Did you ever play those old computer role-playing games with turn-based combat and grid-based maps? Don’t you wish someone would make a modern version of such games?
No? Well, I do, so read this anyway!
Wizardry was huge in the 1980s, and helped define both Western and Japanese RPGs as we know them.
When I was young, I never understood why it seemed that all the old folks were miserable and/or bitter all the time. Now at 50, I get it. From about 45 on it seems, you watch person after person that meant something to you die. Family, friends, musicians, actors, artists, and yes, game creators.
RIP Andy.
The classic fantasy RPG series Wizardry is apparently getting a blockchain game, which is targeting a late 2022-early 2023 release in the West.
Two of the biggest things to happen in the videogame industry over the last couple of years are battle royale and Auto Chess, known more generically as "autobattlers." If you've ever wondered what might happen if someone were to mash them together in some sort of "autobattler royale," January 30 will be your lucky day, because that's when Ubisoft will officially launch Might and Magic: Chess Royale, the first 100 player autobattler.
I still remember way back during the early 90s looking at a Might and Magic ad on an old video game magazine, and dreaming about what it was like playing it.
There are some coming, whether or not they will be any good is another thing. Check out
Dead State
Age of Decadence
The Broken Hourglass
Dropship
Northstar
I would kill for another Arcanum / Fallout 2.