Nitro Gen Omega is a lot of what you'd want from a super fighting robot game -- it's fun, it's got colourful customization, and the barrier to join the action is no more than "Yes, I like mechas!" ...As do we! 🤖 Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/nitro...

Scarlet Moon Records' duo GENTLE LOVE skillfully revisits fan-favorite melodies in Prescription for Sleep: Ocarina of Time, putting their own jazzy spin on iconic compositions. Check out our album review below 🎵 Music Review: www.rpgfan.com/music-review...

HD-2D is taking a break from turn-based, and making a pivot to old-school, top-down 2D Zelda-style Action RPG glory.⚔️🪶 Now grab your pointy feather hat, and let's go on The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales! Full Preview: www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/18/a...

A homecoming where nothing is as it seems. 🌊 There's trouble in this island paradise and its time to settle things... join for the Summer Time Rendering FINALE! See our Discord's Anime Night channel now (or see ► www.rpgfan.com for the ►Discord Invite at the top).

Thanks to the team at Square Enix, we got to send some questions to producer Naofumi Matsushita about The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales! He shares action RPG inspirations, favorite weapon combinations, and more. Check out our Q&A below! Q&A: www.rpgfan.com/feature/adve...

Some kind of release for every kind of RPG palette. 🤖☕ It's robots and coffee, it's mystery and mayhem, it's ports and more; but get to see it all yourself with what's... Coming This Week! 👉 www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/17/r...

19 years ago today, #OdinSphere was first launched in Japan for the PS2! This Vanillaware gem blended fairy tale storytelling with fun side-scrolling action to fantastic results. Check out our original review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/odin-...

"Invincible Rainbow Arrow" is the annoyingly catchy pop song from grizzly mystery game AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES... But it's really fun to match the song's climax in other games. 🌈 Like so:

We're LIVE playing Spheda, with a side of Dark Cloud 2 (FINALE)! ⛳☄️ And our Summer Marathon kicks off next week – Join us to win neat prizes and see tons of games get played. Watch ►► www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom

With some fantastic original tracks composed by Yasunori Nishiki and stellar picks from Champions of the Continent, #OctopathTraveler 0 carries the series' incredible musical legacy forward. Check out our OST review below 🎵 Album Review: www.rpgfan.com/music-review...

Esteemed console gaming is old enough that we're handing our retro collections to new generations of players. And while it's not always easy to go back to these... clunkier times, it IS great hearing new thoughts on old favourites!💎 Watch► youtu.be/d0Euqst1D40

"This book is a blueprint for how to preserve a game’s legacy in writing." Congrats @charlottereber.com on the rave review of her book DRAGON AGE II in @rpgfan.bsky.social! www.rpgfan.com/feature/boss...

As Final Fantasy XIV continues to be one of the best celebrations of the series, it's nice to see some key people & places from SE's first online foray of FF11. It's not a top-tier patch, but with more on the horizon it's a great start. 🗺️ Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/episodic/fin...

19 years ago today, Atlus RPG #EtrianOdyssey was launched in North America on the DS! This challenging title features engaging exploration and mapping systems that make for a rewarding dungeon crawling experience. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/etria...

Saving the world (from the evil bunny guy) can WAIT... GIMME MY GOLF CLUB! ⛳☄️ We're LIVE playing Spheda with Dark Cloud 2 attached, and as we keep trying to will Dark Cloud 3 into existence. Watch ►► www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom

Dark Cloud 2's Spheda golfing minigame is a blast... Even when you fail in a most spectacular fashion. 🏌️

Through the highs and lows, through space and time; this wasn't Nobuo Uematsu first rodeo, and managed to find all sorts of sounds to fit all Final Fantasy VIII embodies. Now shuffle and boogie for our FF8 OST review! 🌹🍷 Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/music-review...

Happy 30th anniversary of the launch of #FireEmblem: Seisen no Keifu on the Super Famicom in Japan! Translated as Genealogy of the Holy War, this entry represented a critical step toward modern Fire Emblem. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/fire-...

Obsidian's medieval whodunit Pentiment has found fans willing to wrestle with solving a crime way before we had forensic sciences to do so. Throw in moral drama and dubious motives and you got something akin to 1980s novel The Name of the Rose.🌹 Feature: www.rpgfan.com/feature/chap...

It's been 30 years since Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars launched in NA on the SNES! This unlikely collaboration between Square and Nintendo was the first to put Mario and company into a RPG world of their own. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/super...

All life begins and ends with...PLUSH! 🕰️ Spotted at 'The Music of Square Enix', a Frog, a non-metal Robo, and a cuddly Nu have become plushies. Release TBD (but don't forget to preorder the Chrono + Marle figures!). ...Is this counting down to a remaster/remake of Chrono Trigger? Time will tell.

The new STRANGER THAN HEAVEN theme song made its debut in a new trailer– and quickly made it to Genius's Top 10 music chart! (And that's WITHOUT an official release!) 🎙️😌 Featuring musical talents of Satoshi Fujiwara, Tori Kelly, ADO and Snoop Dogg, it really needs to be heard.

The new STRANGER THAN HEAVEN theme song made its debut in a new trailer– and quickly made it to Genius's Top 10 music chart! (And that's WITHOUT an official release!) 🎙️😌 Featuring musical talents of Satoshi Fujiwara, Tori Kelly, ADO and Snoop Dogg, it really needs to be heard.

More no source / no context RPG quotes! ✍️ ...It's only Tuesday, but this week has already felt long. I could use a 6 hour nap.

Vultures - Scavengers of Death carries some very clear PS1-era influences, and although it lacks some of that finesse of those retro favourites, it's still a fine debut indie studio title with a fun combination of ideas! 🎯 Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/vultu...

It's been 3 years since the launch of The #LegendOfZelda: Tears of the Kingdom! A fantastic sequel to the game-changing Breath of the Wild, it expands the map with sky islands, the Depths, an extensive cave system, and more. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/the-l...

In space, no one can hear you running mad from the evil killer aliens.🚀 Sci-fi horror has made for great movies, and now we get to see talented actors do their thing for video games in Supermassive Games latest thriller: Directive 8020! Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/direc...

A homecoming where things aren't at ALL as they seem. 🌊 There's trouble in this island paradise with monsters and timey-wimey hijinks, join for Summer Time Rendering! See our Discord's Anime Night channel now (or see ► www.rpgfan.com for the ►Discord Invite at the top).

It's all about aliens on this week's episode of #RandomEncounter! Our panelists discuss #Directive8020, the latest entry in Supermassive Games' The Dark Pictures Anthology, and retro 2.5D pixel adventure #AlabasterDawn! Listen below 🎧 Listen: www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/11/r...

A week of suspense! Cosmic horrors, PS1-styled horrors, and some big giant robot fighting to balance out the rest! 🚀 Read all about what's... Coming This Week! 👉 www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/10/r...

4 years ago, Souls-like Metroidvania #SaltAndSacrifice was launched on the PS4, PS5, and PC! Although a bit repetitive, this sequel to 2016's Salt and Sanctuary is a solid choice for genre fans seeking their next fix. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/salt-...

Fishing minigame? No thanks!!! But Spheda? –– GIMME THAT GOLF CLUB! ⛳☄️ We're LIVE playing Spheda with Dark Cloud 2 attached, and as we keep trying to will Dark Cloud 3 into existence. Watch ►► www.twitch.tv/rpgfancom

The Shovel Knight dev has finally given a release date for its new retro-styled action game, Mina the Hollower... and well, surprise! It's out later this month!! 🐭 See a new trailer to tide you over till then. Details + Media: www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/08/m...

Adorable, Earthbound-inspired RPG #Petrichor is on Kickstarter until May 17! It follows a space cub and his unusual companions' journey to find an ideal houseplant and maybe save the universe along the way. Learn more below! Crowdfunding Chronicles: www.rpgfan.com/feature/crow...

Current-gen versions of The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero and Trails to Azure are coming to Switch 2 and PS5 this fall! These will include 4K resolution, an increased framerate, and more enhancements. Check out our coverage below! Trailers + Info: www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/08/t...

Take a hit Action RPG and decide, 10 years later, to make it TURN-BASED? That's a risk we like! 👍 Now that they did this experiment to great results?! We like it a lot! But see our thoughts on the Pillars of Eternity (Turn-Based Edition). Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/pilla...

To save a ruined future we need to prepare in the past! 🕰️ We're LIVE with Teen Titan's Robin and his New Yorker fight-bot, and transforming monster princess girl (I'm.. not even joking)... it's Dark Cloud 2 on Twitch! Watch ►► twitch.tv/rpgfancom

The SMT series tends to offer contemporary RPGs, so it's really neat to hear "town themes" that sound 'big city' instead. 🏙️

Happy Friday Jr! It's the Chained Echoes DLC, and we're asking what some of your favourite indie games have been... (This is definitely one of 'em!) 💎⛓️ Watch ►► twitch.tv/rpgfancom

All life begins and ends with...PLUSH! 🕰️ Spotted at 'The Music of Square Enix', a Frog, a non-metal Robo, and a cuddly Nu have become plushies. Release TBD (but don't forget to preorder the Chrono + Marle figures!). ...Is this counting down to a remaster/remake of Chrono Trigger? Time will tell.

Fithos... Lusec...🌊 We're diving into the 'blacksheep' of Square's golden PS1 era; set between a war of military and magical forces, Final Fantasy VIII is a complete trip that might 'draw' you in differently than any other FF can. Listen► www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/07/r...

It's been 23 years since the launch of #Castlevania: Aria of Sorrow in North America on the GBA! Addicting gameplay, beautiful pixel art, and oh-so-good music make this title a standout entry in the series. Check out our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/castl...

Boss Fight Books has been steadily releasing in-depth, personal and well-researched tomes on classic video games (i.e. it's written by fans, for fans). 📗 And a game as in-depth and storied as Dragon Age II has a lot to say. Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/feature/boss...

Happy 11th anniversary to SMT: #DevilSurvivor 2: Record Breaker, which was launched in North America on the 3DS on this day! This expanded version adds an extra campaign and voice acting for a more polished experience. Read our review below! Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/shin-...

Shadows of the Afterland paints an interesting (Beetlejuice-y) afterlife, but like its living bureaucratic equivalent, some parts can feel a little slow. But if the setting and story is enough, then an undead adventure awaits you! 👻 Full Review: www.rpgfan.com/review/shado...

Couldn't make it to Japan for a Persona series concert in 2015?🎸 WELL GOOD NEWS! The Persona Super Live Concert is now up YouTube! It predates P5 by a year (but they share a "new" trailer); and it's a great live performance with hits from P3 & P4! Watch: youtu.be/04jhvSH6YSo

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Many indie devs are inspired by retro classics, but Radical Fish Games has struck a beautiful balance between the old and new, showing its roots are and how it'd grow. And Alabaster Dawn is looking like a real level-up for the devs! ☄️ Hands-on Preview: www.rpgfan.com/2026/05/04/a...

It's the start of a new week, so let's ~relax~ to the energetic tunes of Falcom Ys dungeon music I say. 🤺

A developer for Sakuna: Of Rice and Ruin was asked about an XBOX port, but noted that Xbox's are harder to find in stores in Japan, which makes it a tough sell for a small developer like Edelweiss. ...It's a tricky game market out there.🌾 Sakuna Media: www.rpgfan.com/game/sakuna-...