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RPGFan’s 30 Most Anticipated Games of 2026
While we wrap up another year, it’s time to look forward to the next with our Most Anticipated Games of 2026! As has been the case for a while now, 2025 was a banner year for RPGs. It might not have had as many traditional “JRPGs” as normal, but there was at least a little something for everyone. Th… Read More »- Music Review
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved Original Soundtrack
It is a daunting task to keep track of all the great indie visual novels published these days. Fortunately, a recent review from my colleague Audra pointed me to Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved. Taking cues from franchises like Famicom Detective Club and Ace Attorney, this mystery-oriented… Read More »Article
RPGFan Games of the Year 2025: Readers’ Choice Voting (VOTING NOW CLOSED–RESULTS SOON!)
As we come to the end of 2025, it’s time for us to take a look back at the year behind us and pick some of our favorites. As I write this, we’re closing in on the end of our staff voting and top games lists, which means it’s time to collect your favorites of 2025! As always, we have a voti… Read More »- Article
- Random Encounter
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Random Encounter 338 – RPGFan’s Most Anticipated Games of 2026
In our final Random Encounter of 2025, it’s time to take a look ahead to the biggest games of 2026! With the holidays in the rear view mirror, RPGFan is now building our annual most anticipated for the coming year feature. And there is no better way to wrap up 2025 than having the Random panel give… Read More »- Music Review
Piano Fantasies – music from Square Enix
Symphonic Fantasies was first performed and recorded in 2009 in Germany, featuring music from four popular Square Enix titles/series: Secret of Mana, Chrono Trigger, Kingdom Hearts, and Final Fantasy. The team would go on to do the two Final Symphony albums, both specific to the Final Fantasy series… Read More »- Music Review
Stellar Blade Arranged Tracks
Stellar Blade has one of my favourite soundtracks of recent years (if you didn’t already know this, where have you been?! Check out my review of the full experience here). The PLUS bonus set of tracks was not quite as essential, but still contained some pretty great tunes that deserve your time. Whe… Read More »- Review
Fallout 76 (2025)
The Fallout TV series is currently working its way through its second season, and as a longtime Fallout fan and wintertime couch potato, the show has been a delightful escape for me lately. The trouble is, the show’s rich themes, worldbuilding, and aesthetic trigger a dark, uncontrollable urge in me… Read More »- Review
Digimon Story: Time Stranger Alternate Dimension
It’s time to return to the world of monster-taming RPG Digimon Story: Time Stranger with the first of three planned DLC story episodes! Appropriately titled “Alternate Dimension,” this DLC foray blends multiple times and realities together in a fight for the fate of all dimensions, but is Alternate… Read More »- Article
- Rhythm Encounter
- Podcast
Rhythm Encounter 172 – Happy Jólabókaflóðið!
We’re getting festive today on Rhythm Encounter, but maybe not in the way you’d expect. It’s the end of year holiday season, and we are taking inspiration from a holiday that celebrates another thing I like as much as video game music: books! Jólabókaflóðið — which roughly translates to “Christmas b… Read More »- Article
- News
Divinity: Original Sin II Now Available on Switch 2, PS5 and Xbox Series X|S!
From the team behind the award-winning RPG Baldur’s Gate 3, Larian Studios brings Divinity: Original Sin II Definitive Edition to the latest generation of consoles. The game is available now on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch 2. And if you already own the game on Switch, PS4, or Xbox One,… Read More »- Review
Tales of Xillia Remastered
Tales of Xillia was first released on PlayStation 3 in 2011 in Japan and 2013 internationally as the series’s 15th anniversary title. Tales of Xillia Remastered adds quality-of-life features to make the experience as seamless as possible for both newcomers and veterans. While some remaining quirks e… Read More »Music Review
Wizard of Legend The Complete Soundtrack and Piano Collections
Breakout indie hit Wizard of Legend got a stellar soundtrack from composer Dale North. After the digital-only soundtrack was published in 2018, Scarlet Moon Records decided to beef up the soundtrack with some new arrangements and a limited-edition physical release. That’s right: an OST and piano col… Read More »- Article
- Retro Encounter
- Podcast
Retro Encounter 475 – 1995 Year in Review
I sure hope this episode isn’t BadBad. On this week’s episode of Retro Encounter, we cover the most interesting RPGs of the year, but this time, we flash it back to 1995. We discuss design decisions, varying localization quality, and those insane encounter rates. Does someone bring on a really bad R… Read More »- Feature
- ICYMI
So you want to get into the Souls Series…
Since its humble beginnings in 2009, FromSoftware’s Souls series has flourished into one of the most beloved in gaming. Its success is plainly evident by the sheer number of games released since then that almost directly copy the formula, to varying degrees of success—Souls-likes, as they are called… Read More »- Review
Dispatch
From the ashes of Telltale Games and their bevy of beloved narrative adventure classics such as The Wolf Among Us, The Walking Dead, and Tales from the Borderlands, comes Dispatch, a superhero workplace comedy from AdHoc Studio, built by many of the former Telltalers behind those same classics. Can… Read More »- Article
- News
Sci-Fi RPG Exodus to Launch in 2027
Exodus has made a return at The Game Awards, two years after its initial reveal during the event in 2023. Developer Archetype Entertainment unveiled a new gameplay trailer and announced an early 2027 release window for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. You might think the sci-fi RPG looks a lo… Read More »- Article
- News
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma Plows Onto PS5, XSX Next Year
Marvelous Games has announced that Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma is being released for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S. The two new console versions will drop on February 13th, 2026, after previously releasing on Nintendo Switch, Switch 2, and PC earlier this year. The newest release trailer c… Read More »- Article
- News
RPGs Coming This Week, 12/14/25
In this edition of RPGs Coming This Week, it’s the end of an era — our 2025 era! Barring any last-minute surprises, the well of releases has officially frozen over for the year, so expect the column to return in 2026! With that said, we have two final items on the agenda before we bid you adieu. So… Read More »Music Review
Jazz Arrange Version: Xenogears
Saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and VGM Renaissance man Sean Schafianski is back with the October 20 release of Jazz Arrange Version: Xenogears, and just in time for the 27th anniversary of the PSOne classic’s North American release. Those uninitiated into the complex psycho-religious… Read More »- Review
Rue Valley
Disco Elysium took the gaming world by storm all the way back in 2019 with its unconventional storytelling, grim world, and unique gameplay that almost emphasizes failure over success to drive the narrative. Rue Valley has been endorsed by some of the team behind Disco Elysium, and has been frequent… Read More »Article
Larian Studios Reveals New Divinity Game
Larian Studios has revealed Divinity, a terror-laden new entry in the Divinity series. The announcement came via The Game Awards 2025 as a lengthy cinematic trailer involving primal fantasy festivities gone deeply awry. Check it out below! Divinity – Cinematic Announcement Trailer The title was prev… Read More »- Article
- News
Lords of the Fallen II Gets First Gameplay Trailer
During The Game Awards 2025, we got a whole series of announcements, and if you enjoy Soulslike games, this one will interest you. Developer and publisher CI Games has revealed the first gameplay trailer of Lords of the Fallen II. Revealed in August during Gamescom, this new game builds on the found… Read More »Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic Announced
Lucasfilm Games and Arcanaut Studios have revealed Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic, a single-player action RPG set within the expansive science-fantasy universe of Star Wars. The announcement came during The Game Awards 2025 via a short trailer depicting ancient ruins, space flight, and the spec… Read More »- Article
- News
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Drops ‘Thank You’ Update
After sweeping most accolades at The Game Awards 2025, developer Sandfall Interactive has dropped a massive surprise for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 fans. The “Thank You” update is now live for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, and PC. It includes expanded areas, new soundtrack additions, late-game bo… Read More »- Review
Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved
Some trips are more memorable than others, especially if you’re soul searching while trying to solve several mysteries at the same time. This sentiment is certainly true in the visual novel adventure game Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved, as two American college students at the tail end of a… Read More »Twitch
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