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Fallen-on-and-On | If you can believe it, Lords of the Fallen is still getting patches that change its combat this many months after launch

Over a year after its initial release, the devs behind Lords of the Fallen continue to tweak some of its most fundamental aspects.

Dec. 17, 2024 Sherif Saed

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2 Lords 2 Fallen | Lords of the Fallen was just fine, but it looks like it's done well enough to get a sequel in 2026

There's just one catch for PC players.

June 17, 2024 Oisin Kuhnke

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FANTASY AND FURY | Action RPG Lords of the Fallen and Sniper Ghost Warrior Contracts 2 coming to Game Pass sometime this year - per CI Games

Prepare to fall and strike from afar.

May 8, 2024 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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LMAPBEARER'S END | Lords of the Fallen's final major update says screw it, lets you balance the game yourself

The Lords of the Fallen roadmap has reached its conclusion, with one last big milestone.

April 24, 2024 Sherif Saed

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B-COME AS YOU ARE | Forget triple-A GOTYs, 2023 was year of the ‘B game’

2023 is the year B games became comfortable being themselves, and confident enough that there’s an audience who wanted just that.

Dec. 31, 2023 Sherif Saed

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CAN’T TAKE IT | The state of triple-A PC ports and the obscene prices of GPUs are ruining my favourite hobby

For years, building a PC – or even just upgrading the GPU –has always been one of my favourite things to do. But I am slowly falling out of love with it.

Nov. 29, 2023 Sherif Saed

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Lords of the Fallen update celebrates one of the game's most esoteric characters

Includes a new quest featuring the eponymous community favorite NPC.

Nov. 21, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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WRONG TURN | Lords of the Fallen, a Souls-like RPG, is learning the worst lessons from games as a service

Lords of the Fallen is many things, but I don’t believe one of those is an ongoing, live service game.

Nov. 20, 2023 Sherif Saed

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MORE FOR MOURNSTEAD | Lords of the Fallen gets packed content roadmap for rest of 2023

The fallen world continues to expand.

Nov. 7, 2023 Stephany Nunneley-Jackson

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HAVE A NICE FALL | Lords of the Fallen patch says you were having it too easy, makes bosses harder

Update v1.1.282 isn't going down the best with players.

Nov. 5, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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JACK-O’-MOURNSTEAD | Lords of the Fallen gets another major patch and… a Halloween event, for some reason

Lords of the Fallen wants you to play it this spooky season. If not for the Halloween event, maybe do it for the big new patch?

Oct. 26, 2023 Sherif Saed

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COOL MILLION | Even with Spider-Man 2 in the spotlight, Lords of the Fallen has soared past 1 million sales

Lords of the Fallen is already well ahead of the original game by every conceivable metric.

Oct. 25, 2023 Sherif Saed

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A huge enemy with lots of rows of teeth and a grotesque appearance roars at you in Lords of the Fallen.

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LISTENING TO REASON | Lords of the Fallen devs backpedal and change one of its most controversial mechanics

After saying the opposite, Lords of the Fallen dev is already tweaking one of its most controversial mechanics.

Oct. 23, 2023 Sherif Saed

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A red-winged boss from Lords of the Fallen threatens to swoop into your player character, who mounts a brave defence, armed with sword and shield.

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NO GETTING THROUGH | One of the worst things about Lords of the Fallen will not be changed

Lords of the Fallen developers are happy to keep one particularly controversial aspect of the game's design intact.

Oct. 23, 2023 Sherif Saed

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SHOTS MISSED | Lords of the Fallen review: fertile ground for a sequel, but leaves a lot to be desired

I really wanted to like Lords of the Fallen more than I did, as much as it impressed me in parts.

Oct. 20, 2023 Sherif Saed

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LAMP IT UP | Hold off on those refunds: Lords of the Fallen dev promises further Xbox updates ASAP

In a statement issued to VG247, CI Games’ senior brand director Ryan Hill sets out the future of LotF’s Xbox version.

Oct. 18, 2023 Dom Peppiatt

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PRETEND TO BE A DOG | Lords of the Fallen's animators had some fun mocaping animations from their backyards

Lords of the Fallen's animators got up to some wild antics bringing those lovely animations to life, sometimes in ways you don't expect.

Oct. 16, 2023 Sherif Saed

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STUTTER STRUGGLE | Lords of the Fallen's most difficult boss is... performance problems on every platform

The one thing Lords of the Fallen players on all platforms can't stop talking about sadly has little to do with the content of the game.

Oct. 16, 2023 Sherif Saed

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UNREAL POTENTIAL | Lords of the Fallen is the first game to sell me on Unreal Engine 5

Lords of the Fallen looks like those fake UE5 game remakes that are all over YouTube. Except it’s a real game that you can actually play.

Oct. 12, 2023 Sherif Saed

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DON'T LINGER | Lords of the Fallen extended overview trailer is your last reminder it's coming in two weeks

Lords of the Fallen's release is imminent, and this latest trailer is a good way to convince you why you should care.

Sept. 29, 2023 Sherif Saed

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LOOKIN' GOOOOOD | This Lords of the Fallen story trailer is rather cinematic

It wouldn't be a big showcase without a Lords of the Fallen trailer, but we're not complaining.

Aug. 22, 2023 Sherif Saed

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VAMPIRE THE ACCOLADE | Lords of the Fallen dares to ask: “What if Soul Reaver, but Dark Souls?”

How Lords of the Fallen is paying homage to the 90’s most industrial goth series, Legacy of Kain, in 2023.

Aug. 15, 2023 Dom Peppiatt

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GOLDEN RE-ORDER | This Lords of the Fallen boss fight sure reminds me of Elden Ring's Malenia, Radagon and Morgott

Hang on, is that Malenia x Radagon x Morgott in Lords of the Fallen?

July 27, 2023 Sherif Saed

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SECOND GO | Lords of the Fallen appears to be getting Souls right this time - see for yourself in new gameplay footage

This 20-minute Lords of the Fallen gameplay showcase might convince you it's actually been worth the wait.

July 27, 2023 Sherif Saed

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Two For One | Lords of the Fallen's "Dual Worlds" is helping set it apart from its Dark Souls inspirations

What's better than one nightmare world? Two!

June 11, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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Pick Yourself Up | Lords of the Fallen gets a proper gameplay trailer and an October release date

The game was technically first announced in 2015.

May 21, 2023 Oisin Kuhnke

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Roll Out | Transformers: Reactivate is a new online action game from the developers of Gears Tactics

The Autobots will be doing that thing they do some time in 2023.

Dec. 11, 2022 Oisin Kuhnke

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Gears Tactics reviews round-up, all the scores

April 27, 2020 Cian Maher

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Gears Tactics Eschews XCOM Comparisons By Embracing the Brutality of Gears

Tactics with the carnage and momentum of Gears.

March 30, 2020 Eric Van Allen

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