RPGamer Round-Up: June 22 – June 29
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
Rune Factory: Guardians of Azuma revitalizes the beloved series with a fresh Japanese-inspired setting and innovative village management. Matt Masem finds that this blend of engaging combat, deep relationships, and beautiful visuals offers a highly satisfying experience for both fans and new players.
Are the floor and ceiling longing for each other? Did the washer and dryer break up again? These are just some of the soap operas that players will encounter in Sassy Chap’s wild sentient object dating sim, Date Everything!.
- RPGamer Checks Out Steam Next Fest Summer 2025, Part 1
- RPGamer Checks Out Steam Next Fest Summer 2025, Part 2
Summertime is for expansion and entertainment. That’s equally true at RPGamer, where we gather to take a look at Steam Next Fest’s Summer offerings for what’s enticing and what could use more time.
Spring hikes and sweet romances were in the air for Sam during this backloggin’ session. But did she have enough time to knock items out of her backlog?
Major News
The Ashes of Elrant DLC for turn-based RPG Chained Echoes will release this August. The DLC takes players to a new land with a new playable character and more.
Capcom announced that Monster Hunter Wilds’s Title Update 2 will release at the start of next week. The update includes two new monsters, a photo mode, and more.
Bandai Namco and Rebel Wolves held a gameplay reveal presentation for The Blood of Dawnwalker. Viewers can get a look at combat and other systems in a mid-game quest.
Bandai Namco provided more details and a new trailer for Digimon Story Time Stranger. the update covers the game’s Digimon-related systems, including how they can acquire new Digimon and power them up.
Arc System Works announced new title Demon’s Night Fever. Billed as a raising speedrunning simulation RPG, the game is being produced by Disgaea series creator Sohei Niikawa.
Playdigious and Ritual Studios announced a release date for Fretless: The Wrath of Riffson. The music-focused deckbuilding turn-based RPG will release on PC next month.
Brace Yourself Games and Klei Publishing have released new DLC for rhythm RPG Rift of the NecroDancer. The hololive Music Pack joins the recently-released Hatsune Miku Music Pack.
Other News
- Malys Released on Steam Early Access
- Sengoku Dynasty Receives Bushidō Update
- System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster Console Release Pushed Back
- Oceanhorn: Chronos Dungeon Hits PC, Mobile This Week
- New Atelier Yumia: The Alchemist of Memories & the Envisioned Land DLC Released
- Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist Physical Release Announced
- Noctuary Coming to Consoles in July
- Black Desert Native PS5, Xbox Series X|S Verisons Launching This Week
- Cat Quest III’s Tavern Tales Update Available Now
- Crashlands 2 Version 1.2 Update Releasing This Week
- Neverness to Everness Closed Beta Set for July
- Fallen Tear: The Ascension Gets New Trailer, Demo
- Lost in Random: The Eternal Die Switch Demo Released
Trailers and New Releases
- Persona 5: The Phantom X Trailer Shows Student Life
- Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter Gets English Scherazard, Olivier Trailers
- Super Robot Wars Y Gets New Trailer
- Borderlands 4 Story Trailer Released
- Frosthaven Reveals Banner Spear Character
- Towa and the Guardians of the Sacred Tree Prologue Video Released
- New Release Round-Up (June 26, 2025)
Podcasts
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers is the game’s best expansion according to fans. It bestowed the players with bunnies, lions, and dancers, but most important of all, it let people finally live out their gun-sword fantasies like Squall. This expansion is the topic of this week’s show, with guests Robert and Noodle.
This week in Q&A Quest, we talk all things Nintendo Switch 2. We also discuss the recent Sony State of Play.
Chris teaches us about the law of conservation of deck builders. Josh couldn’t be bothered to care about Colgate-kun. Kelley asks the perennial question: “Is it fireworks or gunshots?”
In bonus podcast content, RPGamer’s own Andi Privitere guested on RPG Site’s Tetracast to talk about #JRPGJuly, which starts this week. Keep an eye out for our usual #JRPGJuly articles, join our community on Discord, and check out our streams on Twitch.
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