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Two sleeper hits from Konami and Atlus are coming to grace the US market this year with confirmed dates. Konami’s Time Hollow is slated for a late Summer 2008 release while Atlus’s Persona 4 is scheduled to appear on store shelves early December 2008. Click through for an in-depth look… Continue Reading »

Gamers interested in 90 more minutes of spacey Xbox 360 RPG Mass Effect can now download the “Bringing Down The Sky” dlc from Xbox Live. According to Ars Technica, the 253.40 MB download will set you back 400 MS points ($5), and includes 90 minutes of new gameplay with a… Continue Reading »

Sega has just announced that Valkyria Chronicles, a real time tactical RPG, will be released only on the Playstation 3 sometime in the third quarter of 2008. Although the game, also known as Valkyria of the Battlefield: Gallian Chronicles, has not yet been released in Japan, Sega apparently has enough… Continue Reading »

Atlus Games revealed January 17, 2008 that Rondo of Swords will be released on North America. Rondo of Swords is an original, strategic RPG for the Nintendo DS that features multiple story paths and endings. It is currently expected to be released April 15, 2008. Rondo of Swords’ storyline is… Continue Reading »

Sacred 2: Fallen Angel, the RPG being developed by German developer Ascaron Entertainment, has been delayed by several months. The game, which was expected to be released in the first quarter of 2008, will now be released in September, 2008. It has been announced by the game’s developer that the… Continue Reading »

RPGFan was recently able to interview Noritada Matsukawa, Konami ‘s Senior Director. The interview, conducted and translated by RPGFan’s Chris Winkler, poses several questions to Matsukawa in regard to the Suikoden series and Konami’s future in the RPG genre, leading Matsukawa to discuss the origins of his videogame development career,… Continue Reading »

After months of clamoring from fans, Square Enix Ltd., the European arm of Square Enix, recently announced that it would be publishing Odin Sphere across PAL territories early 2008. Offering a choice between the original 60 Hz display and an updated 50 Hz display, gamers across Europe will finally be… Continue Reading »

Product: Mass Effect Price: $59.99 System(s): Xbox 360 Rating: 9/10 Publisher (Developer): Microsoft (Bioware) ESRB Rating: “Mature” Pros: Amazing story, solid shooter action, great custom character creator, great new franchise. Cons: To short for a true RPG, graphics aren’t quite up to Unreal Engine 3 standards, a number of noticeable… Continue Reading »

Atlus U.S.A., the game publisher known for the popular Shin Megami Tensei and Trauma Center series, has announced that it has come to an agreement with Microsoft to become an officially licensed third-party publisher for the Xbox 360. The announcement was supplemented by information regarding two new Atlus-published titles, Operation… Continue Reading »

What do you get when you combine the creator of Robot Chicken, Seth Green, and rapper Percy Miller a.k.a, Master P? A future RPG game titled Play the Industry. P Miller Enterprises, Green and Matthew Senreich’s Stoopid Monkey Productions and ShadowMachine Films have created a partnership to develop a game… Continue Reading »