Vampire: tM - Bloodlines

Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines Released on GOG

One of Troika’s best-remembered classics, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, is now available on GOG, a storefront focused largely on old and oft-forgotten classics and on which Bloodlines had been mysteriously absent for years. The Activision-published title costs $19.99 and only includes the…

Leonard Boyarsky Leaves Blizzard, Joins Obsidian

While Diablo III fans may be heartbroken to learn that ex-Troika founder and industry veteran Leonard Boyarsky has left Blizzard Entertainment after ~10 years as the game’s lead world designer, the rest of us can start celebrating the fact that…

Vampire: Bloodlines v9.5 Unofficial Patch Released

It’s hard to believe that Wesp5 and team have been able to squeeze out hundreds if not thousands of fixes across dozens of unofficial patches for Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines, but the recently released version 9.5 patch sends a…

The Future of the World of Darkness Interviews

Given the direction that White Wolf has been taking with the World of Darkness IP since Paradox Interactive purchased them, I think it’s likely only a matter of time before we receive an announcement for the development of a CRPG (and…

Roles We Take, Roles We Choose

The latest “The RPG Scrollbars” weekly column from Richard Cobbett for Rock, Paper, Shotgun focuses on the way role-playing games implement character roles mechanically into the setting. Specifically, Cobbett investigates the way (a few) developers implement limitations and new opportunities…

Voices in the Air

Unfortunately, I’m guilty of having missed Richard Cobbett’s Rock, Paper, Shotgun The RPG Scrollbars last week, even though it was a very interesting read on radios in videogames and RPGs specifically. While I apologize for the delay, it’s still worth…

White Wolf Publishing CEO Interview

Rock, Paper, Shotgun has a very interesting interview with new White Wolf Publishing CEO Tobias Sjögren, which focuses on the company’s new strategy now that it’s been acquired by Paradox Interactive. Understandably, it’s too early for Sjögren to comment on…