feel left out, as Nintendo has graced us with our own God-awful topic with which to draw a line in the sand (or cream) and face off....

Excitement for Obsidian Entertainment’s upcoming action-RPGAvowedhas no doubt ramped up since it was shown off at Developer Direct. Since then, some extended footage has been doing the rounds, with an in-depth discussion about the game from its two directors. In the recent video from the official Xbox podcast, Game Director Carrie Patel and Gameplay Director Gabe Paramo take us through some moments fromAvowed‘s Shatterskarp area. We get a pretty tasty morsel of what’s to come from Obsidian’s next release (though it needs to be said that all footage is from the alpha build currently)....

That’s even cooler than the turtle-tank There’s really nothing more that needs to be said aboutDefender’s Quest II: Mist of Ruinfor me to be interested in it — that’s how much I liked the last game, which remains one of my favorite tower-defense titles.Today’s news, then, is total icing on top: renownedFinal Fantasycomposer Nobuo Uematsu has joined the project! What a pleasant surprise. He will be collaborating with the composer of the original game, Keven Penkin, for theDefender’s Quest IIsoundtrack....

Death Squinting Death Stranding‘s font size, like many other games released in 2019, could be way bigger. While much of the experience is spent hiking through the wilderness and taking in the scenery, there comes a time when you’re going to want to fill in story gaps with text-based messages and interviews. There are atonof these files to pore over, and if you’ve got a big screen, they can be a chore to read....

Surprisingly more accurate than the groundhog For those beyond the cultural heft of sports, the Super Bowl is this weekend. A lot of people are going to be tweeting about it and, more annoyingly, a lot of people are going to be tweeting in complaint about people tweeting about it. IfMadden 13has anything to say about it, though, you might as well not watch, as the winner has already been decided: the Baltimore Ravens....

Finity Blade TheInfinity Bladetrilogy is no longer available for purchase on the Apple app store. While a new entry in the series hasn’t been made since 2013, Epic Games has continued to support the titles with free updates periodically over the last half-decade. Now, though, the studio is citing a lack of resources for keepingInfinity Bladeup to the standards that Epic wants. In anofficial statement, Epic states, “At Epic we strive to put players first and to provide a supported, full-fledged experience in every game we publish....

This one-off of a PlayStation controller was created by Sunflex in partnership with Square Enix for the upcoming MMO Final Fantasy XIV. I’m sure it functions nicely, but it’s really ugly. I think the handgrips kill me. A commenter on theKotakusource story‘shopped the controllerpicture to show that they were thinking the exact same thing I was. The numbers on the buttons (and below the “select” and “start” ones) are so generic looking that I feel like they didn’t even bother to make this thing attractive....

It’s been just over a year sinceFinal Fantasy 16released back in June 2023, and for PC players who haven’t been able to play, I’ve got good news:Final Fantasy 16is coming to PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on September 17. The PC release date announcement isn’t all Square Enix revealed, either. Along with the glorious news that PC players finally get to experience the action-driven RPG, there’s also a brand new trailer — ‘Deliverance’...

Motion sensing controllers: Nintendo did it up right, Sony tried to do something like it, and now Microsoft is busy working on their version. MTV Newsgives us the first details on Microsoft’s answer to the Wii Remote. According to their anonymous source, this Wiimote-looking device is scheduled to appear before the end of the year. This source says also that this controller has been in the works since last summer, and it seems that the Microsoft-owned studio Rare has been tasked with creating the interface and look for the controller....

I’m awake, I’m awake Just watch the video. It looks sweet. Especially that dust cloud when stuff busts up. It’s so alive. Aaru’s Awakening, which wepreviewed on PC, is all done with pencils and watercolors and then touched up digitally. The result is damn cool. And now it’s coming toPS3 and PS4 this summer. Cool. Vita, though? Apparently it’s not official yet, but, “the Vita has really good hardware, a crisp screen and controls that would fitAaru’s Awakeningreally well....