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Retro Encounter 477 – 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Part II
I love you, and that’s why I gotta listen to Retro Encounter. On this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, we chat about the twisty, turny second half of 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. Do all the plot points land? Who was our favorite character? Is there actually a reason they’re naked in the Sentinels? Lis… Read More »- Review
The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon
Those valiantly keeping up with The Legend of Heroes: Trails series have long been anticipating the finale of the multi-faceted, interconnected grand saga that’s arguably Falcom’s magnum opus. As the Republic of Calvard begins preparations to journey into space (the final frontier) for the first tim… Read More »- Article
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Rhythm Encounter 174 – Music of the Year 2025
Well hello there, and yes, it is time for a super-sized episode of Rhythm Encounter to celebrate many of the excellent RPG soundtracks, arrangements, and more from 2025. That’s right, it’s Music of the Year 2025 time! With four panelists who each brought on three songs, this is certainly our longest… Read More »- Article
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Square Enix Reveals Dragon Quest 40th Anniversary Logo
Square Enix has revealed the official logo for the 40th anniversary of the Dragon Quest franchise. The logo itself highlights the cute and iconic Blue Slime, a mainstay monster and mascot since the series’ start in 1986. The announcement came via the series’ official social media, with the added pr… Read More »- Article
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Atlus Teases Persona 30th Anniversary Updates Through 2026
Atlus has unveiled a Persona 30th anniversary website to celebrate its most popular series and promised updates throughout the year. It showcases original artwork by longtime Atlus artist Shigenori Soejima, fusing all of the previous series protagonists in a stylish tableau. A new teaser trailer for… Read More »- Article
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Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass Brings Its Dream to Consoles February 5th
Electric Airship and developer Starseed Games have announced that the upcoming console port for Jimmy and the Pulsating Mass will release on February 5th for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch. The announcement was made via an official Bluesky post, alongside a new tr… Read More »- Article
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Trails beyond the Horizon Drops Story Recap Trailer Ahead of Worldwide Release
The latest installment in Nihon Falcom’s Trails series, The Legend of Heroes: Trails beyond the Horizon, is set to release internationally on January 15th. This sequel to 2022’s Trails Through Daybreak II was released in Japan last September. In anticipation of the worldwide release, publisher NIS A… Read More »- Article
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Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance Now Available Via Switch 2
Nintendo recently added Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance to the GameCube library, which is exclusively accessible to Nintendo Switch Online + Expansion Pack members via Switch 2. For those who want to check out the series’ first jump into 3D turn-based combat, players need to make sure their subscripti… Read More »- Article
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Life is Strange: Reunion Gets PEGI Rating
Europe’s video game age rating authority PEGI has rated a new Life is Strange title called Life is Strange: Reunion. While this rating doesn’t officially confirm the next title yet, the rating description below shares information related to the events of the first, beloved Life is Strange, released… Read More »- Article
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Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles Surges Above 1 Million Sales
Square Enix has announced that seminal strategy RPG remaster Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles has sold one million shipped and digital units as of December 31st, 2025. The announcement was made via the game’s Japanese Twitter account, accompanied by a press release. It includes words fr… Read More »- Article
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RPGs Coming This Week, 1/11/26
After several weeks off, RPGs Coming This Week is back! It’s not so much that we were taking a holiday break so much as it was most publishers were doing so. But that changes this week, with a varied lineup featuring an otome visual novel with wild character names, a perspective-shifting, retro-styl… Read More »- Episodic Review
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail Patch 7.4 – Into the Mist
In my past Final Fantasy XIV reviews, I’ve often been a little more critical of the fourth patch following an expansion. Coming off of the second climax in the third patch, the story in the fourth patch slows down as the game starts laying the groundwork for the next expansion. This can sometimes me… Read More »Music Review
Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version
In summer 2000, at the young age of 16, I wrote an embarrassingly terse review of the Final Fantasy III soundtrack. Granted, everything about this entry in the acclaimed series seemed novel at the time, given its lack of official localization (until the DS version release in 2006). But there was, an… Read More »- Article
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Retro Encounter 476 – 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim Part I
I don’t trust much in this post-war world, but if there’s one exception, it’s my Retro Encounter. On this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, we’re jumping through time and getting inside our mechs in the first half of Vanillaware’s 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim. We talk about our first impressions of the… Read More »Music Review
Hades II Original Soundtrack
I’m sure we’d all like to wind back time to experience Hades for the first time. The airtight gameplay paired perfectly with its sharp art style, charming voice cast, and rocking soundtrack by Supergiant’s resident composer Darren Korb. Just when I’d thought I’d escaped the realm of Hades (with over… Read More »- Article
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Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Demo Out Today on Consoles and PC
Square Enix has announced that a demo for Dragon Quest VII Reimagined is now available for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch 2, Nintendo Switch, and PC via Steam. The announcement came via the Dragon Quest official X account, replete with an accompanying trailer. It depicts the game’s… Read More »- Article
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Remembering Nicholas Ransbottom
Over the weekend, we learned some sad news: Nicholas Ransbottom, a contributor to RPGFan, Nintendo Life, IGN, and more, passed away after a long battle with cystic fibrosis. We first heard the news via one of Nick’s best friends, Elise, on Bluesky. Nick’s husband, Julien, shared an official statemen… Read More »- Review
Riviera: The Promised Land Remastered
I first played Riviera: The Promised Land when it was released on Game Boy Advance. The character artwork and music immediately grabbed my attention, and I was excited to try the command-based exploration — an idea that was completely new to me in 2005. Riviera quickly became one of my favorite Game… Read More »- Article
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Rhythm Encounter 173 – Investigating Fall Music
Given the monumental releases throughout most of 2025, it would be easy to think we saw the best of what last year had to offer by September. But nay! The last quarter of 2025 graced us with many excellent releases, and today we discuss a couple of arrangement albums worth your time, plus four brand… Read More »- Review
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
I was almost hesitant to dive into Tears of the Kingdom. I’ll be quite honest: I hold Breath of the Wild on a bit of a pedestal. As a long-time Zelda fan, it switched up the formula in a way I didn’t know I wanted, and I absolutely adored it. Its release was a formative moment in my life as a Ninten… Read More »Music Review
All Sounds of Final Fantasy I • II
Editor’s Note: We are kicking off 2026 music reviews with six weeks of classic Final Fantasy! While our team had fun reviewing the recent Pixel Remaster versions of the first six games, our music team was keen to look back at the original versions of Final Fantasy through Final Fantasy VII. We hope… Read More »- Feature
RPGFan’s 30 Most Anticipated Games of 2026
While we wrap up another year, it’s time to look forward to the next with our Most Anticipated Games of 2026! As has been the case for a while now, 2025 was a banner year for RPGs. It might not have had as many traditional “JRPGs” as normal, but there was at least a little something for everyone. Th… Read More »Music Review
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved Original Soundtrack
It is a daunting task to keep track of all the great indie visual novels published these days. Fortunately, a recent review from my colleague Audra pointed me to Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved. Taking cues from franchises like Famicom Detective Club and Ace Attorney, this mystery-oriented… Read More »Article
RPGFan Games of the Year 2025: Readers’ Choice Voting (VOTING NOW CLOSED–RESULTS SOON!)
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
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Random Encounter 338 – RPGFan’s Most Anticipated Games of 2026
In our final Random Encounter of 2025, it’s time to take a look ahead to the biggest games of 2026! With the holidays in the rear view mirror, RPGFan is now building our annual most anticipated for the coming year feature. And there is no better way to wrap up 2025 than having the Random panel give… Read More »Music Review
Piano Fantasies – music from Square Enix
Symphonic Fantasies was first performed and recorded in 2009 in Germany, featuring music from four popular Square Enix titles/series: Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Kingdom Hearts, and Final Fantasy. The team would go on to do the two Final Symphony albums, both specific to the Final Fantasy series… Read More »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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
