On the surface, Persona 5 and Warriors don’t seem like an obvious mix. One is an RPG that’s about as turn-based as you can get, with dungeons designed to labyrinthine and laden with puzzles; the other is a series noted for frantic action combat and huge battlefields that encourage strategic …
As much as I loved the original Nioh, one particular memory is always first to mind when I think back on it: the hours I spent frustratedly bashing my head against Hino-Enma, the third boss in the game. Learning her moveset and figuring out optimal ways of dealing with each …
There’s a lot more to a good roguelike than just permanent death and randomised dungeons. What makes the best of the genre work so well is the way they encourage experimentation with different weapons, different items, different builds—driven in part by necessity and in part by a game loop that …
Stormind Games, the developers behind the Remothered series have announced their next project—and looks like quite the departure from their survival horror roots. Batora: Lost Haven, currently in development for PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and PC, is a story-driven action RPG “based on …
Ivan the blacksmith didn’t believe in bad luck. He was happy with his simple life as the village craftsman. He was content. But that all changed when a sudden encounter with Likho, a monstrous embodiment of pure misfortune, chopped off Ivan’s arm and cursed him to a life of ill …
Echoes of the Atlas, the latest expansion for Grinding Gear Games’ popular action RPG Path of Exile, is just around the corner. In a livestream yesterday to reveal the new expansion and share details about it, Grinding Gear also announced a January 15 (PDT) release date for PC and January …
A limited-time demo for Monster Hunter Rise is now available on Switch, following Capcom’s “Monster Hunter Digital Event” that took place overnight. The demo is available until February 1, giving players a taste of some of Rise‘s new exploration mechanics, solo and co-op play, and of course, monster hunts. The …
If you want to get a taste of Ys IX: Monstrum Nox before its launch next month, you’re in luck, with a free demo released on PlayStation 4 today. The demo lets you jump into two different areas of the game, the ancient waterways of the Cloaca Maxima and the …
DOMO Studio’s action RPG Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is coming to PlayStation 4 in the West in February 2021, following its launch in other territories and global PC release earlier this year. Xuan-Yuan Sword VII is the latest in a long-running series of Taiwanese RPGs that’s been kicking around since 1990. …
Fans of Square Enix’s experimental Nintendo DS RPG The World Ends With You have long been pleading for a follow-up. Those wishes are finally coming true with NEO: The World Ends With You, a brand new game that’s in development for PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch and planned for a …
