Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox Game Pass, PC Genre: JRPG, Turn-Based, Dating Sim, Monster Collecting I grew up playing Atlus' Shin Megami Tensei Persona franchise. I was in high school when I first played Persona 3 and Persona 4 on the PS2; the same age as the protagonists featured in the game

At The Game Awards 2023, Matthew McConaughey went on stage to announce Exodus, a new game from Archetype Entertainment and Wizards Of The Coast. However, not much was revealed about the game last month when it was unveiled. Exodus is an epic new sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game (RPG) franchise. It will star

If you're one of those JRPG players who want a new Mother game from Nintendo, or another one those 90s JRPGs when you're done with an epic like Sea of Stars, developer Bred Frown has you sorted. The developers are making a new game called Crystal Story: Dawn of Dusk, and it's coming out for PC (Steam and itch.io) on

Sharkmob has introduced Exoborne, an open-world extraction shooter set in a post-apocalyptic United States facing extreme weather conditions. Unveiled at The Game Awards 2023, Exoborne is in development for both PC and consoles, although no release date has been disclosed. Unlike free-to-play games, Exoborne is a pr

The upcoming Sega and Atlus RPG Metaphor: ReFantazio is looking slick, given the recent trailer it's showcasing. Revealed during The Game Awards 2023, the new Metaphor trailer shows off gameplay and how combat is sorted. It looks like a mix between real-time action and squad-based turn-based combat like your Persona

At The Game Awards 2023, Matthew McConaughey went on stage to announce Exodus, a new game from Archetype Entertainment and Wizards Of The Coast. Exodus is an epic new sci-fi action-adventure role-playing game (RPG) franchise. It will star Matthew McConaughey, and is being developed for the PS5, Xbox Series X/S and P

Overhype Studios, the brains behind the acclaimed Battle Brothers, is venturing into the realm of futuristic tactical warfare with their upcoming game, Menace, slated for 2024. Unveiled earlier this year, Menace transports players to a distant future where they command a strike force of Republic Marines tasked with

Necrosoft Games and Ysbryd Games have unveiled a new trailer for Demonschool, which is a school-life tactics RPG with hints of Persona, Shin Megami Tensei, and Italian horror cinema, where movement equals action. It reveals that the game will launch for the PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Nintendo Switch, PC, and Steam Dec

Platform: Nintendo Switch Genre: Turn-Based RPG featuring Mario & the gang, new Squaresoft characters, and Yoko Shimomura's beginnings Back in 1996, Squaresoft (now Square Enix) teamed up with Nintendo at one point to make a brand-new role-playing game with turn-based combat starring characters from the Mario u

Developer Vanillaware's big strategy RPG title Unicorn Overlord is shaping up to be an epic experience, if this latest news drop is anything to go by. Publishers Sega and Atlus have shared more information about the game's world & setting, its 5 major factions, and the unique characters you can recruit when buil

Star Ocean: The Second Story recently had a remake out courtesy of Gemdrop and Square Enix, since that's probably the only Star Ocean RPG worth re-releasing with a budget again. On the other end of the spectrum, Bandai Namco has released the next DLC for Tales of Arise, with the developers still going strong under the

Publisher and developer Soda Den has finally announced the release date of the cozy Stone Age farming sim, Roots of Pacha for PlayStation consoles and Nintendo Switch. Since its release on PC via Steam on 26 April 2023, the game has received "Very Positive" reviews from critics and fans of the genre. Roots of Pa

Suikoden fans have it rough, what with the flagship role-playing game series all but forgotten by its creator Konami. Hence we see a company named Rabbit & Bear Studios, consisting of ex-Suikoden makers, striking out on their own via Kickstarter to get a new Suikoden-eque RPG project going. It's been 3 years alr

During Nintendo Direct September 2023, Nintendo announced that SaGa Emerald Beyond is coming to the PS4, PS5, PC, Nintendo Switch, Android and iOS sometime in 2024. The trailer confirms that the game features six playable heroes to choose from in the upcoming game. However, what's notable is that one of these playab

Platforms: PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC Genre: Mecha, Action RPG In recent years, FromSoftware made its name by making Soulslike games into the popular genre it is today, from the Dark Souls franchise to Sekiro Shadows Die Twice and most recently, Elden Ring. Now the company has returned to a more niche

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

Publisher Panic and developers Max Cahill, Franek, Bibiki, and Antonio Uribe have announced Arco, a new turn-based RPG for consoles and PC. The developers have been working on this game for the past two years, as revealed during the publisher's first showcase on YouTube called Panic Games Showcase 2023. In Arco'

Platform(s): PC (version reviewed), Xbox, Nintendo Switch Genre: 90s-style Japanese Role-Playing Game recreated for modern sensibilities Sabotage Studio's game-making mission is to modernize retro games for the current generation while maintaining what makes these experiences special in the first place. The Canadia

During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2023, TinyBuild and Matt Dabrowski announced that the roguelike action game Streets of Rogue 2 will launch in Early Access for PC via Steam. Players will embark on an immersive sandbox journey where fun and mayhem are dialled up to eleven, as well as enjoy the ultimate freedom of c

Platform: PS5 Genre: Action RPG The Final Fantasy Japanese role-playing game series have always evolved and got with the times, changing for better or for worse. From turn-based to active time battle shenanigans, and from simple plots to 11-character stories interweaving into one major arc, Squaresoft/Square Enix d