RPGamer Round-Up: January 2 – January 9

Welcome to the latest edition of RPGamer’s round-up column, where we look back at some of the articles that we have posted over the previous week, or in this case, two weeks. This article is designed to give reminders of some interesting content and stories that our readers might have missed.

Editorial Content

• RPGamer’s Most Anticipated Games: 2022 Edition

Another year has come and gone, and it won’t be long before the RPG release flood begins anew. The RPGamer staff has picked out some of the titles they are most excited for in 2022 and beyond.

• Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi Review

Experience Inc. is back at it again with another dungeon-crawler. Ryan Costa finds that Undernauts: Labyrinth of Yomi has the gameplay polish and enemy designs to make this a dungeon worth diving into.

• Backloggin’ the Year – Sam’s Sojourn, Year End Wrap-Up

In her final Backloggin’ of the Year column, Sam wraps up her year in gaming. Did she stick to most of her goals? Or did she throw them out the window?

Major News

• PlayStation VR2, Horizon Call of the Mountain Announced

Sony announced its next-generation virtual reality headset, the PlayStation VR2. The company also announced the first game for the headset: a new entry in the Horizon series.

• Nobody Saves the World Finds Release Date

Drinkbox Studios’ new game is arriving soon. The action RPG is set to release on Xbox systems and PC this month.

• MMORPG Broken Ranks Going Live in January

Whitemoon Games’ MMORPG Broken Ranks has received an official release date. The follow-up to The Pride of Taern is set to go live later this month.

• Mary Skelter 2 Releasing on PC Next Week

Ghostlight announced a release date for its PC port of Mary Skelter 2. The dungeon-crawler will be available through Steam and GOG.com next week.

Other Selected Stories

• Watcher Chronicles Releasing in January
• River City Girls PS5 Version Releasing This Month
• Alder Forge Debuting on Early Access This Week
• The Elder Scrolls Online Teases 2022 Content
• Trailer Shows Tribes of Horizon Forbidden West
• Dying Light 2 Stay Human Shows Skill Trees
• New Release Round-Up (January 6, 2022)

Podcasts

• 2021 Year End Special – Q&A Quest

Q&A celebrates the end of 2021 in style. This, of course, means lots of random tangents.

• RPG Backtrack 249 – Need an RPG? Why Not Zeboyd?

We kick off 2022 with a little company called Zeboyd Games. Join us along with Robert Albright, Ryan Radcliff, Pascal Tekaia, and Sam Wachter as we dive into a few retro-inspired games!

• RPG Cast – Episode 613: “Nancy New Year”

Chris gets caught up on Columbo while queuing for FFXIV. Eclipse steals the show from Kelley by opening the Chrome dev tools. And Josh sells all of his Spoony Bard NFTs.