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RPGamer Round-Up: January 11 – January 18

by Alex Fuller · Published January 18, 2026 · Updated January 18, 2026

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

RPGamer’s Personal Top 3s of 2025

As we work our way through January, we bring back our regular awards prelude. Once again, some of staff members picked out their personal top threes of the last year.

Pokémon Legends: Z-A Review

Michael Baker offers a review of Pokémon Legends: Z-A as the series returns to Kalos’s Lumiose City. In this fair City of the Lights, from gardened heights to deepest gloam, in zones of green and red do trainers tread, and fearsome beasts do roam.

Angeline Era Deep Look

Analgesic Productions’s latest title Angeline Era is an action adventure built on the back of the classic bumpslash system. Alex Fuller finds that while it might not be for everyone, those interested in its challenges will find an addictive and rewarding gameplay loop.

Major News

Arthurian-Inspired Management RPG Sovereign Tower Announced

Developer WILD WITS and publisher Curve Games have announced Sovereign Tower. Billed as a story-driven Round Table management RPG, it is planned to release on Steam this August.

Tenshi no Uta: The Angel Verse Collection Released in English

Edia has released the Tenshi no Uta: The Angel Verse Collection in English. The releases of the early 1990s previously Japan-only PC-Engine Super CD-ROM² titles are available on Switch.

Hytale Gets Early Access Release

After its sandbox RPG Hytale was cancelled by Riot Games last year, Hypixel Studios’s founders were able to re-purchase the game and resume work on it. The studio has now given it an Early Access release on PC.

Sea of Stars Coming to Mobile in April

Playdigious announced that Sabotage Studio’s Sea of Stars is coming to mobile. The turn-based RPG will arrive on iOS and Android in April.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined Shows Vocations, Vicious Monsters

Square Enix released some new information and screenshots for Dragon Quest VII Reimagined. The update covers the game’s vocation system and vicious monsters.

New World: Aeternum to Shut Down in January 2027

In November, Amazon Games announced that new content development for New World: Aeternum had ceased but that the game would continue to run through 2026. However, it won’t continue for much longer than that.