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What’s your favorite old-school video game?
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Feel free to define “old-school” any way you like. by austin pocus. continue discussion at community.hackernoon.comI’m personally curious to hear which games the HN community holds dear.My favorite has to be Chrono Trigger. It has artwork by Akira Toriyama of Dragon Ball fame, time travel, talking frogs…all the essential elements are there. It’s the quintessential JRPG — if you haven’t tried it, I can’t recommend it enough.Honorable mention: Final Fantasy VI. It was by far the most epic RPG of its time (over a dozen playable characters!) and it still holds up today as one of the best RPGs of all time.What are your favorite old-school games? What makes them so great?continue discussion at community.hackernoon.comWhat’s your favorite old-school video game? was originally published in Hacker Noon on (...)

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Digital Sun’s Moonlighter has sold 500k copies
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-04-10-digital-suns-moonlighter-has-sold-500k-copies

Hit indie RPG will get first paid DLC and a mobile “adaptation” this year

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Persona 5 and the merger of style and substance
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-19-persona-5-and-the-merger-of-style-and-substance

Why I Love: Marketer Michal Napora was sold by the Atlus RPG’s flashy exterior, but hooked by its substantial heart

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Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery grosses $110m in first year
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-14-harry-potter-hogwarts-mystery-grosses-usd110m-in-first-yea

Mobile RPG becomes most successful game from Jam City

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Framed creator Joshua Boggs opens new studio
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-03-04-framed-creator-joshua-boggs-launches-new-studio

The New Zealand-based Studio MayDay is working on an unannounced RPG

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Duplication or innovation? How games become genres
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-28-duplication-or-innovation-how-games-become-genres

Earthbound Games’ Colin Anderson reflects on the rise of the FPS, the sandbox RPG and more

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Eastshade focusing on the bigger picture
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-19-eastshade-focusing-on-the-bigger-picture

How a former AAA environment artist created a gorgeous violence-free open-world RPG with a tiny team

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Improbable CCO departs company to return to making games
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-19-improbable-cco-departs-company-to-return-to-making-games

Bill Roper will join Author Digital to work on narrative-focused RPGs

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Skybound-Beamdog deal to bring classic PC RPGs to console
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-07-skybound-beamdog-deal-to-bring-classic-pc-rpgs-to-console

Baldur’s Gate, Baldur’s Gate ll, Baldur’s Gate: Siege of Dragonspear, Icewind Dale, Planescape: Torment, and Neverwinter Nights coming to PS4, Xbox One, and Switch this year

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Kingdom Hearts III sells more than 600,000 copies in Japan at launch
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-02-01-kingdom-hearts-sells-more-than-600-000-copies-in-japan-at-

Square Enix’s RPG Disney mash-up more than doubled debut sales of Resident Evil 2 remake

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My Time At Portia developer assures that voice actor pay issues are resolved
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-23-my-time-at-portia-developer-assures-that-voice-actor-pay-i

Chinese studio Pathea Games accused of paying little to nothing for dialogue in crowdfunded RPG

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Ex-Infinity Ward developers open new studio Winterborn
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-17-ex-infinity-ward-developers-open-new-studio-winterborn

Seattle-based indie creating tactical RPG based on homemade tabletop game

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The Scroll of Taiwu sells one million units on Steam
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2019-01-02-the-scroll-of-taiwu-sells-one-million-units-on-steam

ConchShip Games’ strategy RPG released in September, only available in Simplified Chinese

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Amplitude Studios co-founder opens new studio for tactical RPG
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-27-amplitude-studios-co-founder-opens-new-studio-for-tactical

Mathieu Girard announces Paris-based Tactical Adventures

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Microsoft acquisition gives inXile ’safe harbour’ - Fargo
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-19-microsoft-acquisition-gives-inxile-safe-harbour-fargo

Founder of RPG outfit says costs of AA #Development have tripled since 2012, selling to Xbox maker gives studio resources to keep up

Microsoft to acquire RPG specialists Obsidian Entertainment and InXile
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-11-10-microsoft-to-acquire-rpg-specialists-obsidian-entertainmen

Pillars of Eternity, Fallout New Vegas and Wasteland 3 creators join to boost Game Pass

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Shroud of the Avatar goes free to play
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-30-shroud-of-the-avatar-goes-free-to-play

Portalarium’s episodic RPG makes major changes four months after round of layoffs

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Bandai Namco inks European distribution deal for Cyberpunk 2077
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-16-bandai-namco-inks-european-distribution-deal-for-cyberpunk

CD Projekt Red’s highly anticipated RPG will be handled by the Japanese publisher in select European countries

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CD Projekt Red partners with Digital Scapes on Cyberpunk 2077
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-08-cd-projekt-red-partners-with-digital-scapes-on-cyberpunk-2

Vancouver-based studio to bring BioWare, Radical Entertainment, Relic veterans to work on upcoming open-world RPG

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Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: Critical Consensus
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-03-assassins-creed-odyssey-critical-consensus

Reviewers praise Ubisoft’s latest as a series high, thanks to an engaging world and the completed shift to an RPG structure

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How Owlcat Games re-rolled tabletop into a video game
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-10-01-how-owlcat-games-rerolled-tabletop-into-a-video-game

Studio head Oleg Shpilchevsky and narrative designer Chris Avellone discuss the challenges of creating Pathfinder: Kingmaker from the pen-and-paper RPG franchise

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Disruptor Beam, Tilting Point partner for $29m user acquisition and publishing deal
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-09-20-disruptor-beam-tilting-point-partner-for-USD29m-user-acqui

Tilting Point to help expand audience of Star Trek Timelines and publish upcoming unannounced Disruptor Beam RPG

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Nintendo orders takedown of fan game maker Pokémon Essentials
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-29-nintendo-orders-takedown-of-fan-game-maker-pok-mon-essenti

Decade-old asset kit for RPG Maker pulled, along with wiki on how to develop with it

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Netmarble’s Lineage 2: Revolution has seen $1.3 billion in player spending
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-06-netmarbles-lineage-2-revolution-has-seen-USD1-3-billion-in

Sensor Tower data indicates the importance of the #Mobile RPG to Netmarble’s business

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Octopath Traveller sells 1 million in three weeks
▻https://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2018-08-03-octopath-traveller-sells-1-million-in-three-weeks

Square Enix RPG has only been released for the Nintendo Switch so far

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