RPGamer Round-Up: July 21 – July 28
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. This article is designed to give reminders of some interesting content and stories that our readers might have missed.
Editorial Content
Elden Ring is an incredible title, but still has some issues. Ezra Kinnell looks into the Shadow of the Erdtree expansion and discovers that it highlights both the game’s strengths and its weaknesses.
Chinese action RPG Fate Seeker II made its international debut on PS5 earlier this month. Ryan Costa finds that the poor translation of a dialogue-heavy title makes it a very tough recommendation.
The recent DLC for Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical features the lord of rock himself, Orpheus. Sam Wachter finds it well worth of the time while somehow being reminded of Natasha Bedingfield.
Major News
EA and BioWare revealed the main cast for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. RPGamers will have four voice options for protagonist Rook, who will be joined by seven companions.
Square Enix and Ouka Studios revealed more details about action RPG Visions of Mana. These new details include information about supporting character Aesh, the elemental vessels, and more.
663 Games and Shadowlight Sanctuary announced Kill the Shadow. The game is a narrative-driven detective RPG and is set to release on Steam later this year.
V Publishing and Bad Ridge Games revealed a September release date for Mirthwood. Meanwhile, a new trailer highlights the game’s world simulation elements.
Akatsuki Games and Too Kyo Games revealed the dates for its closed beta test of Tribe Nine. The Deadly Playtest will run for a week on Steam in August.
Parent company Ziff Davis has laid off the full team at publisher Humble Games. Although billed as a restructuring, no staff remain and operations are being handed over to a third-party.
Nihon Falcom provided some more details for The Legend of Heroes: Kai no Kiseki – Farewell, O Zemuria. The latest update introduces a virtual world called the Grim Garten.
Other News and Media
- Deathbound Demo Released
- Bleak Faith: Forsaken’s Console Release Date Revealed
- Rise of the Ronin Demo Available
- Wuthering Waves Coming to PlayStation 5
- Shuffle Tactics Reveals Its Cards Next Year
- Wild West Dynasty’s Full Release Date Revealed
- Coridden Alpha Playtest Underway, New Trailer Released
- Death end re;Quest: Code Z Gets New Trailer
- Cat Quest III Shows the Pirate’s Way
- Madou Monogatari: Fia and the Mysterious School’s Opening Movie Revealed
- The Lightless World Receives Official Trailer
- New Release Round-Up (July 25, 2024)
Podcasts
This week in Q&A Quest we discuss The Legend of Heroes: Trails Through Daybreak as well as the mechanics of the Kingdom Hearts series. There is almost some recording issues before we also dig into some hard hitting questions.
Kelley builds a fan mod alternate LEGO Sonic build. Josh learns not to read the wiki, well, any wiki. Matt digs through infinity’s trash to find out when the money ran out. Chris is watching the anime, but it’s not good either.
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