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Planescape: Torment is on Good Old Games
Hooray! Planescape: Torment has just appeared on GOG.com. They’re calling it “the second most wanted game on GOG,” and it’s especially good news for gamers like me who haven’t been able to track down...
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Avellone “very tempted” to run Planescape reboot Kickstarter
Obsidian designer Chris Avellone has been talking to Games Industry International about the prospect of a Planescape kickstarter. He says that he’s “very tempted” by the idea, but suggests that he’d...
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Interplay casts resurrect on Black Isle Studios
Well, this is a pleasant punch of the nostalgia button: Fallout and Icewind Dale creator Black Isle Studios breathes life anew. In website form, at least. Blackisle.com now hosts a spartan splash page...
View ArticleObsidian announces fantasy RPG Project Eternity
Obsidian’s secretive countdown to an unnamed project prophetically featuring “a lone voice crying out in mourning” ticked to zero today and unveiled Project Eternity, the working title of an...
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Thorvalla is a Norse-themed RPG from one of the producers of Planescape: Torment
A Kickstarter has gone live for Thorvalla, a new “old school” computer RPG being created by Planescape: Torment producer Guido Henkel. Set in a Norse-influenced fantasy universe where people tame and...
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Planescape: Torment co-writer speculates on a potential successor
Colin McComb, one of the key developers of the Planescape setting for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, and co-writer, along with Chris Avellone, of Planescape: Torment, has been musing on...
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Quake II turns 15, id releases celebratory factoids
Quake II was one of the first FPS epics to espouse the pristine logic of firing rockets at one’s feet to jump higher. Id’s memorable shooter didn’t skimp on the bullet count either, and in celebration...
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Planescape: Torment’s spiritual successor confirmed
After much speculation, inXile’s Brian Fargo has announced the team are making a new “Torment” game as the spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment. In an interview with Rock, Paper, Shotgun, Fargo...
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Torment sequel gets new name, prepares for crowd funding
Not content with one successful crowd-funding project, inXile are gearing up to try for a second. They’ve gone live with a new website for the Planescape: Torment spiritual sequel, which they’re now...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter to kick off this Wednesday
InXile are winding up for their second major Kickstarter campaign with Torment: Tides of Numenera, a sort of thematic follow-up to Planescape: Torment. Based on Monte Cook’s Numenera pen and paper...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera goes live on Kickstarter
InXile’s Torment: Tides of Numenera has just gone live on Kickstarter. Billed as a sort of thematic successor to the acclaimed Planescape: Torment, the team are looking to raise $900,000 to secure its...
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PC Gamer US Podcast #347 – We Built This City on DRM
Join a would-be city council featuring Omri, Logan, T.J, and Chief Justice Evan as we take our frustrations with SimCity’s servers to municipal court. Is there a fun game under all the disconnects and...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera Kickstarter sails past $2 million, new stretch...
When Torment: Tides of Numenera, inXile’s spiritual continuation of Planescape: Torment, crushed its initial $900,000 goal and became the fastest Kickstarter campaign to hit the $1 million mark in...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera’s new 3.5 million dollar stretch goal revealed:...
inXile have made live a new stretch goal for their Kickstarted RPG project Torment: Tides of Numenera. What will this new, colossal target of 3.5 million dollars buy? The loving assistance of none...
View ArticleWhy you should play Planescape: Torment
The Kickstarter for Torment: Tides of Numenera has been a resounding success thus far. A success that would not have been possible without its storied predecessor, Planescape: Torment. The 1999 RPG is...
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PC Gamer US Podcast #349 – Spiders in Space
Podcasting thrusters to max this week, as we discuss leadership changes at EA, BarCrafts, Lord British, Elder Scrolls Online, and the horror of extraterrestrial arachnids. They exist! For real!...
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InXile defines “must-haves” for Torment: Tides of Numenera combat
When words fail and swords glint out of their scabbards in Torment: Tides of Numenera, InXile wants the ensuing scrap to pack in more meaning beyond “clicking a mouse and letting it roll.” Speaking...
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Chris Avellone interview: Torment, Project Eternity, New Vegas, and beyond
On my last day to explore GDC, I received a real-life quest via e-mail. “Meet me at Metreon Park, by the bronze statue with 3 hands.” My quest-giver was none other than Obsidian’s Chris Avellone, of...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera secures Chris Avellone, releases second screenshot
I think inXile might be planning to steadily release screenshot after screenshot of Torment: Tides of Numenera until this site is naught but a gallery of lovely 2D art. Well it won’t work, dammit!...
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Deathfire: A new first-person RPG in development by Planescape’s Guido Henkel
The last time we heard from Guido Henkel, one of the original producers of Planescape: Torment, it was in connection with his Thorvalla Kickstarter. That particular effort fell significantly short of...
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Torment: Tides of Numenera makes final stretch goal, player strongholds now...
I’m always a little wary of crowdfunding stretch goals. While it’s great to see promising projects fly beyond their original scope, those that don’t hit their lofty extra targets are always going to...
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Reinstall – Planescape: Torment
Reinstall invites you to join us in revisiting classics of PC gaming days gone by. This week, Richard Cobbett delves into the questions of human nature while beating up monsters in Planescape:...
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