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It's good to know that new IPs can still thrive in the tumultuous games industry. Publisher Kepler Interactive and developer Sandfall Interactive have announced the sales numbers of their new Japanese role-playing game Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. The game has sold more than 1 million units in just three days after its release on 24 April. Previ...
After quite a worldwide trek through Teyvat, it's time for our Traveler and Paimon (and their gacha army) to return to the game's point of origin: Mondstadt. HoYoverse has announced the next Genshin Impact update, version 5.6, which brings players back to the city of Mondstadt for some questing, interlude, and amusement park management shenaniga...
The Shin Megami Tensei: Persona series can't hog the spotlight for all high-school contemporary JRPGs; let other companies take a shot. And so, Japanese company Furyu is doing just that with its new title Varlet. Varlet is an all-new high school RPG where your protagonists explore the duality of their own nature as they navigate the perilous hig...
Platform(s): PlayStation 5 (version reviewed), PC, Xbox Series Genre: Japanese role-playing game made by a 30-person French studio, Story-Heavy Last year was a bountiful blessing for Japanese role-playing game fans, as it was filled with a ton of winners and even Game Of The Year contenders. Metaphor: ReFantazio, Like A Dragon: Infinite Wealth,...
Well, would you look at that—Atlus just rolled out a free demo for Persona 3 Reload, and only a casual year after its launch. It’s like being offered a sample of cake after the wedding's over—but it’s cake, and it's free, so we’re not complaining. If you're somehow one of the last survivors who haven’t touched this gem, here's what y...
If you feel that Japanese role-playing games are way too modern and prefer the Famicom/NES style of turn-based combat and dungeon-crawling, then this next piece of news may entice you. AMATA Games will release an upcoming 2D title named Crescent Tower, with development handled by Japanese indie studio Curry Croquette. In a nutshell, you and your...
All roads eventually lead to an end, and the Trails Through Daybreak series from Falcom is heading to its final stop soon. At least in English dub & subtitles. The English version of The Legend of Heroes: Trails Beyond The Horizon will be out in Fall 2025 for PC, PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, and Nintendo Switch. This being the third and fin...
The next Honkai Star Rail adventure continues the Trailblazer & his/her crew through the game's version of Greece but on a planet. In this 3.2 update from HoYoverse, the Trailblazers and Chrysos Heirs will face trials of survival and political intrigue as their Flame-Chase Journey unfolds. The debut of new 5-star characters Castorice (Rememb...
Fans of Hiro Mashima's manga work (like Fairy Tail) can look forward to seeing a new game adaptation from Konami later this year. His latest sci-fi space fantasy work, Edens Zero, is getting a 3D action role-playing game for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series on 15 July. Players who pre-order the Digital Deluxe Edition of the game will get to play the gam...
Falcom has released more updates on its upcoming remake of the JRPG that made them a household name overseas - The Legend of Heroes: Trails In The Sky. The remake focuses on the 1st Chapter of the game's expansive storyline; the original 2004 JRPG had three entries on the Liberl-focused adventure. The entry will focus on the eight main character...
While 2024 was jam-packed with Japanese role-playing games aplenty, does that mean we can expect less of the genre for 2025? Hardly. We already have a few eclectic JRPGs slated for the first half of 2025, with Atelier Yumia out in the next few weeks. And following that, we have one from French studio Sandfall Interactive, slated for April 2025...
The final Xenoblade game will be out of Nintendo Wii U jail soon. To celebrate the re-release and remaster of Xenoblade Chronicles X, publisher Nintendo and developer Monolith Soft has released a 6-minute trailer detailing the gameplay in the game's new remastered graphics. You'll get to explore the alien world of Mira, help out your colony of N...
Publisher Koei Tecmo and developer Gust have shown off new gameplay and the opening movie of its upcoming alchemy-focused role-playing game Atelier Yumia. The long-running series' new entry focuses on Yumia, a bike-wielding staff-and-gun-toting alchemist who joins the Aladiss Research team in order to find the answers behind the world's cataclys...
It's always good to see longtime game composers get their day in the sun, especially in the 67th Annual Grammy Awards spotlight. The prestigious music awards ceremony, whose nominees and winners are determined by the Recording Academy, just awarded its victors recently during the show on 2nd February 2025. The winner for Best Score Soundtrack fo...
Platform(s): PlayStation 5 (version reviewed), PS4, PC, Nintendo Switch, Xbox Series, Xbox One Genre: Late 2000s-era JRPG, Anime, Fantasy The Tales Of series are a slew of Bandai Namco-made Japanese role-playing games with a huge emphasis on real-time action combat loaded with special moves called Artes as well as fantasy anime storylines that ...
Honkai Star Rail 3.0 update is up, and it features a brand new Trailblazer storyline that takes place on a Greek-influenced planet called Amphoreus, with its own brand of puzzles & dungeons. It also features a new gacha character: The Herta. The creator of the Herta models and dolls in the Simulated Universe, she is a space witch who is usin...
Back in 2021, an indie pixel role-playing game called Everhood was released and had its own slew of fans. While it looked similar to other faux-retro RPGs like Undertale, it had music rhythm-tailored combat and sequences to make it stand out. We're getting a part 2, it seems, and it'll be out in a few months. Everhood 2 will be out for PC and Ni...
If you were a fan of JRPGs in the 90s and had money to spend, you probably owned a Sega CD and played both Lunar: Silver Star Story and Lunar: Eternal Blue. Failing that, you waited a few more years and played the PlayStation ports instead which featured better graphics, better anime cutscenes, reworked soundtracks, and better voice acting. Of c...
HoYoverse will start the new year of 2025 with a galactic-level bang. The company has announced Honkai Star Rail's 3.0 update, called Paean of Era Nova. The new 3.0 update will feature a new story mode that takes players to the new world of Amphoreus; this Trailblaze Mission will last in all eight updates from 3.0 to 3.7. From the looks of it al...
Falcom has a surprise up its sleeve for PlayStation 5 owners in 2025, as revealed in the company's investor presentation titled “Matters Concerning Business Plans and Growth Potential,” published via Nikkei. Alongside previously announced titles like Ys X: Proud Nordics, Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter, and what’s likely the Nintendo Switch ver...
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