- Music Review
Stellar Blade Arranged Tracks
Stellar Blade has one of my favourite soundtracks of recent years (if you didn’t already know this, where have you been?! Check out my review of the full experience here). The PLUS bonus set of tracks was not quite as essential, but still contained some pretty great tunes that deserve your time. Whe… Read More »- Review
Fallout 76 (2025)
The Fallout TV series is currently working its way through its second season, and as a longtime Fallout fan and wintertime couch potato, the show has been a delightful escape for me lately. The trouble is, the show’s rich themes, worldbuilding, and aesthetic trigger a dark, uncontrollable urge in me… Read More »- Review
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Alternate Dimension
It’s time to return to the world of monster-taming RPG Digimon Story: Time Stranger with the first of three planned DLC story episodes! Appropriately titled “Alternate Dimension,” this DLC foray blends multiple times and realities together in a fight for the fate of all dimensions, but is Alternate… Read More »Article
RPGFan Games of the Year 2025: Readers’ Choice Voting (Closes December 29th!)
As we come to the end of 2025, it’s time for us to take a look back at the year behind us and pick some of our favorites. As I write this, we’re closing in on the end of our staff voting and top games lists, which means it’s time to collect your favorites of 2025! As always, we have a voti… Read More »- Article
- Rhythm Encounter
- Podcast
Rhythm Encounter 172 – Happy Jólabókaflóðið!
We’re getting festive today on Rhythm Encounter, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. It’s the end of year holiday season, and we are taking inspiration from a holiday that celebrates another thing I like as much as video game music: books! Jólabókaflóðið — which roughly translates to “Christmas b… Read More »- Article
- News
Divinity: Original Sin II Now Available on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S!
From the team behind the award-winning RPG Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios brings Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition to the latest generation of consoles. The game is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. And if you already own the game on Switch, PS4, or Xbox One,… Read More »- Review
Tales of Xillia Remastered
Tales of Xillia was first released on PlayStation 3 in 2011 in Japan and 2013 internationally as the series’s 15th anniversary title. Tales of Xillia Remastered adds quality-of-life features to make the experience as seamless as possible for both newcomers and veterans. While some remaining quirks e… Read More »- Music Review
Wizard of Legend The Complete Soundtrack and Piano Collections
Breakout indie hit Wizard of Legend got a stellar soundtrack from composer Dale North. After the digital-only soundtrack was published in 2018, Scarlet Moon Records decided to beef up the soundtrack with some new arrangements and a limited-edition physical release. That’s right: an OST and piano col… Read More »- Article
- Retro Encounter
- Podcast
Retro Encounter 475 – 1995 Year in Review
I sure hope this episode isn’t BadBad. On this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, we cover the most interesting RPGs of the year, but this time, we flash it back to 1995. We discuss design decisions, varying localization quality, and those insane encounter rates. Does someone bring on a really bad R… Read More »- Feature
- ICYMI
So you want to get into the Souls Series…
Since its humble beginnings in 2009, FromSoftware’s Souls series has flourished into one of the most beloved in gaming. Its success is plainly evident by the sheer number of games released since then that almost directly copy the formula, to varying degrees of success—Souls-likes, as they are called… Read More »- Review
Dispatch
From the ashes of Telltale Games and their bevy of beloved narrative adventure classics such as The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, and Tales from the Borderlands, comes Dispatch, a superhero workplace comedy from AdHoc Studio, built by many of the former Telltalers behind those same classics. Can… Read More »- Article
- News
Sci-Fi RPG Exodus to Launch in 2027
Exodus has made a return at The Game Awards, two years after its initial reveal during the event in 2023. Developer Archetype Entertainment unveiled a new gameplay trailer and announced an early 2027 release window for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. You might think the sci-fi RPG looks a lo… Read More »- Article
- News
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Plows Onto PS5, XSX Next Year
Marvelous Games has announced that Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is being released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The two new console versions will drop on February 13th, 2026, after previously releasing on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC earlier this year. The newest release trailer c… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, 12/14/25
In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, it’s the end of an era — our 2025 era! Barring any last-minute surprises, the well of releases has officially frozen over for the year, so expect the column to return in 2026! With that said, we have two final items on the agenda before we bid you adieu. So… Read More »Music Review
Jazz Arrange Version: Xenogears
Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and VGM Renaissance man Sean Schafianski is back with the October 20 release of Jazz Arrange Version: Xenogears, and just in time for the 27th anniversary of the PSOne classic’s North American release. Those uninitiated into the complex psycho-religious… Read More »- Review
Rue Valley
Disco Elysium took the gaming world by storm all the way back in 2019 with its unconventional storytelling, grim world, and unique gameplay that almost emphasizes failure over success to drive the narrative. Rue Valley has been endorsed by some of the team behind Disco Elysium, and has been frequent… Read More »Article
Larian Studios Reveals New Divinity Game
Larian Studios has revealed Divinity, a terror-laden new entry in the Divinity series. The announcement came via The Game Awards 2025 as a lengthy cinematic trailer involving primal fantasy festivities gone deeply awry. Check it out below! Divinity – Cinematic Announcement Trailer The title was prev… Read More »- Article
- News
Lords of the Fallen II Gets First Gameplay Trailer
During The Game Awards 2025, we got a whole series of announcements, and if you enjoy Soulslike games, this one will interest you. Developer and publisher CI Games has revealed the first gameplay trailer of Lords of the Fallen II. Revealed in August during Gamescom, this new game builds on the found… Read More »Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Announced
Lucasfilm Games and Arcanaut Studios have revealed Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a single-player action RPG set within the expansive science-fantasy universe of Star Wars. The announcement came during The Game Awards 2025 via a short trailer depicting ancient ruins, space flight, and the spec… Read More »- Article
- News
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Drops ‘Thank You’ Update
After sweeping most accolades at The Game Awards 2025, developer Sandfall Interactive has dropped a massive surprise for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans. The “Thank You” update is now live for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It includes expanded areas, new soundtrack additions, late-game bo… Read More »- Review
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
Some trips are more memorable than others, especially if you’re soul searching while trying to solve several mysteries at the same time. This sentiment is certainly true in the visual novel adventure game Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, as two American college students at the tail end of a… Read More »- Review
Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
As a 17-year-old, abandonware website-obsessed kid, I played X-Com: UFO Defense while HBO’s Band of Brothers was on the TV in the same room. X-Com’s early game was all I made it through, since the base-building phase was impossible to wrap my head around, but as I leap-frogged and watched over my li… Read More »- Article
- News
Day of the Devs: RockBeasts Preview – The Soundtrack of Management
RockBeasts is a style of RPG you don’t see very often. Instead of swords and magic, it’s setlists, battered amps, and artists who are falling apart. The game drops you into a gritty, fictional 1990s where the air smells like smoke and spilled beer and the amps probably haven’t been tuned since last… Read More »- Article
- News
Skyrim Available Now on Switch 2
Surprise! The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Anniversary Edition, the legendary game that has already launched on almost every platform we know about, is coming to a new console: the Nintendo Switch 2. Bethesda announced it today, and it is available right now as a free Switch 2 upgrade if you already own… Read More »- Article
- Rhythm Encounter
- Podcast
Rhythm Encounter 171 – Une Vie À Musique
Well we finally did it: An episode all about one of this generation’s most stunning soundtracks, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. We talk about the beauty, the melancholy, the cellos, the feelings, and really, the feelings that Lorien Testard and Alice Duport-Percier evoke every time we play the game or… Read More »- Review
The Séance of Blake Manor
I used to avoid horror games. This may seem like a strange thing to admit at the start of a review for a spooky mystery game, but it’s true; I wasn’t a fan of the genre. And honestly, I couldn’t tell you when or why exactly that changed. Maybe my tastes matured as I got older, or maybe I just found… Read More »- Article
- Random Encounter
- Podcast
Random Encounter 337 – Merry Game Awards 2025!
On this week’s Random Encounter, we’re chatting about gaming’s biggest night: The Game Awards 2025! But before we get to all the reveals (and actual awards, I guess), we want to talk to Zek about the new Octopath Traveler game that was just released, Octopath Traveler 0! This entry, adapted from the… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, 12/7/25
In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, we tackle a sneaky good (if small) lineup featuring two very stylish titles and ports of some crowd favorites. I’m sure the timing isn’t ideal right now with the holidays looming and disposable income being as tight as it’s ever been for most folks, so here’… Read More »- Review
Demonschool
Indie games can be difficult to review because they can ignite the imagination, get your head bobbin’, and make you fall in love with characters, but may also have a host of jarring problems. Do I love this game or do I hate it? Well, that depends on what part of the in-game week I’m in and how many… Read More »Music Review
Blue Prince Original Soundtrack
Friends, have you spent any time in the Mount Holly mansion, centerpiece of the puzzle-adventure Blue Prince? If you haven’t, you really need to. If you have, you might have noticed some eerie, haunting music as you traversed the ever-changing halls and chambers. Without a doubt, the music fits the… Read More »- Article
- Retro Encounter
- Podcast
Retro Encounter 474 – Dragon Quest Tier List
I hope there is something really amazing on top. If we don’t find Dragon Quest V, it is all your fault. This week on Retro Encounter, we undertake a difficult endeavor yet again: making a tier list of one of the most popular RPG franchises. This time, it’s Dragon Quest! Do things get heated? Who rea… Read More »- Review
Octopath Traveler 0
Revenge is a road that never loops back to where you began. Every step pulls you further from the person you once were and closer to the one you may become. In Octopath Traveler 0, that idea shapes the entire journey. Your hometown lies in ruins, your family is gone, and the only thing pushing you f… Read More »- Review
Kingdom of Night
From Baldur’s Gate 3 to Critical Role to Stranger Things, the resurgence of fantasy-horror rooted in the 1980s Dungeons & Dragons zeitgeist continues to deliver a mix of standout hits and inevitable misfires. Drawing inspiration from the Duffer Brothers’ Netflix phenomenon, Kingdom of Night blen… Read More »- Article
- Random Encounter
- Podcast
Random Encounter 336 – Farewell, My Beloved Superheroes
On this week’s Random Encounter, we’re taking a look at two very different narrative adventures! Back in the 2010s, Telltale Games reinvented the point-and-click adventure game with The Walking Dead, introducing new multiple paths and lasting choices. Unfortunately, they spread themselves a little t… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, 11/30/25
In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, we near the end… of the year! I will say, now is a good time to catch up on games you missed if you’re invested in the zeitgeist, especially with the Keighleys just around the corner. Of course, there are almost always new games coming out, and you can tru… Read More »- Review
Shrine’s Legacy
Harken back to yesteryear with the Secret of Evermore-like Shrine’s Legacy. We’ve got 2.5D action RPG swords, staves, and spells slung about for 15 to 20 hours for your millennial enjoyment. Games’ve moved past the 16-bit era? Get off my lawn! Puzzles, exploration, collectibles, one spell in an arse… Read More »- Review
Sacred Earth – Reverie
On paper, Sacred Earth – Reverie is the type of game I’d expect to enjoy. After all, it’s a VN/RPG hybrid with point-and-click exploration mechanics, fast turn-based combat, high replayability that builds on past actions, amazing battle music, and a rich story with colorful characters: all signs of… Read More »- Article
- News
Ys X: Proud Nordics Docks on Western Shores February 20th, 2026
Developer Nihon Falcom and publisher NIS America have announced that Ys X: Proud Nordics will launch in the west for the PlayStation 5, Nintendo Switch 2, and PC via Steam on February 20th, 2026. This definitive edition will include new mechanics, a challenging new dungeon, and an added storyline. P… Read More »- Review
The Tale of Relm
Once viewed as nothing more than a disposable pawn, a young man becomes a powerful force for inspiration in a fantasy realm that is quickly losing its hope. Can he and his comrades secure lasting peace, or will their sacrifices prove too much to bear? Indie-developed The Tale of Relm is an opening s… Read More »- Review
