Dark Fantasy News, Tips, Tricks & Ideas

The first big update, Ghost Galleon, has hit Witchfire. Though the game isstill in Early Access, the update brings a plethora of new content for players to conquer. 

Eden's Guardian is an upcoming Metroidvania that immediately had me hooked with its hand-drawn pixel art and teleporting action, but it seems I wasn't alone, as its Kickstarter campaign has been smashing its funding goals.

Originally announced back at Gamescom 2022, dark historical fantasy RPG Wyrdsong’s developer, Something Wicked Games, seems to be the most recent studio to suffer mass layoffs.

If you're fond of the fairly specific blend of doomy theology, rich art direction and Soulslike-tinted metroidvaning encapsulated by Blasphemous, you might also enjoy Saviorless from Cuban team Empty Head Games and publisher Dear Villagers, which now has a PC release date of 2nd April.

Dark fantasy action platformer Saviorless will launch for PlayStation 5, Switch, and PC via Steam and Epic Games Store on April 2, publisher Dear Villagers and developer Empty Head Games announced.

If you dislike getting stabbed in the back in first-person games, you might not like Voin. If you like ravaged Gothic masonry and dramatic evening skies, you might like Voin. If you dislike fighting fireball-lobbing demons with a sword, you might not like Voin. If you like open-ended, changeable levels full of loot and secrets, you might like Voin. If you are confused about whether you'll like or dislike Voin, you might want to try this dark fantasy action-RPG yourself during the first public Steam playtest on Friday, March 8th.

I think fighting skeletons might be one of the most fundamental joys of video games. The more implausible its ambulation seems, the better, but I'm happy as long it clatters to the floor as a collection of distinct physics objects once I'm done.

Rebel Wolves, the studio founded by a few of the CD Projekt folk behind The Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077, have officially titled their forthcoming dark fantasy RPG. That title is… Dawnwalker. They’ve also shared a new teaser image, which I think could depict one of two things: a) a vampiric or otherwise supernaturally-inclined hero flying through the air care of a Dishonored-style Blink teleport, sword raised and clawed fingers stretched towards an unseen foe against a blood-red backdrop. Or b) a man with his trousers aflame swinging through the window of a second floor spa while attempting to use his umbrella as a parachute, having received only half a pedicure before the building caught fire.

From the former designers of CD Projekt Red, better known for their work on the Witcher game series and Cyberpunk 2077, comes a new dark and twisted fantasy RPG titled Dawnwalker. 

The upcoming story-driven dark fantasy RPG from Rebel Wolves, a studio comprised of former CD Projekt RED developers and backed by NetEase Games, is officially titled Dawnwalker, the developer announced.

In February 2022, former designers from CD Projekt Red announced the formation of a new studio called Rebel Wolves. The team revealed its first project would be, unsurprisingly, an RPG, and today, we learned a couple more details about the game, including its title.

Rebel Wolves — the studio formed by a number of ex-CD Projekt staff, including Witcher 3 game director Konrad Tomaszkiewicz — has confirmed its first project will be dark fantasy RPG Dawnwalker, after the title was reported online toward the end of last year.

The recently founded Polish studio Rebel Wolves has just appointed a new creative director, and clearly, its future is in reliable hands. 

New Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay just debuted, and aside from still looking excellent, it quietly revealed some fantastic ragdoll physics. 

The roguelite city builder Against the Storm has managed to garner an "overwhelmingly positive" review standing on Steam in the year that it's been in Early Access, and now it's getting a full launch on December 8.

Capcom has had several excellent video game releases this year, and there are more hot titles on the way. If you can tear yourself away from Resident Evil 4, its Separate Ways DLC, or Street Fighter 6, you can free yourself to crush prosecutors in crazy courtroom capers or slay monsters in the coming weeks and months. We put three upcoming Capcom titles through their paces at a recent Capcom showcase including Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney Trilogy, Dragon's Dogma 2, and Resident Evil Village for iPad and iPhone.

Moonring is a turn-based RPG made by a former Fable designer and it's now free to play on Steam.

We're thrilled to announce the return of GamesBeat Next, hosted in San Francisco this October, where we will explore the theme of «Playing the Edge.» Apply to speak here and learn more about sponsorship opportunities here. At the event, we will also announce 25 top game startups as the 2024 Game Changers. Apply or nominate today!

Mandragora is a 2.5D sidescrolling action RPG set in a dark fantasy world, featuring a painterly art style and a stamina-based combat system. It dodge-rolls its way onto PS5 in 2024.

Zelda and Link are heroes and household names at the top of everyone’s minds, given the success of The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdomand its predecessor Breath of the Wild. But the franchise has never gotten a live-action film release — though a silly animated series was made in 1989 — even as juggernauts like Pokémon adaptation Detective Pikachu have graced theater screens. A fan is rectifying this grave injustice in the form of a trailer, that imagines The Legend of Zelda as a 1980s dark fantasy film.

Hexxen Hunters unleashes Hell upon 18th-Century Europe in an all-new tactical RPG on Steam. Bringing German tabletop game Hexxen 1733 to digital life, Hexxen Hunters delivers squad-based strategy from developer Ulisses Spiele Digital and indie publisher Hooded Horse that adopts the dark fantasy stylings and expedition structure of games like Darkest Dungeon alongside XCOM-style tactical combat. Assembling a party from a crew of eight unique hunters, you’ll have to survive and explore in a world overrun by evil.

Gord is a grimdark «adventure-strategy» game coming to PS5 on 17th August, and we got a new look at it in motion, thanks to an Xbox-flavoured gameplay trailer. We see the kind of horrors (inspired by Slavic folklore) that will inevitably assail our cheerful townsfolk once the sun goes down.

I finally jumped into Baldur's Gate 3 yesterday and it's kick-started my desire to play through the campaign with multiple characters. The game feels like it's missing one perspective though - what if I don't want to remove the mind flayer parasite? What if I want it to take over from the get-go and start absolute chaos?