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Disgaea Mayhem
In my review of Disgaea 7 last year, I concluded that the series was long overdue for a shakeup. Disgaea 7 addressed many fan demands after the disastrous Disgaea 6, yet in doing so revealed just how stale the series formula had become. After hitting peak mechanical refinement in Disgaea 5, the seri… Read More »- Review
Dusklight (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
It’s been almost 20 years since The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess, still the last traditional 3D Zelda to grace our Nintendos, first arrived in its edgy “T for Teen” glory. While the game has already gotten a proper remaster treatment in 2016 with Twilight Princess HD, it remains solely accessi… Read More »- Article
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RPGs Coming This Week, July 19–25, 2026 – Deep Reading, Disgaea, and Donuts
When prepping today’s RPGs Coming This Week, we kept finding more games whose releases snuck up on us. Originally I was going to talk hopefully about Disgaea’s new action RPG spin-off and a new platform to experience Tidus’ laugh, but by the time we finalized our list, we have a narrative-heavy game… Read More »- Review
Utawarerumono: Past and Present Rediscovered
Over two decades have passed since the humble (and somewhat dubious) beginnings of the Utawarerumono series as an adult visual novel/tactics RPG hybrid, and exactly twenty years since the subsequent console-friendly rehabilitation it received with its PlayStation 2 release. From here, the series evo… Read More »- Article
- Retro Encounter
- Podcast
Retro Encounter 490 – The Legend of Zelda Tier List Part I
Retro! Retro! Kooloo-Limpah! This week’s Retro Encounter marks the return of the tier list! This time around we’re ranking 20 entries in The Legend of Zelda franchise. What better way to celebrate 40 years of the beloved series than for our four panelists to upset each other with their differing tak… Read More »- Review
Culdcept Begins
Some of my fondest childhood memories are with my family, gathered around the table after dinner, playing Monopoly. The push and pull of buying up properties, hoarding money, and trading between each other to stake out your claim on the board was endlessly engaging to me. Another of my childhood fav… Read More »- Review
Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok
The skies are vast, full of infinite wonder and, dare I say it, endless adventure for those willing to take the first leap into the great unknown. Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok, a DLC expansion port of the action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink, once again tasks players with exploring the… Read More »Music Review
Persona 3 Reload Original Soundtrack
Any player who’s reached the end of a Persona game will have unwittingly, if not happily, seared the entirety of that game’s soundtrack into their memory. Persona soundtracks have long been cool, catchy, and buttery smooth—though I’d argue that Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 kicked this reputation of… Read More »- Article
- Random Encounter
- Podcast
Random Encounter 351 – I Don’t Know Much About Sword Art Online, But I Know What I Like
On this episode of Random Encounter, we’re chatting about new DLC for a game that spent over a decade in development, and another title that feels like it should have been released a decade ago. First up, Audra is here to chat about Endless Ragnarok, the new DLC for the action RPG Granblue Fantasy:… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, July 12–18, 2026 – Cosmic Horrors, Cards, and Hope
This edition of RPGs Coming This Week features a brand-new game and IP, and a new game in a long-dormant series. And Nintendo added a handful of titles to its Nintendo Switch Online service just a few days ago, which included a surprising Game Boy RPG addition, now available again 30 years after its… Read More »- Review
Triangle Strategy
Can one’s ideals and convictions stand tall even in the face of a devastating battle for control of a nonrenewable yet vital resource? Such is the main narrative conceit of the Square Enix turn-based SRPG Triangle Strategy, a game set in a fantasy realm where three different countries are at constan… Read More »- Review
Echoes of Aincrad
Did you ever enjoy the PS3 era of RPGs? I used to think I did, until Echoes of Aincrad reminded me what those games were actually like. There is something morbidly poetic about the idea of climbing Aincrad. One hundred floors suspended above the clouds, each one promising a new world and the hope of… Read More »- Article
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Brigandine Abyss Event Battle Phases Hands-Off Preview
I must admit to only being familiar with the Brigandine series in passing, though my inner SRPG fan’s curiosity has been piqued by what I’ve heard. It’s a curiosity that’s led me to pay close attention to the upcoming release, Brigandine Abyss. I was recently fortunate enough to preview one of the g… Read More »- Review
and Roger
Plenty of games have made me cry. It’s usually near the end. Depending on when the “big sad event” happens, it might be somewhat earlier. But it’s never within the first five minutes—until I played and Roger. The game’s promotional materials describe how players assume the role of a young girl who w… Read More »- Feature
We Want to Go to There: 25 RPG Locations We Want to Visit
For many of our readers, it’s summer time! That often means vacations near or far, whether that’s a trip to the local beach or a more exotic locale. But why limit vacation planning to only real-world spots? We’re RPG fans, and we’ve all seen countless picturesque landscapes, coastal villages, floati… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, July 5–11, 2026 – Endless Vampires & Digital Monsters
RPGs are back! Okay, they didn’t actually go away, but last week was a rare time there was very little releasing in the RPG world, which is why our most recent RPGs Coming This Week column was two weeks ago. This week presents no such problem, though, with games big and small. If you’ve been wanting… Read More »- Article
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Star Wars Zero Company Brings Strategy, Separatists, & A Solo Skywalker on August 27th
EA, Lucasfilm Games, and developer Bit Reactor have announced that Star Wars Zero Company will release on August 27th for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC via Steam. The announcement came via the Summer Game Fest 2026 keynote presentation, alongside a three-minute gameplay trailer showcasing i… Read More »- Article
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Retro-Inspired Fields of Mistria To Reach Version 1.0 in Early August
During this year’s Wholesome Direct, NPC Studio announced that their ’90s-inspired farming-sim Fields of Mistria will release in its 1.0 state on August 5th for PC via Steam. It marks exactly two years after its initial release in Early Access. A brief trailer accompanied the announcement, showcasin… Read More »- Review
Deltarune (Chapter 5)
This review for Deltarune Chapter 5 builds on ones I previously wrote for Chapters 1+2 and Chapters 3+4. With Deltarune now apparently past its halfway mark and Toby Fox bestowing chapters on what will hopefully continue to be an annual schedule, each drop feels like a monumental event: a consistent… Read More »Music Review
Final Fantasy XI Vana♪Con Anniversary 11.11.11
Over the decades, I have endeavored to add to my collection and write reviews for every bit of Final Fantasy XI music published by Square Enix. Somehow, there was one tantalizing item that didn’t hit my radar until very recently, perhaps because I was considering audio-only releases and not concerts… Read More »- Review
Crimson Desert
Some of the best and least appreciated games in all of RPGs are what could be called “Eurojank”: Gothic 1 and Gothic 2, STALKER, Greedfall, Arx Fatalis, Kingdom Come: Deliverance, E.Y.E Divine Cybermancy. Many would call these games “so bad they’re good,” while others hold sincere and unironic admir… Read More »- Article
- Retro Encounter
- Podcast
Retro Encounter 489 – Xanadu Next Part II
Three years hence the War of the Knights…The old ways rang of their death knell, a fresh wind began to blow. The path the one knight chose, he continued being a knight even after. This week on Retro Encounter, our panel returns to discuss the second half of Falcom’s oft-forgotten dark fantasy acti… Read More »- Feature
Top 20 PlayStation Vita RPGs
Update July 1st, 2026: Along with Sony’s announcement of discontinuing disc-based games in 2028, they also revealed, after years of (welcome) false starts, the real closure of the PS3 and PS Vita stores starting later this year and into 2027 in different locales. See Sony’s blog post for details on… Read More »- Feature
The Colors of Harmony: Hitoshi Sakimoto 40th Anniversary Celebration
Rob White’s Impressions On Saturday,1 3 June, 2026, I attended The Colors of Harmony: Hitoshi Sakimoto 40th Anniversary Celebration, a day of events at Fairfield Halls in Croydon, London, celebrating both the Final Fantasy series and Sakimoto’s contribution to video game music. The day included a pa… Read More »- Feature
- ICYMI
Get ’em While They Last! PlayStation Store RPGs for PS One, PS2, PS3, PSP, and PS Vita
Update July 1st, 2026: Along with Sony’s announcement of discontinuing disc-based games in 2028, they also revealed, after years of (welcome) false starts, the real closure of the PS3 and PS Vita stores starting later this year and into 2027 in different locales. See Sony’s blog post for details on… Read More »- Review
Schrödinger’s Call
Video games can be a lot of things. They can be funny, they can be fantastical, they can be sad, and they can be thoughtful. I have read, watched, and heard many a story about the inevitability of death, but Schrödinger’s Call has me feeling a certain way that other video games have rarely accomplis… Read More »- Article
- Random Encounter
- Podcast
Random Encounter 350 – The Adventures of Deltarune
On this episode of Random Encounter, we have a new chapter of a beloved game and a new release from a beloved studio! First up, Aleks is here to chat about the newly released fifth chapter of Deltarune. It sounds like we are going to be getting seven of them, so they are very much in the home stretc… Read More »- Article
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Fallout 76 at Summer Game Fest 2026 – Interview with Creative Director Jon Rush and Production Director Bill LaCoste
In the wake of Fallout 76’s recent Infestations update, with its challenging enemies and boss fight content across Appalachia, I got the chance to speak with Creative Director Jon Rush and Production Director Bill LaCoste about their hopes for the update, the process of balancing reward systems this… Read More »- Article
- News
Atlus Details Persona 4 Revival Story, Characters, & More In New Broadcast
SEGA and Atlus have revealed a substantial first look at what players can expect from Persona 4 Revival, giving a succinct overview of its updated social and combat mechanics and place in the Persona canon. The information was broadcast via the official Atlus West YouTube channel, totalling nineteen… Read More »- Review
The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening DX HD
Growing up, one of my favorite video game series was The Legend of Zelda, and one of my favorites in the series was The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening. The idea of having two item slots was incredibly novel, and while swapping your sword out was tedious, it gave us item combinations we never had… Read More »- Feature
Crowdfunding Chronicles June Special
Summer is finally here, and it’s time to enjoy our favorite outdoor activity: playing video games on a handheld under a tree.- Feature
Pokémon Pokopia and the Reclamation of Trash
**SPOILER WARNING** This feature may spoil certain mechanics and outcomes in Pokémon Pokopia. No Pokémon impresses me like Trubbish. An underappreciated gem, Trubbish turns trash into treasure with ease and grace, though to be fair, it is all treasure to them — goals! As a PhD student studying video… Read More »- Review
Echo Generation 2
Echo Generation 2 is a prequel to the original Echo Generation, released in 2024. The original led with heart and humor beautifully matched by its charming voxel visuals. Echo Generation 2 attempts to further develop the world and vibe as we primarily follow Jack, the missing father from the first g… Read More »- Article
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RPGs Coming This Week, June 21–27, 2026 – Fox, Get These Games [on My Switch 2]!
This week is a somewhat light list of RPGs Coming This Week. Whether most publishers don’t want to launch alongside Star Fox, or they’re just too damned tired after all the gaming news in June, we have two new releases this week. We also have a trio of games coming to new platforms, including the co… Read More »- Article
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Granblue Fantasy: Relink – Endless Ragnarok at Summer Game Fest 2026: Building on an Engaging Action RPG
Action RPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink is about to get even bigger with its Endless Ragnarok expansion! Thanks to the team at Cygames, I was able to hear from Creative Director Tetsuya Fukuhara and Director Sanshiro Hidaka about the new features of the expansion, their vision for the title, and more. I… Read More »- Article
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Steam Next Fest June 2026: Demos to Check Out This Weekend [UPDATED]
Steam Next Fest is here, and running through Monday, June 22nd. You probably already know that. Just like you probably know there are hundreds of games featured on Steam across all genres, many with newly released demos for you to try. We can’t hope to list everything notable in the RPG and adventur… Read More »- Review
Myst
“The Surrealistic Adventure That Will Become Your World.” That was the promise of the original Myst in 1993. I’ve long been enamoured with the zeitgeist-piercing mystique of Myst, and its legacy of slow-paced, first-person adventure-puzzlers includes some of my favourite games. Still, Cyan Worlds’ P… Read More »- Article
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure Lands On PS5 & Switch 2 on September 10th
NIS America and Nihon Falcom have announced that The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure will launch on September 10th for PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch 2. A short trailer accompanied the announcement, showcasing a sizzle reel of what awaits Lloyd Banning… Read More »- Review
Town of Zoz
The success of indie farming sims like Stardew Valley and the resurgence in popularity of long-running series like Story of Seasons and Rune Factory have ushered in a new era of farming sim/RPG hybrids seeking to capture the ever-growing community of Cozy Gamers. While most of these titles stick to… Read More »- Article
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