Goodbyes can be painfully heartbreaking, but they’re also a quiet, reflective celebration of moments well-lived: a softly gentle way to illustrate the invisible bonds surrounding us. Malaysian-based indie developer RB Wolf Design’s visual novel Once Again is a gorgeously moving story about cherishing such goodbyes whenever they occur. Moreover, the game creatively conveys its message throughout its… Read More »

Once upon a time, in a magical RPG realm not unlike the colorful lands of Paper Mario, a brave adventurer known as Flynt Buckler made his way to the Sleepy Castle to fight his long-time nemesis, a sinister dragon named Tinder.

At last, CD Projekt Red has released a gameplay trailer for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt‘s anticipated next-gen update, and it mostly fulfills all the expectations of Witcher fans. This free overhaul has far too many enhancements to mention (scroll below for an overview), but you can watch its trailer below in anticipation of its official release… Read More »

Pokémon Scarlet & Violet, the most recent entries in the franchise, moved 10 million units worldwide in both physical and digital sales during their first three days on the market. As Nintendo is pleased to announce, the record is “the best worldwide sales level for any program on any Nintendo platform within the first three… Read More »

Silversun Strip Apartments. When you’re here, you’re family. Mass Effect 3 was an RPG event when it launched in 2012, and underneath the vitriolic reaction to its ending and multiple waves of DLC both expansive and reconstructive is an excellent shooter RPG. In today’s episode of Retro Encounter, three panelists discuss not only Mass Effect… Read More »

Square Enix has announced that there will be a free major update for The DioField Chronicle in March 2023. The strategy RPG will add content featuring Waltaquin Redditch, one of the heads of the Blue Foxes mercenary group. According to the tweet, the update will also include new difficulty levels, new weapons, new skills, and more… Read More »

Nintendo has released a new trailer for the upcoming Fire Emblem Engage, set to release on January 20th, that explains how to use Emblem Rings. The company has also revealed two new characters that will feature in the title named Diamant and Alcryst. Fire Emblem Engage – “How to Use Emblem Rings” Trailer: Summon valiant… Read More »

Relationships are fascinating in that they’re all kinds of wonderful but can be messy and complicated as well. Human existence is all about relationships. We harbor relationships with our parents, siblings, extended family, friends, colleagues, first dates, lovers, neighbors, the world, ourselves, and everyone and everything else I’m too lazy to list. Relationships play crucial… Read More »

A pentiment is defined as: “an underlying image in a painting, especially one that has become visible when the top layer of paint has turned transparent with age, providing evidence of revision by the artist.” With one word, I’m hooked. What a phenomenal premise for an adventure title. And I don’t even know what Pentiment’s… Read More »

Atlus has officially announced the date and time of the 13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim third year anniversary broadcast. The livestream video can be found below, and it will go live on Atlus’ YouTube channel on November 28th at 7:00 PM JST (2:00 AM PST/5:00 AM EST).  During the broadcast, some of the Japanese VAs such as Takayuki… Read More »

Directive 8020, the next installment in Supermassive Games’ The Dark Pictures Anthology, will incorporate a sci-fi setting into the interactive survival series. Dubbed the season two premiere, it was teased at the end of the latest entry, The Devil in Me. Bandai Namco hasn’t uploaded an official teaser yet on their own channels, but a few players who’ve… Read More »

Capcom has announced a release date for the third free title update for Monster Hunter Rise: Sunbreak. The Nintendo Switch and Steam versions of the update will be available on November 24th. Just like the previous second title update, the upcoming one will be loaded with content. Discover more about the scheduled free title coming this… Read More »