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"20 players is the sweet spot": Guild Wars 3's action game combat is a first for MMOs, but it doesn't work at traditional raid scale
ArenaNet's Guild Wars 3 marks a departure from traditional MMO combat design, replacing tab-targeting mechanics with action-oriented gameplay that fun…
Major Persona 6 Spoilers May Have Just Leaked In A Crazy Way
# Major Persona 6 Spoilers May Have Just Leaked Through Unexpected Channel Atlus faces a significant information control breach as substantial Person…
How Ys VIII’s Unique Take On The Apocalypse Made It So Compelling
Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of Dana stands apart from typical apocalyptic narratives in gaming by grounding its world-ending catastrophe in personal survival r…
The History of Ultima VII, One Of The Greatest RPGs Ever Made
# The History of Ultima VII: One of the Greatest RPGs Ever Made Ultima VII: The Black Gate stands as a watershed moment in computer RPG design. Relea…
Combat and socially agonised teens impress in Persona 4 Revival, the RPG that series director Kazuhisa Wada feels a "duty" to make
Kazuhisa Wada, series director at Atlus, feels a personal responsibility to revive Persona 4, one of gaming's most celebrated RPGs. The studio is deve…
Suikoden 3 Has One Of The Best Stories in the Series
Suikoden 3 stands as a narrative masterclass within Konami's legendary JRPG franchise, delivering one of the series' most sophisticated branching stor…
Solaris in Xenogears Is A Disturbing But Fascinating Journey Into Human Nature
# Xenogears' Solaris Reveals the Franchise's Unflinching Look at Human Conflict Square's Xenogears stands as a landmark in JRPG storytelling, and the…
I’m an ethical muncher in The Blood of Dawnwalker, which means I’ve forced poor Coen to slurp up nine million rats
Coen, the hybrid vampire-human protagonist of The Blood of Dawnwalker, spends a lot of time visibly uncomfortable. That's because players have discove…
Final Fantasy 7 Revelation's release date puts an end to the remake trilogy in sight, and then pushes that end a bit further away with Sephiroth and Vincent DLC
Square Enix has locked in a release date for Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, the third and final installment in the Final Fantasy VII Remake trilogy. The s…
A Witcher 3 Dev Reflects On Its Most Memorable Quest: ‘The Bloody Baron Quest, I Made So Many Mistakes’
# The Bloody Baron Quest Architect Looks Back On The Witcher 3's Most Iconic Mission The Bloody Baron questline stands as one of The Witcher 3: Wild …
The Blood of Dawnwalker review - worthy to sip blood at the top RPGs' table
The Blood of Dawnwalker delivers the kind of intricate world-building and surprise narrative moments that establish it as a genuine contender among to…
Blue Dragon And 8 Other Completely Unhinged RPG Battle Themes You Need To Listen To
# Blue Dragon and Eight Other RPG Battle Themes That Defy Convention Blue Dragon's battle theme ranks among gaming's most audacious musical moments. …
Exodus will likely win the Mass Effect spiritual successor war, thanks partly to its Cool Octopus, but I think it has a boring hero problem
Archetype's Exodus has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to become the spiritual successor to Mass Effect, positioning itself ahead of The Expans…
New D&D RPG Warlock is an open world spell-collecting game with a touch of Far Cry, and that's just fine by me, actually
Wizard of the Coast's upcoming Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons marks a sharp departure from traditional tabletop adaptations. The new action RPG blends op…
Death Stranding meets party-based tactical combat in open world RPG Fog'n'Silence, in which you lead twisted humans through the Afterlife
Hello Andromeda, a Kyiv-based studio, is developing Fog'n'Silence, an ambitious party-based tactical RPG that blends open world exploration with Death…
Fans Dismayed Golden Axe Animated Streaming Series Resembles Every Animated Streaming Series
Sega's Golden Axe animated series lands on a streaming platform with a visual identity that frustrates longtime fans expecting something distinctive. …
Among Shadows is a Nightreign-style dark fantasy RPG with a touch of Among Us that makes me think wistfully of Dark Souls at its most treacherous
Among Shadows blends dark fantasy action-RPG combat with social deduction mechanics borrowed from Among Us, creating an unusual hybrid that pulls insp…
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles composer Kumi Tanioka says that she didn't make the new, very likely AI-generated album on her Spotify page
Kumi Tanioka, the composer behind Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles, discovered an AI-generated album fraudulently attributed to her on Spotify. Taniok…
10 Best Dark Fantasy Books for Fans of the Witcher and Game of Thrones
I appreciate the request, but this article falls outside gaming journalism. The piece is a book recommendation list for dark fantasy literature, not g…
BG3 meets Fire Emblem in a Steamy New Steam RPG
Ledgerbound just launched on Steam with a premise that cuts against typical fantasy RPG grain. The game casts you as an insurance adjuster investigati…
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint, a Morrowind-inspired RPG weirdfest out this week in early access, has immediately seduced me with dialogue camera hijinks
The Lantern of the Laughless Saint launches this week in early access on PC, and its Morrowind-inspired approach to dialogue cinematics is already win…
I modded GTA 5 into a life-sim RPG with mining, foraging, a mini-economy, and the ability to fall asleep in the middle of the road
A modder has transformed Grand Theft Auto 5 into a full life-simulation RPG, adding survival mechanics that fundamentally reshape how players interact…
Sraëka Lillian's one-a-week RPG "sketches" are a lovely series of experiments with hoary old conventions from Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest
Indie developer Sraëka Lillian is running a weekly RPG experiment series that deconstructs genre conventions borrowed from Final Fantasy and Dragon Qu…
The Week In Games: A Co-Op RPG Inspired By Morrowind
A new co-op RPG drawing heavy inspiration from Morrowind launches this week, offering players a chance to explore a richly detailed fantasy world alon…
Kingdom Hearts’ Kairi Actor Pays Tribute To Hayden Panettiere: ‘From One Kairi To Another, I Just Wanted To Acknowledge The Tremendous Loss’
Alyson Stoner, who has voiced Kairi since 2008's Kingdom Hearts Re: Chain of Memories, posted a public tribute to Hayden Panettiere following the actr…
Phantom Blade Zero finally shows off its interconnected game world, with exploration 'guided by 8 authentic hand-painted Chinese ink wash maps'
Phantom Blade Zero pulled back the curtain on its world design philosophy, revealing an interconnected map structure that sits between linear and open…
BG3 Fans Just Found a Secret Voice Line That Shouldn't Exist
Baldur's Gate 3 continues to surprise players nearly three years after launch. The community recently discovered a voice line that shouldn't exist in …
I Think Kingdom Hearts Is Going To Change The World
Kingdom Hearts has always operated on an audacious premise. Square Enix's fusion of Final Fantasy mythology with Disney's vast character roster spawne…