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Random Encounter 320 – Let’s Switch (2) It Up

Posted by Jonathan Logan on April 7, 2025

On this episode of Random Encounter, we chat about everything that happened last week and, BOY, did a lot happen last week! First up, Dom is here to talk about the recent sci-fi Souls-like AI LIMIT. Does it live up to its inspirations, or does it fall just as flat as AI does in the real world? Then,… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 4/6/25

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 6, 2025

We’ve got a lot of ground to cover in this edition of RPGs Coming This Week. From management sims about unhinged Japanese mascots to mysterious and fiendishly difficult puzzle adventure games, it’s a fantastic time for genuinely unique games that might have been off your radar until now. Let’s dive… Read More »

Dark Deity 2

Posted by Audra Bowling on April 5, 2025

Several years have passed since the Empyrean War. The protagonist of the first Dark Deity, Irving, has certainly kept himself busy. He’s now Grandmaster of the Order of Eternals, a peacekeeping force in the land of Verroa assisting those in need while remaining staunchly neutral to the politics of t… Read More »

Blades of Fire Interview with MercurySteam CEO Enric Álvarez

Posted by Mike Salbato on April 4, 2025

While Blades of Fire was only announced earlier this year, it’s gracing PCs and consoles next month. This adventure title from developer MercurySteam (creators of my beloved Metroid Dread, but that’s neither here nor there) is built around an interesting concept: What happens in a medieval world rul… Read More »

King Arthur: Legion IX

Posted by Mark Roddison on April 3, 2025

The legends of King Arthur, Camelot, and the Lady of the Lake have been popular over the last few years, and a range of projects from bizarre action games to turn-based gacha are doubling down on these romantic influences. Neocore developed their own slant on the legend, King Arthur: Knight’s Tale,… Read More »

Nintendo Switch 2 Direct RPG Rundown

Posted by Mike Salbato on April 2, 2025

Well RPG fam, that was quite a Nintendo Direct, huh? Finally, the Nintendo Switch 2 floodgates are open, we know about the hardware, accessories, pricing, and June 5th, 2025 launch date. In addition to reveals of several first-party titles, many third-party publishers showed either brand-new games o… Read More »

Assassin’s Creed Shadows

Posted by Tom Naylor on April 2, 2025

It’s finally here! The Assassin’s Creed game that fans have long wanted and begged for before there was even a name or a team attached to the project. Assassin’s Creed Shadows at last brings the series’ fast-paced parkour stealth action gameplay to Feudal Japan. It’s set specifically in 1579, during… Read More »

Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment Releases This Winter on Switch 2

Posted by Gio Castillo on April 2, 2025

Koei Tecmo and Nintendo are developing Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment as a winter title for the Switch 2. If you’re familiar with prior entries or just the general idea of the Warriors series, you already know this’ll be a musou game — a type of hack-and-slash action RPG that’s all about fight… Read More »

Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster Is Coming to Switch 2

Posted by Tin Manuel on April 2, 2025

In the recent Switch 2 presentation, Square Enix revealed Bravely Default: Flying Fairy HD Remaster, launching on June 2nd for the Nintendo Switch 2. Preview the official trailer below and check out all the additional features added to the game. Besides new HD graphics and two additional minigames,… Read More »

Deltarune Chapters 1-4 Will Launch on June 5th [UPDATE]

Posted by Gio Castillo on April 2, 2025

Chapters 1 to 4 of Deltarune are launching as a single package on June 5th. It’ll be a launch title for Nintendo Switch 2, but it’s also coming to PlayStation 5 and 4, PC and macOS via Steam, and, of course, the original Switch. This confirms what creator Toby Fox confirmed last year, that chapters… Read More »

Mouthwashing

Posted by Stephanie Sybydlo on April 1, 2025

In space, no one can hear you gargle. Mouthwashing sees you as a spaceship captain aboard an interstellar freighter on its long journey home. The ship’s computer warns that a minor course correction is needed to avoid an asteroid. But for reasons unknown, you decide to steer into the asteroid instea… Read More »

Rhythm Encounter 158 – Winter 2025: Pirates, Urban Myths, Magnolias, and More

Posted by Mike Salbato on March 31, 2025

Continuing our new run of quarterly new music updates is our first episode for 2025, and it’s a truly notable start. We have a range of new music today, from well composed soundtracks that play homage to earlier console generations to new projects from popular Minecraft composer C418. We also contin… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 3/30/25

Posted by Audra Bowling on March 30, 2025

In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, we are in the midst of the calm before the storm. The Switch 2 presentation looms, which will certainly make it tough for anything else in gaming to garner eyes. But a few intrepid developers have dared to brave Nintendo’s gravitational pull, and we’re all t… Read More »

Pentiment

Posted by Matt Wardell on March 29, 2025

Pentiment is coated, like a canvas under layers of paint, with astute depictions and examinations of 16th-century history, religion, art, literature, class, and gender roles within the Holy Roman Empire. It’s also a murder-mystery adventure game that opts for character role-playing over puzzles and… Read More »

Voice Love on Air

Posted by Audra Bowling on March 29, 2025

Voices can convey hidden emotional meanings if you’re attuned to listen, even if the speaker tries to conceal them. Protagonist Aki of romance visual novel and management simulation Voice Love on Air knows this all too well: after a past tragedy, he can pick up on the hidden cues in a person’s voice… Read More »

1000xRESIST

Posted by Neal Chandran on March 28, 2025

1000xRESIST: now here is a game that completely flew under my radar in 2024. I value and work hard at acknowledging indie games that get overlooked, but I completely missed 1000xRESIST until 2024’s end-of-year buzz caught my ear. I thought, “Hmm, I should play this.” And so I did. Bold colors and va… Read More »

Here’s Our First Look at Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake

Posted by Tin Manuel on March 27, 2025

Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake kicked off today’s Nintendo Direct, giving us our first look at the first two games in the Erdrick Trilogy. The remakes of the first two Dragon Quest titles will debut this year as a single package for the Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC.… Read More »

Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army Set for June 19th Launch [Updated]

Posted by Gio Castillo on March 27, 2025

ATLUS is bringing back a deep cut from the PlayStation 2 days with Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army, launching June 19th on Nintendo Switch 1 & 2, PlayStation 5 and 4, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. Check out the announcement trailer below. Unleash the supernatural and und… Read More »

SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered to Release Today [UPDATE]

Posted by Gio Castillo on March 27, 2025

UPDATE: In addition to Nintendo Switch, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered will also come out today for PlayStation 5 and 4, PC, iOS, and Android. Credits to Gematsu. SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered was unveiled at the latest Nintendo Direct, and it’s coming sooner than anyone expected. In fact, it’ll be availab… Read More »

Retro Encounter 456 – The RPGs That Made Us

Posted by Zach Wilkerson on March 27, 2025

I wanna be an RPG fan when I grow up. This week on Retro Encounter we gather to discuss the RPGs that defined our taste. Not necessarily our favorites, but games that helped us understand what we value in an RPG or in games in general. Does Final Fantasy show up? Who likes the most obscure Metroidva… Read More »

Starfield: Shattered Space

Posted by Noah Leiter on March 26, 2025

Starfield’s first major story expansion is here, and it is predictably handsome and shallow. Moreover, Shattered Space is an imperceptive, often tone-deaf, attempt to reorient fan and critical reception after the base game’s botched launch (I even acknowledge this as a person who… Read More »

AI LIMIT

Posted by Dom Kim on March 26, 2025

If your first thoughts upon seeing the trailers for AI LIMIT are “another one?” I wouldn’t blame you as it is indeed another Souls-like, blending Bloodborne-esque combat and anime aesthetics as its selling point. But what else does it bring to the table besides a surprisingly rare combination of gam… Read More »

The First Berserker: Khazan: First Impressions

Posted by Paul Skevington on March 25, 2025

There is a lot of excitement around The First Berserker: Khazan in the subset of gamers enjoying that most rarified of genres, the Soulslike: sharp-eyed heroes with better reflexes than a battle-hardened warrior, eager to get their hands on what could be their next brutally challenging experience. R… Read More »

Random Encounter 319 – I’d Kill for a Good Cup of Tea!

Posted by Jonathan Logan on March 24, 2025

On this episode of Random Encounter, it’s time to sink into the shadows and brew some tea, because we’re talking about Assassin’s Creed Shadows and Wanderstop! Assassin’s Creed Shadows is finally here! This long-awaited game has been delayed multiple times over the last year, but was that extra time… Read More »

RPGs Coming This Week, 3/23/25

Posted by Jimmy Turner on March 23, 2025

Honestly, we’ve been taking it a little too easy lately. Back-to-back weeks with the likes of Atelier Yumia and Wanderstop… what are we, a bunch of cozy gamers? Kidding, I love those games too, but the pendulum has decisively swung back to the opposite end with three Souls-likes guaranteed to test… Read More »

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