Jason Wilson
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The D20 Beat: King’s Bounty II, fresh starts, and goodbye
In his final RPG column for GamesBeat, managing editor Jason Wilson examines why King's Bounty II makes him sad and says goodbye. → Read More
Humankind is August’s best-selling PC game
Sega Europe's Humankind was the best-selling PC game of August 2021 and fourth-best selling game of the month, says The NPD Group. → Read More
Flex NBA interview: Merging board games with AR hoops
Sequoia Games mixes strategy games with AR in NBA Flex, which uses cardboard tokens with striking art with your smartphone to make it work. → Read More
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous review-in-progress: Treading an epic path
Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous' epic campaign against rampaging demons offers plenty of choice and story threads to please most RPG fans. → Read More
Humankind review: Culture clash
Humankind is Amplitude Studios' spin on Civilization, and it's an enjoyable evolution, not revolution, of the civ-building games. → Read More
Park Beyond interview: ‘Impossifying’ the amusement park management sim
Pushing theme park construction may sound like an impossible task, but that's where the fun lies in Park Beyond, Limbic Entertainment says. → Read More
DokeV shows off how combat works in this Korean homage to Pokémon
DokeV is Pearl Abyss' spin on Pokémon. You collect monsters inspired in part by Korean folklore for adventuring in an open world. → Read More
Park Beyond is Bandai Namco’s trip into theme park sims
Bandai Namco is tapping Limbic Entertainment for Park Beyond, an amusement park management sim for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. → Read More
Century: Ages Ashes and its multiplayer dragon battles launch November 18
Century: Age of Ashes will release as a free-to-play game November 18 on Steam, and Playwing Bordeaux showed off a new mode as well. → Read More
Crusaders Kings 3 will make the series’ console debut on PlayStation and Xbox
Crusader Kings 3 is coming to consoles for the first time, as Paradox Interactive said it's porting it to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S. → Read More
Roguebook interview: Rewriting the Slay to Spire formula
Abrakam Entertainment loves to tweak game genres, as it did with its first game, Faeria, and now with Roguebook, a riff on Slay the Spire. → Read More
Spiderweb Software launches Kickstarter for Queen’s Wish 2: The Tormentor
Spiderweb Software is seeking $40,000 for Queen's Wish: The Tormentor, the sequel to 2019 retro-RPG Queen's Wish: The Conqueror. → Read More
Frostpunk 2 takes New London 30 years into the frozen future
Frostpunk 2 is 11 bit studios' next game, set 30 years in the future of New London and this frozen world as oil replaces coal. → Read More
Sensor Tower: U.S. spending up 40% for mobile tabletop games
Tabletop games are on a roll in the U.S., as Sensor Tower finds the category is up 40% year-over-year from August 2020 to July 2021. → Read More
Blaseball interview: From backup plan to fantasy sports sensation
Blaseball had one heckuva 2020, becoming a sensation. Now, this riff on fantasy sports is looking to new horizons. → Read More
Ultimate Rivals: The Court wants to be the ‘What If?’ of sports games
Bit Fry's Ultimate Rivals mixes athletes from pro basketball, baseball, hockey, and more (men and women) in a flashy arcade hoops game. → Read More
Cris Tales review-in-progress: Time is on your side
Cris Tales is the debut RPG from Dreams Uncorporated and Syck, and this time-traveling game has clever gameplay and beautiful art. → Read More
D&D dragons and gods as Planeswalkers? James Wyatt connects the dots
In Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Wizards of the Coast's James Wyatt fills in more of the gaps about all things draconic -- and D&D cosmology. → Read More
D&D dragons and gods as Planeswalkers? James Wyatt connects the dots
In Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Wizards of the Coast's James Wyatt fills in more of the gaps about all things draconic -- and D&D cosmology. → Read More
Path of Exile interview: An Expedition into some big changes
Path of Exile's Expedition expansion is coming July 23, and it's bringing some massive changes to the metagame, skills, and more. → Read More