RPGamer Round-Up: October 6 – October 13

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

• Metaphor: ReFantazio Demo Impression

Ahead of the game’s release this week, Atlus provided a hefty demo for Metaphor: ReFantazio. Mohamed Lamine Coulibaly finds it proves to be some hours of delight that are very promising for the full release.

• Beastieball Impression

Beastieball offers a fascinating combination of creature-collecting RPG and volleyball. RPGamer’s Alex Fuller was able to check out the game’s first few hours in a new preview build.

Extra Life

• Extra Life 2024

RPGamer is proud to once again be participating in Extra Life. Find out how to join us in helping sick kids and funding research on the first weekend in November.

Major News

• Dragon Age: The Veilguard Reveals Difficulty, Accessibility Options

EA and BioWare released more details for Dragon Age: The Veilguard. The update covers the game’s difficulty and accessibility options ahead of its launch later this month.

• Action RPG Bylina Announced

Fulqrum Publishing and Far Far Games revealed Bylina. The game is an action RPG inspired by Slavic folklore and is set to release for PC and consoles next year.

• Longdue Working on Disco Elysium Spiritual Successor

Newly-formed developer Longdue revealed that is working on a spiritual successor to narrative RPG Disco Elysium. The studio includes veterans who worked on Disco Elysium as well as at Bungie, Rockstar, and Brave At Night.

• Everholm Launching in November

Chonky Loaf and indie.io announced that Everholm will launch next month. The cozy, minimalist RPG will be available for PC via Steam.

• Nitro Gen Omega Announced

DESTINYbit announced its upcoming game Nitro Gen Omega. The title is a sandbox tactical RPG set in a bleak future where players control mechs in a war against machines.

• Sea of Legends Kickstarter Lifts Anchor

The Kickstarter campaign for Jordan Weisman’s latest project, Sea of Legends, has begun. The deckbuilding open-world cRPG is being built using the Adventure Forge platform.

Other News

• Passageway of the Ancients Opening Next Week
• Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch Gets November Early Access Date
• Wizardry Variants Daphne Launching for Mobile Next Week
• The Adventurers Begins Early Access in November
• Dragon Quest III HD-2D Remake Details Monster Arena
• Darkest Dungeon II Second DLC Releasing on PC This Year
• New Songs of Conquest DLC Announced
• 8-Bit Adventures 2 Console Demo Available
• Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector Getting Limited-Time Demo
• Metal Bringer Demo Available
• Dustgrave Demo Releasing This Week
• Tyrant’s Realm: Prelude Demo Available
• Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Myth – Fullland Release Date Revealed
• Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Gets Gameplay Trailer
• Mario & Luigi: Brothership Receives Overview Trailer
• Albatroz Shows Its Gameplay
• New Release Round-Up (October 10, 2024)

Podcasts

• RPG Cast – Episode 743: “There’s a Body in My Inventory”

While there is no new episode from this weekend, in last’s week episode Chris got extra hands and became too weird even for SMT. Kelley got to the boat song and noped out. Phil destroyed half the furniture in his living room. Now go give your cat some nose drops.