RPGamer Round-Up: May 10 – May 17

Welcome to the latest edition of RPGamer’s round-up column, where we take a look back at some of the articles that we have posted over the previous week. This article is designed to help give reminders of some interesting content and stories that our less regular visitors might have missed.

Editorial Content

• Conglomerate 451 Review

Cyberpunk dungeon-crawler Conglomerate 451 sees players use their government agents to subdue a group of corporations. Battling clones with clones makes for quite a repetitive experience, however.

Major News

• Paper Mario: The Origami King Announced

A brand new Paper Mario game is heading to the Switch. Beware, the Origami King is looking to invade the Mushroom Kingdom and deliver the worst paper cuts imaginable.

• Dungeon-Crawler Blightbound Announced

Blightbound is a new dungeon-crawling RPG developed by Ronimo Games. The game will be available via Steam Early Access this summer.

• Cassette Beasts Announced

A new entrant in the monster-battling genre is looking to enter the ring. Cassette Beasts wants to mix it up in more ways than one.

• Monster-Catching RPG Nexomon: Extinction Announced

Nexomon: Extinction is a new monster-catching RPG from PQube and developer VEWO Interactive. The game is set to launch for PC and consoles this summer.

• Harvest Moon: One World Announced

Grab that old wheelbarrow and watering can; a new Harvest Moon is in the works. One World will have players exploring a new world for Nintendo Switch this year.

Additional Selected Stories

• Fallout 76 2020 Update Roadmap Revealed
• Nioh 2 Gets New Missions and Photo Mode, Details for First DLC
• Action RPG Bellatia Released on Steam
• Action RPG Yaga Gets Bad Fate Update
• Tainted Grail Coming to Steam Early Access in June
• Arboria Now Available on Steam Early Access
• Death end re;Quest 2 Characters Detailed
• Signs of the Sojourner Out Now on PC, Mac
• The Waylanders Character Creation Shown
• The Dark Eye: Book of Heroes Shows Its Character Creator
• Trails of Cold Steel IV Receives Story Trailer
• Tales of Crestoria Trailer Introduces Kanata
• New Trailer for Tales of Crestoria Introduces Misella
• Tales of Crestoria Adds Vicious Trailer
• Happy Mother’s Day from Empire of Sin
• War of the Visions: Final Fantasy Brave Exvius Gets Animated Trailer
• VVVtunia Opening Movie Released
• Romancing SaGa Re;universe Pre-Registration Opens
• Digital Store Weekly Round-Up (May 14, 2020)

Podcasts

• Episode 161: Captain Underpants and the Revenge of the Sleepy Host – Q&A Quest
• Episode 162: Title Goes Here – Q&A Quest

The first of this week’s two Q&A Quests features discussion on Tales of Symphonia and Atelier Ayesha. Our host somehow managed to forget what was discussed in the second, so you’ll have to find that out yourself.

• RPG Cast – Episode 543: “Go Find Gnome, Dumb***”

It’s a slightly more potty-mouthed cast than usual, as Alice joins Peter, Kelley, Anna Marie, and Chris to discuss what the cast has been playing for the week. Anna Marie’s 5-hour rule resurfaces and we explore what crazy black holes Chris has been down this week, alongside the news and your feedback.