RPGamer Round-Up: February 2 – February 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 intervening period. This article is designed to give reminders of some interesting content and stories that our readers might have missed.
Editorial Content
Jump Over the Age’s Citizen Sleeper gave players a delightful surprise with its sci-fi visual novel prose and die-rolling gameplay. Zach Welhouse reports that Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector offers a triumphant return to hope in an era of deep space capitalist collapse.
The NecroDancer is back with in a brand new rhythm RPG from Brace Yourself Games. Ryan Costa finds that making moving monsters march to the beat allows Rift of the NecroDancer to be truly enjoyable.
YCJY Games is encouraging players to consider taking a summer road trip to cure winter blues with Keep Driving. Sam Wachters sees if battling rainbows, roadkill, and even bees is a recipe for a successful road trip.
It’s a wild universe out there, and Space-Net needs agents to handle it. Michael Baker checks out Japan-only Game Boy Color title Space-Net: Cosmo Blue.
Rice Games’s Shujinkou is a dungeon-crawling RPG with optional Japanese language-learning elements set to launch next week. RPGamer’s Jordan McClain was able to ask director Julian Rice some questions about the game.
Major News
Capcom held a new showcase for Monster Hunter Wilds. In addition to providing more details about the second open beta, it introduced the Iceshard Cliffs region and a few of the monsters within.
Akatsuki Games and Too Kyo Games held a showcase for free-to-play action RPG Tribe Nine. The showcase revealed that the game will launch worldwide for PC and mobile in a couple of weeks.
Square Enix held a new Letter from the Producer Live presentation for Final Fantasy XIV. It revealed that the Patch 7.2 major update will be arriving with plenty of new content in late March.
Party for Introverts and Akupara Games revealed that Cabernet will launch in a couple of weeks. The horror visual novel RPG hybrid takes players to a supernatural 19th-century Eastern Europe.
505 Games and Rabbit & Bear Studios revealed the story DLC for Eiyuden Chronicle: Hundred Heroes is coming soon. The first of the three pieces of the DLC will launch in a couple of weeks.
Developer Noodle Cat Games announced Cloudheim. The game is a multiplayer action RPG set to launch on PC and consoles this summer.
Other News
- Chernobylite 2: Exclusion Zone Coming to Early Access in March
- Paradox Interactive Acquiring Haemimont Games
- Vaultbreakers Officially Unveiled
- Neowiz, Wolfeye Studios Announce Publishing Partnership
- Alaloth: Champions of the Four Kingdoms Receives First Post-Launch Update
- Reality Break Launching Next Week
- RPG Maker WITH Demo Available on PS4, PS5
- The Legend of Heroes: Trails through Daybreak II Opening Movie Released
- New Release Round-Up (February 6, 2025)
Podcasts
Nintendo’s latest entry in the Fire Emblem series gave us a colorful cast of characters, along with some classics returning in the form of rings. Josh and Cassandra join the cast to talk about the fine art of polishing rings in the middle of combat.
This week in Q&A Quest, we continue to discuss Tales of Graces f. Similarly, we continue to dig into the vast backlog of questions.
Andi invents cozy horror core. Kelley shows us her scary but regal llama cat. Chris has Initial D on the mind. Josh attacks the cybertruck monster. Now go forth and make babies!
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