If you’ve ever played a role-playing game (RPG), you know how fun it is to create your character in any way you choose and embark on epic adventures. Now, picture an AI-powered, text-based RPG where ...

The horror RPG Scarlet Hollow wasn't the game Black Tabby duo Abby Howard and Tony Howard-Arias initially set out to make. Like Slay the Princess before it, the team viewed Scarlet Hollow as a warm-up ...

My commute is 47 minutes each way. I know this because I timed it obsessively during the first week at my current job, trying to figure out exactly how much Final Fantasy VII I could play on the train ...

Welcome back to NGCW, our show following the latest gaming hardware.A couple years ago we did an episode looking at the biggest upcoming RPGs. At the time that included games like Starfield and the ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Tristan Jurkovich began his career as a journalist in 2011. His childhood love of video games and writing fuel his passion for archiving this great medium’s history. He dabbles in every genre, but ...

Long before action RPGs became as common as they are, combat in role-playing games was predominantly done in a turn-based fashion. This form of gameplay, which was born out of hardware limitations and ...

Abracadabra, these deep and immersive magic systems will make your cares disappear. That is, except for the following RPG examples. These magic systems go beyond caring about getting stronger spells ...

The best RPGs with town management offer some cosy respite after you risk life and limb to save the world. In these kinds of games, building and running a town isn’t the central element of a game like ...

This time of year makes me miss being a kid and unwrapping a cool new RPG I could then spend the winter quietly toiling through. Not an internet guide in sight. Just a fan living in the moment. So I’m ...

Xbox Game Pass has gone through some turbulent times of late, the sheen completely coming off the subscription service as it made its cheaper tiers much less worthwhile, followed by a series of price ...