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fromGameSpot
1 day ago

Meet The Dungeon Master Controlling Ghost Of Yotei's Lawless Japan

Balancing player freedom and structured content is crucial in crafting open worlds, as demonstrated in Ghost of Yotei's innovative design.
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fromGameSpot
2 days ago

Beast Of Reincarnation Release Date And Everything We Know About Game Freak's Ambitious RPG

Beast of Reincarnation, an action RPG by Game Freak, will release on August 4, 2026, featuring real-time and turn-based combat.
fromInverse
2 days ago

'Elden Ring' Set Photos Tease A Major Change To Crucial Characters

The Duskbloods, a vampiric action RPG set in the Victorian Era, is highly anticipated for the Nintendo Switch 2, arriving later this year.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 day ago

Opening the hidden door within us': how Exit 8 took a simple game to purgatory

Genki Kawamura's Exit 8 adapts a simple horror game into a film with a fuller narrative and themes about human nature.
#elden-ring
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fromKotaku
5 days ago

Elden Ring Film Gets Release Date And A Heap Of New Cast Members

Elden Ring film set for release on March 3, 2028, with a new cast and directed by Alex Garland.
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fromKotaku
5 days ago

Elden Ring Film Gets Release Date And A Heap Of New Cast Members

Elden Ring film set for release on March 3, 2028, with a new cast and directed by Alex Garland.
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fromEngadget
2 days ago

Titanium Court mashes together genres and cultural references to tell a strange, funny tale

Titanium Court combines match-three mechanics with tower defense elements in a roguelite format, emphasizing strategic resource management and tactical gameplay.
#crimson-desert
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fromGameSpot
3 weeks ago

Crimson Desert Is Doing Something Very Uncommon For RPGs

Crimson Desert has seen a significant increase in player count shortly after its launch, indicating strong ongoing interest in the game.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

6 Wild And Overdesigned Details Hidden In Crimson Desert - Kotaku

Crimson Desert features intricate details that enhance player experience, rewarding exploration and roleplay despite some being seemingly unnecessary.
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fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

This Turn-Based RPG Musical Is Fun But Drags A Bit In Act 3 | People Of Note Review

People of Note is a whimsical RPG where music battles and friendship combat an ancient power, blending humor with a journey to fame.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

Bloodborne is being turned into an R-rated animated film

Sony is adapting Bloodborne into an R-rated animated feature with producer Seán McLoughlin.
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fromThe Verge
1 week ago

There's nothing like an RPG over vacation

People of Note is a music-themed RPG that offers a relaxing gaming experience while featuring a journey of an aspiring pop singer.
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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

Street Fighter 6's Incest Storyline Saga Just Got Worse, Somehow

Capcom will revise text in Street Fighter 6 regarding Alex's relationship with Patricia due to its controversial nature.
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fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse Is Twisting French Legends Into Nightmare Bosses

Castlevania: Belmont's Curse returns to classic 2D action, set in 1499 Paris, featuring new enemies and gameplay elements.
fromKotaku
2 weeks ago

Cult-Hit Doki Doki Literature Club Fights Sudden Android Removal

Their explanation is that the game's content violates their Terms of Service in its depiction of sensitive themes. DDLC is widely celebrated for portraying mental health in a way that meaningfully connects deeply with players around the world, helping them feel heard, understood, and less alone on their journey.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

RPGs Lead To The Strongest 'Post-Game Depression,' Study Finds

The study, published in the Current Psychology journal, was conducted by researchers from SWPS University and the Stefan Batory Academy of Applied Sciences, who set out to measure the 'sense of emptiness that arises after completing a deeply immersive game.' Post-Game Depression, or P-DGS, was measured across two separate studies, with a total of 373 participants.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The Last Blossom review a yakuza faces his final reckoning in affecting anime

The Last Blossom explores the duality of human nature through the life of a former yakuza and his connection with a talking flower.
fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

Mr. Resident Evil signs a deal with Mr. Stellar Blade

We believe we can respect each other as creators and make games together. And I think with Hyung-Tae, we can even enjoy the hard parts.... Seeing my own vision and ideals come into focus like this, and finding someone whose direction aligns so closely is something I've rarely experienced before in my career.
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fromGameSpot
2 weeks ago

You Could Be In A PlayStation Game If You Write Well, Love PlayStation, Play And Own A Lot, Have Anecdotes, And More

PlayStation has announced a new contest called The Playerbase, allowing winners to have their likenesses scanned to appear in PlayStation games, starting with Gran Turismo 7.
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fromGameSpot
3 weeks ago

The Best Gacha Games To Spend Time With In 2026

The best gacha games include a variety of genres and styles, catering to different player preferences.
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fromKotaku
3 weeks ago

Nier Cosmic Horror Teased On Worst Day Possible

April Fools' Day in Japan sees video game companies teasing projects, with Yoko Taro hinting at a new NieR project.
#jrpg
fromKotaku
4 weeks ago
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17 JRPGs You Can Add To Your Collection For Cheap During All Of The Spring Game Sales - Kotaku

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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

17 JRPGs You Can Add To Your Collection For Cheap During All Of The Spring Game Sales - Kotaku

Spring sales feature significant discounts on popular JRPGs across various platforms.
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fromEngadget
3 weeks ago

A Palworld horror-themed dating sim spinoff is on the way

Palworld: More Than Just Pals is a dating sim with horror elements where players can romance and eat creatures from the original game.
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fromKotaku
4 weeks ago

I Finally Tried Dark Souls And It's Even Better Than Everyone Said

Gamer imposter syndrome affects women, leading to self-doubt and avoidance of challenging games.
fromGadgets 360
1 month ago

Swery65 on Hotel Barcelona's New Update and His Collaboration With Suda51

Hotel Barcelona embodies a distinct voice. The game comes from two industry auteurs, Hidetaka Suehiro and Goichi Suda, known for their unconventional games that push the medium into wacky territories. Over the years, Suehiro, who goes by Swery65, and Suda, popularly known as Suda51, have been the creative forces behind unique and bold video games that blend genres.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Dragon Age Veilguard Writer Reveals Final Choice That Got Cut

Dragon Age: The Veilguard allows players to make impactful decisions, including a climactic choice involving Solas, with a previously planned reflective moment cut from the final game.
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fromInverse
1 month ago

'Devil May Cry' Season 2 Is Giving Dante A Big Upgrade

Netflix's Devil May Cry season two introduces Dante's iconic dual-wielded handguns Ebony and Ivory, created by gunsmith Nell Goldstein, marking a significant addition to his arsenal for the upcoming season.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Gamepad Steers Elden Ring Streamer Using A Wild Balance Hack

Galvanic vestibular stimulation can directly influence human balance, allowing games and controllers to physically steer players and simulate G-forces.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Crimson Desert: Everything You Need To Know About The New RPG

Crimson Desert is a standalone single-player open-world action RPG launching March 19 on PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series S/X, built on Pearl Abyss's new BlackSpace engine with combat-focused gameplay similar to Dragon's Dogma.
fromKotaku
1 month ago

Dragon Quest 10 Is Getting A Google-Powered Chatbot Slime NPC

Square Enix is partnering with Google to integrate its AI large language model Gemini into Dragon Quest X, creating a Slime character that players can chat with. This character will respond with AI-generated text, offering tips, tricks, and advice as players navigate the game.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Crimson Desert Review Round-Up: Dazzling, Fun, But Very Flawed

Crimson Desert launched to mixed reviews, with critics divided between praising its combat and visuals while criticizing its weak narrative and bloated systems.
fromGameSpot
1 month ago

Control Resonant Gameplay Preview: Doing The Unexpected With The Familiar

The former, a story about a traumatized boy defending a city from alien incursions using a biomechanical humanoid mecha in the hopes he will be able to understand himself and earn approval from others, is an apt point of reference for Control Resonant's protagonist Dylan Faden. Dylan, the brother of Federal Bureau of Control's director Jesse Faden, is a powerful parautilitarian who has abilities by way of a connection to an otherworldly entity called Polaris.
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

Capcom's next big game explores the horrors of AI

Pragmata is a sci-fi third-person action game where players control two characters—a suited man and an android child—to explore a lunar research station and combat robots through hacking mechanics.
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fromGame Informer
1 month ago

Crimson Desert Review - Open-World Overload - Game Informer

Crimson Desert is a visually stunning open-world game with impressive technical achievement, but suffers from a confusing narrative, lack of thematic depth, and numerous frustrating gameplay elements that undermine its potential.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

It's time for Game Freak to finally give Pokemon some proper voice acting

Modern Pokémon games on Nintendo Switch retain 8-bit inspired cries from the original Game Boy era, which feel disconnected from current 3D graphics and open worlds despite technological advances allowing for higher-quality audio.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Former God Of War Writer Says Sex Mini-Games Were 'Worked On By Women' And Should Return In Remake

God of War's sex mini-games were developed largely by women and should return in remakes; a former writer defends them as character-defining and respectful, while a PlayStation-themed Lego set leaks and AI-generated guides face criticism.
#monster-hunter-stories-3
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Monster Hunter Stories 3 Review: The RPG Spinoff Grows Up

Monster Hunter Stories 3: Twisted Reflection matures the spin-off series with more complex turn-based combat and strategic depth while maintaining its core philosophy of befriending monsters rather than simply hunting them.
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fromKotaku
1 month ago

Game Adds Playable Tofu After Complaints About Female Protag

A vending machine tycoon game developer added a sentient tofu character as a playable option after receiving complaints about the female protagonist, offering an alternative without requiring extensive new character development.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Beloved Action-RPG Nier: Automata Might Finally Get A Sequel

Square Enix teased a continuation of Nier: Automata, renewing hope for a proper sequel after nine years and more than 10 million sales.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Code Vein 2 Review: An Approachable Soulslike With JRPG Spirit

Code Vein II blends anime JRPG aesthetics with Soulslike mechanics, offering flexible combat, an open world, approachable difficulty, and a character-driven time-travel story.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Cyberpunk 2 Dev Explains The Beauty Of First-Person Storytelling

First-person perspective in Cyberpunk 2077 enhances immersion by aligning narrative subjectivity with a body-decay, consciousness-transfer story and avatar-like player identity.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Yakuza Kiwami 3 Has Longtime Fans Crashing Out

The Kiwami 3 remake has alienated fans through cut quests, story retcons, and casting an actor who admitted sexual assault, damaging the series' reputation.
fromEngadget
1 month ago

NetEase is reportedly pulling funding for Yakuza creator's studio

According to a Bloomberg report, Chinese tech giant NetEase is going to stop financing Nagoshi Studio starting in May. Bloomberg confirmed the news with the studio's employees and a NetEase spokesperson. The report explained that NetEase decided to cut funding to Nagoshi Studio, which was founded in 2021 by Yakuza franchise creator Toshihiro Nagoshi, after finding out the studio needed $44.4 million to complete the project.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Nioh 3: The Kotaku Review - Kotaku

Shaking up what fans have come to expect from the series, it tosses out the old formulas of straightforward missions and replaces them with an open-world twist that works shockingly well. In the midst of wandering the hidden corners of Japan, players will find fantastic secrets and evocative battles, but what's gained from this ambitious scope is just as often hampered by a surprising lack of challenge and a deadweight story that completely overstays its welcome.
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fromThe Verge
1 month ago

The Witcher is a perfect fit for Reigns' Tinder-like roleplaying

Nerial adapted The Witcher into their Reigns choose-your-own-adventure series, using binary swiping mechanics to simplify complex fantasy narratives into accessible gameplay.
fromKotaku
2 months ago

The Witcher's Lead Story Designer Says Ending Was A 'Mistake'

Turns out, Ganszyniec had no hand in writing the final cutscene. "The script for this...it was created not really involving the story team. So it was sort of, we weren't really paying attention. And that was a mistake, I think." As he explains, this is why the "open question" surrounding Geralt's future that's presented in the narrated section, which precedes the animated cutscene doesn't match up with the conclusion.
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fromEngadget
1 month ago

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 this spring

Kena: Bridge of Spirits is coming to Switch 2 this spring, with a sequel announced for later in 2026 on PS5 and PC.
#final-fantasy-vii-remake
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth Is Wasting No Time Coming To Switch 2

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth launches on Switch 2 June 6 with a new boost mode, raising performance concerns and suggesting the trilogy may be multiplatform.
fromVG247
1 month ago

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin may be your next anime gacha obsession, with a hint of Ghibli, and this latest trailer may be what sells you on it

The Seven Deadly Sins: Origin is an open-world action RPG based on the world of The Seven Deadly Sins anime and manga. The game takes place in the world of Britannia, which looks similar to the way it does in the anime. That said, the story of the game is not based on the anime or manga, Instead, it's an original story set in the universe of the show.
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fromGameSpot
2 months ago

The Best Thing About Monster Hunter Stories 3...

Major gaming updates include console delays, franchise revivals, new character reveals, and Monster Hunter Stories 3's Habitat Restoration reshaping monster management.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

Kena 2 Looks Gorgeous And Ready To Fill The Horizon 3-Sized Hole In Our Hearts - Kotaku

Kena: Scars of Kosmora is an action-focused PS5/PC RPG sequel featuring elemental Spirit Guiding, expanded world, new companions, and planned release later this year.
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fromEngadget
3 months ago

Fable will let you be a heartless landlord this fall

Playground Games' Fable reboot features a fully open-world medieval Albion, player-origin hero story, character customization, melee/ranged/magic combat, and returning locations like Bowerstone.
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fromEngadget
2 months ago

Nintendo announces surprise Switch 2 version of sci-fi RPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition gains a Switch 2 edition with up to 60fps and 4K but requires a $5 upgrade or a $65 standalone purchase.
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fromKotaku
2 months ago

The Switch 2 Is Drowning Fans In Excellent And Obscure JRPGs

Switch 2 showcase disappointed general audiences but delivered an exceptional lineup of JRPGs, confirming nine titles and accelerating JRPG momentum on the platform.
fromWGB
2 months ago

Sony Shuts Down Bluepoint Games, Makers Of Demon's Souls

Schrier goes on to say that 70 people will be affected by the closure of the studio, which Sony purchased in 2021 after a lengthy relationship in which BluePoint made several PlayStation-exclusive remasters/remakes, including Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection and a remake of Shadow of the Colossus. Sony themselves has confirmed the closure in a statement. The studio will officially shut its doors next month.
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fromVG247
2 months ago

Genshin Impact Luna 5 takes the squad back to Mondstadt, finally makes Varka playable

Version Luna 5 arrives February 25, returns players to Mondstadt and introduces Varka, a 5-Star Anemo dual-wield claymore character who deals dual-element damage.
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