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Former Mass Effect lead, Casey Hudson, has shut down his new studio, leaving his new Sci-Fi RPG dead in the water.

Larian has reported its profits for 2023, with the studio earning a staggering $260 million after development costs. Overall revenue was higher than $400M.

Remedy has been working away on Control 2 for around two years already, with the company revealing that development had begun in November 2022. Now, Remedy has issued the latest update, confirming that Control 2 will include ‘RPG' elements.  Control was primarily an action game, with a single, focused overarching …

Atlus has landed on another hit with its latest RPG, Metaphor: ReFantazio. It is already one of the highest-rated games of the year and accrued 1 million sales.

Avatar The Last Airbender is getting a brand new videogame adaptation, aiming for AAA quality and developed by the newly independent Saber Interactive.

Square Enix and Microsoft are deepening their relationship, with plans to bring classic Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Mana series RPGs to Xbox and PC.

Larian has already confirmed that it won't be working on another Baldur's Gate game, or any expansions for Baldur's Gate 3. Instead, the studio will be focusing on other projects, with two new games on the way, which studio founder, Swen Vincke, claims to be Larian's “best work ever”. To …

Ironmace, the developer behind the fantasy dungeon crawler Dark and Darker, has announced that they are preparing to reintroduce the game to a wider audience after it was removed from sale on Steam in April 2023. This time around, the game will be releasing on the Epic Games Store.  Ironmace …

Humble Bundles are a great way for video game fans to acquire a number of high-quality titles for a relatively low price. Right now, in collaboration with the PC storefront GOG, you are able to get your hands on just over half a dozen high quality RPGs for less than …

Starfield is Bethesda Game Studios’ first brand-new IP in over two decades. Microsoft even went as far as to call it one of the ‘most important’ RPGs ever made at its summer showcase this year. Microsoft may need to chill a little there, but overall, Starfield is nothing short of fantastic.

While Grounded is a great survival game, many fans of Obsidian Entertainment became fans through single-player RPGs. At one point, Avowed was going to be more multiplayer-focused as part of an internal effort to entice publishers into helping with the project.  Prior to being acquired by Microsoft, Obsidian had spent …

After spending a couple of years in early access, Larian officially launched Baldur's Gate 1.0 last week to great success. Over the weekend, the game rose to the top of the Steam charts, garnering a hugely impressive 800,000 concurrent players over the launch period.  Larian founder, Swen Vincke, admitted that …

Hogwarts Legacy launched with a few RPG elements but it isn't a full-blown Role Playing game. At one point, more RPG features were planned for the game, as dataminers discovered a hidden morality and reputation system in the game files.  YouTuber GrandTheftDiamonds (via PCGamer) recently posted a video going through …

After launching into Early Access in 2020, Larian has been quietly working away on Baldur’s Gate 3 to get it ready for full release. While initially the studio was aiming for a 2022 release window, the developers now have their sights set on 2023 for the full game, and a …

While we didn't get any new information on Avowed or The Outer Worlds 2 during the Xbox and Bethesda showcase this evening, we did get new reveals for two other projects Obsidian is working on. Obsidian will have two games launching this year – Grounded and Pentiment.  Grounded initially released …

Firaxis announced its next Tactical RPG, Marvel's Midnight Suns, at E3 last year and in recent months, various leaks have pointed towards the game releasing fairly soon. Over the weekend, someone managed to obtain upcoming promotional materials for the game, revealing a new release date, pre-order bonuses and future DLC …

Hot off the heels of the successful open-world zombie game Dying Light 2, the team at development studio Techland has now announced their next game, revealing that it will be an open world fantasy action RPG. Making the announcement on Twitter, the official Techland page revealed that the studio is …

2022 marks the 25th anniversary of One Piece, a worldwide smash hit anime and manga series which continues on to this day. Bandai Namco has created many One Piece video games over the years, but the publisher has now announced the series’ most ambitious game yet: One Piece Odyssey. One …

Bandai Namco had great success in 2020 with Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot, a new take on the series aiming to give fans a full RPG experience. Now, it seems that One Piece is getting similar treatment with One Piece Odyssey.  Today, Bandai Namco announced One Piece Odyssey, a new JRPG …

Ubisoft brought the Assassin's Creed franchise back from the brink with Origins, which presented a major shift in gameplay and mechanics. We've now had three ‘RPG' style Assassin's Creed games, with Valhalla being particularly successful.  As part of the publisher's recent quarterly earnings report, Ubisoft CEO, Yves Guillemot, confirmed that …

After leaving CD Projekt Red, Witcher 3 game director, Konrad Tomaszkiewicz, has formed a new studio with a handful of other veteran game developers – with the main goal of delivering a new AAA dark fantasy RPG. The new studio, Rebel Wolves, is now active and is working on its …

The Might & Magic series has been dormant under Ubisoft for a while now but it looks like we could be due for a major comeback. New job listings have been spotted this week, showing that Ubisoft is now hiring for a ‘AAA' Might & Magic game.  The job itself …

The Ascent had quite a bit of hype behind it earlier this year, as the game showed a lot of promise as a Cyberpunk RPG. The game initially released as an Xbox console exclusive, arriving on Xbox consoles and PC. Now, the game appears to be heading to PlayStation platforms.  …

Since ending the BioShock trilogy years ago, game designer Ken Levine has been quiet. Back in 2017, he started a new studio called Ghost Story Games but the studio has yet to officially announce its first game. That could be changing very soon though, as one notable leaker claims that …

Ever since joining Xbox Game Studios, Obsidian has been very busy, with multiple teams working on different projects. At this point, Pillars of Eternity has evolved into Avowed, The Outer Worlds is getting a sequel and another small team is working on the excellent early access survival title ‘Grounded'. Josh …

Recently we reported that SEGA announced that it would be revealing a brand new RPG at the upcoming Tokyo Game Show. With the publisher owning so many iconic RPG franchises, fans began to speculate about what the game could be – from a new Valkyria Chronicles to Persona 6. Unfortunately, …

Tokyo Game Show will see its return at the end of the month, featuring some of the biggest names in gaming, but in particular with a focus on Japanese developers and publishers. Being one of the biggest, SEGA is confirmed to be making an appearance at the show, with the …

Archetype Entertainment, a newly formed studio with the goal “to create the greatest story-driven role playing games in the world” has announced that it will be partnering with the award-winning animation company Blur Studio for its upcoming Sci-fi RPG. Archetype Entertainment is a recently formed studio, founded by developers from …

It has been a couple of years since we first saw the leak of a Harry Potter RPG in development at Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. Insiders had previously reported that this game would be unveiled in 2020 and sure enough, last night during the PS5 showcase, Hogwarts Legacy was officially …

It has been almost two years since Warner Bros' Harry Potter RPG first leaked, with very early gameplay footage and screenshots hitting the web. Things have been quiet since then, but sources are beginning to speak up, confirming that the game is set in an open-world Hogwarts and other details.  …