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NIS America has released a free demo for its upcoming action RPG REYNATIS ahead of the game's full release on 27th September 2024. The demo is available via the Switch eShop and will showcase the game's opening chapters as you take on the roles of Marin Kirizumi and Sari Nishijima. To...

New World: Aeternum is now in open beta on PS5, allowing everyone to jump in and sample the Amazon Games title over the weekend. For those totally out of the loop, this is an action RPG that can be played solo or in co-op. New World started life as a full-blown MMO on PC a few years back, and...

A new overview trailer has been released for developer Sam Enright's upcoming RPG Beyond Galaxyland, and it's looking quite lovely, if we do say so ourselves. Clocking in at over five minutes in length, the trailer goes through what you can expect from the game's bonkers story, how you can...

2001's SEGAGAGA is one of the most unique games on the Dreamcast. In it, the player is tasked with restoring the fortunes of an ailing Sega against its evil rival, DOGMA, a company which owns most of the console market (and is clearly inspired by Sony). Laced with humour and packed with...

A brand new Coromon game is coming to Nintendo Switch in 2025, publisher indie.io and developer TRAGsoft have announced. Coromon: Rogue Planet will combine the strategic turn-based gameplay of the original game while introducing roguelite elements to the monster-catching RPG (via Gematsu). The...

Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 certainly caught the eye when it was first revealed a couple of months back. It's a 'realistic' looking turn-based RPG from French developer Sandfall Interactive, which follows a group of explorers as they delve into otherworldly locations. Conceptually unique and...

We've seen some great free-to-play games arrive on Xbox recently, but one that we definitely won't be seeing is Bandai Namco's action-RPG Blue Protocol, which has now officially been cancelled for release in the west. In a statement today, the game's developers explained that a "difficult...

Throughout the last week or so, Obsidian's Avowed has been a massive part of Xbox's presence at the Gamescom 2024 industry event. We saw new gameplay, read some early previews, and learnt about the game's performance targets on Xbox last week. Well, now we've got over an hour's worth of new...

It's been buzzing around for quite a while, but Sky Oceans: Wings for Hire now has a confirmed release date on PS5. In case you haven't been keeping up with this one, it's an RPG with turn-based dogfights. You'll recruit a number of colourful pilots to your cause over the course of the title's...

Update: Developer The Farm 51 has confirmed that Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone is coming to PS5. Original Story: Roughly three years on from the PS4 debut of the original Chernobylite (a PS5 version also dropped in 2022), Polish developer The Farm 51 has announced a full-blown sequel. The big...

The3rd.One Games continues its hard work on the development of The Lightless World, an action RPG set in a dark, dystopian universe. In this reverse horror adventure, players take on the roles of powerful demons navigating a haunted world filled with mystery and danger. The development team is...

Radical Fish Games, the German developer behind the excellent Zelda-style action RPG CrossCode, has officially revealed its next project — Alabaster Dawn. Previously known as Project Terra and teased multiple times on Twitter, the developer confirmed that its follow-up to its 2018 debut will be...

If, like me, you favor RPGs over other genres, this 9/10 rated Steam adventure should be at the top of your to-play list. Currently, a new farming sim to rival Stardew Valley is taking Steam by storm; however, we realize not everyone wants to harvest more crops. If you want something more than...

Ahead of its showing at Gamescom later this month, The First Berserker: Khazan has decided to drop 15 whole minutes of gameplay footage. This is the most we've seen of the action RPG so far, with the video showcasing some exploration and a lot of combat. The action itself is definitely...

The Cat Quest series has long impressed us with its all-ages take on the action RPG formula, and with Cat Quest 3 fast approaching, we wanted to check in with developer The Gentlebros. Luckily for us, studio CEO, artist, and designer Desmond Wong was willing to answer our questions, telling us...

Avowed has been locked in as one of Xbox's biggest first-party games launching this fall, but that might not be happening anymore. According to The Verge (paywalled), Microsoft has decided to delay the RPG until early 2025. Around the time of Xbox's summer showcase, developer Obsidian...

2020's Trials of Mana remake showed us that the series' classic formula can be adapted into a full 3D adventure — and Visions of Mana clearly intends to push things forward. A brand new instalment in Square Enix's longstanding franchise, Visions seems to retain the fantastical charm of its...

After three years of PC exclusivity, Worldwalker Games and Auroch Digital have announced that the award-winning storytelling RPG Wildermyth will finally be making the jump to Switch on 22nd October. This character-driven RPG is all about the vibes of a classic tabletop experience. You'll build...

WitchSpring R is making the jump from Steam to consoles, including Switch, later this year. On 29th August, you'll be able to join the witch Pieberry as she journeys across a magical world in this adorable-looking turn-based RPG. KiwiWalks' remake of WitchSpring, originally a mobile game, came...

It feels like a lot of recent RPGs have tried to put unique spins on traditional turn-based combat. For example, Final Fantasy 7 Remake and Rebirth took the original game's classic ATB system and incorporated real-time action, and it's a similar story with Trails through Daybreak and its evolved...