During the Nintendo Indie Showcase April 2024, Kepler Interactive and The Gentlebros announced that open-world action RPG Cat Quest III is slated to release for the PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC on 8 August 2024. Get whiskered away on a hearty catventure in Cat Quest: Pirates of the Pur

During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2022, a brand-new studio from 15-year Bethesda Game Studios veteran Jeff Gardiner, Something Wicked Games, was revealed. With initial seed funding of US$13.2mm from NetEase, Something Wicked Games is a new, globally dispersed AAA games studio with creative and leadership talent from T

Publisher Level Infinite and developer Hotta Studio have announced that the open-world RPG Tower Of Fantasy will open preload on 9 August 2022 and launch globally on PC and mobile on 10 August 2022 (PDT). To date, over three million players and counting have signed up for the game at the official Tower Of Fantasy websi

OnceLost Games has unveiled a brief new trailer for The Wayward Realms. The developer is helmed by Ted Peterson and Julian LeFay, who were former lead developers of the team behind the original The Elder Scrolls, Arena and Daggerfall. The Wayward Realms is set on a group of over one hundred, realistically scaled, is

Remember Bionicle? If you were a 90s kid or grew up in the early 2000s, these were LEGO with their own extensive lore and narrative, similar to Hasbro's Transformers. There were even several movies and games, the most popular of which was 2003's Bionicle: Mask Of Light and it's tie-in game, Bionicle (which I played on

Level Infinite and Hotta Studio have announced that the upcoming open-world action RPG, Tower Of Fantasy - set for global release in Q3 of 2022 for PC and Mobile platforms and supporting eight languages (English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Indonesian) - is now open for pre-registration. Fa

Not sick of making more open-world games, Techland is taking a break from zombies and is now tackling fantasy. The Polish developer and publisher have announced that it's working on a new open-world fantasy action RPG and are hiring new people to work on the triple-A game. The company has 70 positions open for this,

Publisher and developer METASLA has announced its anticipated open-world pixel graphics fishing fantasy action RPG, Sea Fantasy is scheduled for consoles and PC next year. In this game, players embark on a journey of two young men set out on an adventure to fish for the SeaAZ (which we assume is an alternate nam

Survival and open-world games have been gaining popularity in recent years, offering players an immersive and captivating experience. As technology continues to advance, game developers are constantly pushing the boundaries and creating innovative new titles. In 2024, we can expect a lineup of exciting games that of

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox Series X | S Genre: Open-world, action sci-fi RPG; as Todd Howard said "Think Skyrim in space" In the boundless realm of gaming, a celestial revelation has dawned – Starfield, the latest brainchild of Bethesda, unfurls as a masterful fusion of RPG excellence drawn from the

PQube and Long Way Home have announced Resistor, which is slated for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch and PC. However, a release date has not been announced. Resistor is a turbocharged narrative-driven adventure RPG featuring open-world exploration, stunt-infused racing, and explosive vehicular combat. Play

Sky: Children of the Light, the open-world adventure game from Santa Monica-based Thatgamecompany, will be released in late 2023 for PC via Steam. This coincides with the studio's 17th-anniversary celebration. In doing so, Sky's thriving community can reach an even wider audience as the studio breaks down barriers betw

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), iOS, Android Genre: Turn-based JRPG set in space and anime time continuum If you can count developer/publisher HoYoverse on one thing, is that the Chinese game makers know how to style and profile. Right from the get-go, Honkai Star Rail's opening intro features a mysterious a

The makers of Holoearth, which is a Hololive game, will feature microtransactions. According to a Famitsu report, the game's microtransactions will not be gacha-related; rather it'll be for items like chatroom stickers, firecrackers, and other live event items. All users will get 250 Holocoins at the start. Check ou

Update: Video review-in-progress added. Within the 10 years since Diablo 3, the action RPG genre has seen its fair share of takers to the throne. Notable ones born out of Diablo's gaming DNA include Path of Exile (which is still going strong) and Grim Dawn (the Titan Quest successor). Other entries that literally ch

If you're into Elden Ring or any other dark fantasy open-world title, you may want to check out Tainted Grail: Fall of Avalon. This new open-world RPG in a first-person view is from publisher Awaken Realms and developer Questline, and it's clearly a new dark take on the King Arthur myth. "King Arthur is long dead a

Switzerland-based game developer Shirakumo Games will be releasing its 2D open-world action RPG Kandria in a few months' time. Kandria will be out on 11th January 2023 according to the latest trailer showcasing more about its world, its characters, and its unique 2D aesthetics. It's pixel-heavy, but also pretty deta

The Horizon universe from PlayStation isn't just relegated to the single-player game, a Netflix series, and the upcoming VR title next year. It might branch off into MMORPG territory. According to a report from news site MTN, Sony is teaming up with Korean gaming company NCSoft to make a Horizon MMORPG. The game is

Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC Genre: JRPG, Action, Open-World Star Ocean is one of the more niche JRPG franchises, even compared to the likes of Tales or other mid-tier series. However, like most franchises, it has only lasted this long (since 1996's Star Ocean) because of its loyal fanbase and

Publisher No More Robots and developer PanicBarn are releasing a new game involving football. No, not American football; the REAL kind. Both publisher and developer have unveiled Soccer Story, a comedic-tone open-world RPG about solving puzzles and saving the world with your magic soccer ball. The game will be out o