RPGamer Round-Up: August 29 – September 5

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 readers might have missed.

Editorial Content

• Black Book Review

What would you do to bring a loved one back from the dead? Black Book is a card-driven RPG that gives players the opportunity to find out.

• Backloggin’ the Year – Paws’ Pilgrimage, August 2021

Anna Marie Privitere is back with her eighth Backloggin’ report. Though a little tardy and slim on backlog titles this month, a smidgen of progress was still eked out.

Major News

• Lost Judgment Additional Content Detailed
• Lost Judgment Highlights English Voice Cast

Sega detailed the additional content coming to Lost Judgment. A few packs come at or shortly after launch, with an independent story starring Yagami’s partner Kaito coming next year.

• Horizon Forbidden West Special Editions Revealed

Sony and Guerrilla Games unveiled a quartet of special editions for Horizon Forbidden West. The sequel to Horizon Zero Dawn is currently planned to launch in February.

• Tales of Luminaria Announced for Android and iOS

Bandai Namco has unveiled its newest mobile title, Tales of Luminaria. No release date has been given yet for the game.

• Dark Deity Heading to Switch

Sword & Axe’s fantasy tactical RPG Dark Deity is heading to Nintendo Switch. The game, available now on PC, will hit the console next year.

• Demon Gaze Extra Getting December Western Release

Demon Gaze Extra launches in Japan today, but western RPGamers will also get to play it later this year. Publisher Clouded Leopard Entertainment is releasing the port of the Vita dungeon-crawler internationally in December.

• Kickstarter Check-In: Quartet

RPGamer’s ad hoc Kickstarter Check-In feature returns for a look at an ongoing crowdfunding campaign. This edition features Something Classic Games’ Quartet.

Other Selected Stories

• NIS America Releasing Labyrinth Legend on Switch
• Vanaris Tactics Announced
• Vagrus: The Riven Realms Fully Releasing in October
• Action RPG Thymesia Releasing in December
• Story of Seasons: Pioneers of Olive Town Releasing on PC This Month
• Story of Seasons: Friends of Mineral Town PS4, Xbox One Dates Announced
• Sparklite Getting Mobile Release
• King Arthur: Knight’s Tale Early Access Update Released
• The Outer Worlds: Murder on Eridanos Hitting Switch Next Week
• Rise of the Third Power Publisher Announced, Demo Available
• Hunt the Night Limited Time Demo Available
• Shin Megami Tensei V Gets New Images
• Mary Skelter Finale Screenshots Show Nightmares
• Arcadian Atlas Gets New Media
• Salt and Sacrifice Gets Multiplayer Overview
• Tails of Iron’s Gamescom Trailer Looks at Combat
• The Last Oricru Gets New Trailer
• Dolmen Receives Gameplay Trailer
• Wolfstride Gets Two New Trailers
• Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous Gets Launch Trailer
• Monster Hunter Stories 2 Third Update Trailer Released
• Prinny Presents NIS Classics Vol. 1 Out Now
• Monster Harvest Out Now
• Kitaria Fables Out Now
• New Release Round-Up (September 2, 2021)

Podcasts

• Episode 223: Legal Eagle – Q&A Quest

This week in Q&A Quest return from our break to answer more of your hard hitting questions. We also discuss Nina Aquila: Legal Eagle.

• RPG Cast – Episode 599: “Serious Health Issues? No, Just a Cat”

The podcast trio is not at all ready for the flood of September releases. Anna Marie is kind of sick of the trigger, Chris insists Eclipse is owed an apology, and Kelley wants to know what is this garbage and how she can get more of it.