RPGamer Round-Up: January 17 – January 24

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 give reminders of some interesting content and stories that our less regular visitors might have missed.

Editorial Content

• Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne Review

Subaru’s mission in a new Re:ZERO story is to find the fake royal candidate. Luis Mauricio sees whether the new characters and story are enough to make the game a royal gaming candidate.

• Seven Knights: Time Wanderer Video Review

Netmarble recently brought a console spinoff of its mobile hit Seven Knights to Nintendo Switch. In our latest video Anna Marie Privitere reads out Paul Shkreli’s earlier review for Seven Knights: Time Wanderer.

Major News

• Kowloon Highschool Chronicle Finally Heading West

Kowloon Highschool Chronicle is an adventure RPG originally released for PlayStation 2 in Japan. Arc System Works announced the game is finally coming west through its Nintendo Switch remaster, which will be launching very soon.

• Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Expansion Pass Announced

XSEED Games and Marvelous have provided another update on Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town. This time around, the companies have announced an expansion pass.

• Cris Tales Collector’s Edition Announced for United States

Modus Games has revealed a Collector’s Edition for Cris Tales. The edition is available to pre-order now from Maximum Games, but it is currently only available for RPGamers in the US.

• Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning Heading to Switch in March

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning is heading to Nintendo Switch in March. RPGamers will finally get to play the game on a handheld.

• Hogwarts Legacy Delayed Until Next Year

Warner Bros. has delayed Hogwarts Legacy. The game, set in the 1800s Wizarding World, will now launch on multiple platforms in 2022.

• Fallen Legion Revenants Demo Now Available

A demo for Fallen Legion Revenants is now available on PS4 and Switch. The follow-up to 2017’s dual-title Fallen Legion is set to fully launch next month.

Other Selected Stories

• Puzzle Quest 3 Announced
• Rogue Heroes: Ruins of Tasos Launching Next Month, Switch Demo Released
• Curse of the Dead Gods Fully Launching in February
• Square Enix Details Outriders’ PC Features
• Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Earthblood’s Endron Makes Some Ads
• The Waylanders Compostella Location Revealed
• Shattered: Tale of the Forgotten King Set for February Release
• Sword of the Necromancer Gets Final Developer Diary Video
• Ender Lilies: Quietus of the Knights Now on Steam Early Access
• Disgaea 6: Defiance of Destiny Offers Some Character Introductions
• Persona 5 Strikers Gets New All-Out Attack Trailer
• Atomic Heart Receives New Trailer
• Märchen Forest Gets Pre-Launch Trailer
• New Release Round-Up (January 21, 2021)

Podcasts

• Episode 193: Head Games – Q&A Quest

This week in Q&A Quest, Matt Masem joins us to help dig into the massive backlog of questions. We also talk some Dragon Quest and Atelier.

• RPG Cast – Episode 570: “Kmart Cowboy Bebop”

Chris does an Xbox 180 while Josh steals Anna Marie’s needle. Robert gets the snotty kleenex award because he can’t figure out how to stream Suikoden. And Kelley is too busy fawning over Revali to notice.