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Role Playing Games EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Ultimate cheapassery: The 2-hour Torchlight demo 20 Since many of you are like-minded folk, I can only assume you spend a good portion of your days pointing and clicking. I know I do. Why then, are we wasting our precious finger energy performing ... Atlus promises Shiren the Wanderer won't make you cry 18 Don't worry, Atlus may be known for its propensity for importing Japanese cruelty (alonside Shin Megami Tensei games), but they promise that THIS time, with the February 10 release of Shiren the ... The Memory Card .76: Brotherly love 39 “The Memory Card” is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. We all have experienced our fair s... Final Fantasy XIII Cactuar GET! 22 Shonen Jump has another Final Fantasy XIII treat for us, and this time it involves everybody's favorite perennial mascot, the Cactuar. Final Fantasy XIII's take on the noble Cactuar is far less r... Atlus publishing 3D Dot Game Heroes on May 11, 2010! 46 Rejoice! After many long weeks of waiting, Atlus has finally revealed itself to be the publisher of 3D Dot Game Heroes in North America. What's more, we also have a release date! 3D Dot Game Hero... Square Enix: Final Fantasy shall not be exhausted 37 Many would think that having ten thousand Final Fantasy games in development at any given time might be spreading the property a little thin. Not Square Enix. Company head Yoichi Wada has assured... Two Worlds II pushed back to Spring 2010 24 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! The latest victim of the big 2009-to-2010 exodus is highly-anticipated RPG sequel Two Worlds II. Greatly hyped for its innovation... New Final Fantasy XIII screens are spicy hot-hot 33 Here are some brand new Final Fantasy XIII screens to shove down your gullet, courtesy of Japanese magazine/advertiser Famitsu. Check them out, because they look absolutely stunning, as Final Fan... Resonance of Fate is long, fashionable, utterly nuts 27 It might be telling that the first time I heard of tri-Ace's newest RPG was when it had its name changed from End of Eternity to Resonance of Fate for the international release. It was strange to... Demon's Souls sales are 'impressive' 48 Games like Demon's Souls aren't supposed to sell well. A super hardcore, obscure RPG published by Atlus? Yeah, those games don't sell well. Except the game actually is selling well, at least by i... Have some more Final Fantasy XIII gameplay details 13 Alright. Now we know Final Fantasy XIII's coming out March 9th, 2010. Square Enix promised to blow a load of details onto gamer's faces on the 13th of every month, but that video with the smarmy ... Holy sh*t, a new Lufia sequel got announced! 33 This was probably the absolute last thing I expected to hear this month, but it's true. A new sequel to Lufia was announced today in Famitsu by Square Enix, and I couldn't be happier. It's curren... Ubisoft making a fighting game and an RPG 31 Ubisoft is known, generally, for three things: Awful Wii shovelware, awful DS shovelware, and Assassin's Creed. You don't often see fighting games or RPGs associated with the huge European publis... Sgt. Frog procures an RPG from Namco Bandai 11 The paperwork finally went through, and the patriotic soldiers starring in the Sgt. Frog manga and anime getting the RPG-adaptation supplies that they've desperately clamored for. Entitled Keroro... TorchED released: Go poke around until something breaks 14 The appropriately titled TorchED, the editor for -- yup, you guessed it -- Runic Games' Torchlight, is now up for download. At 384 MB, it'll be no time before the program is beamed to your hard d... Vagrant Story coming soon to a PSP and PS3 near you! 40 Did you know that Vagrant Story is coming to the Western PlayStation Network soon? Now you do! Square Enix's classic PlayStation game is regarded as one of the finest RPGs of its generation, and ... Two Worlds II trailer is ... well ... 66 The sequel to one of the worst RPGs this generation, Two Worlds 2, finally has a teaser site along with a brand new trailer. I still can't believe a sequel is actually being made, but it's very ... 3D Dot Game Heroes possible for Xbox 360 50 So far, one of the main things we've known about From Software's 3D Dot Game Heroes is that it's a PS3 exclusive. From even confirmed as such a few weeks ago, explicitly stating that it was only ... FFXIII offers up some anagram fun 24 Your copy of the local Sunday newspaper won't be the only place you'll be finding word games this weekend. The fine folks over at the news section of the Final Fantasy XIII website have left us a... Gyromancer gets dated, trailerized 13 The offspring of PopCap and Square Enix -- y'know, the one that sounds an awful lot like something you'd stick in your mouth -- is nearly upon us. When we last checked in, there was a discussion... Demon's Souls was never designed to be hard 38 Demon's Souls has a reputation as one of the most brutal, hardcore and challenging games of the year, if not this generation, and those who bought it have often done so under a cloud of fear. Acc... Resonance of Fate also standard definition TV friendly 18 After playing Resonance of Fate, I have no idea why you'd play such a beautiful game on a standard definition television. People did it with Dead Rising, and they all had beef with the text size.... Record of Agarest War delayed :( 13 We got all excited when we found out that Aksys Games was prepping saucy stratey RPG Record of Agarest War for a late 2009 release. Well, it's late 2009, and no Agarest War. Turns out that Aksys ... Dragon Quest IX becomes best selling game in the world 26 During the third quarter, Dragon Quest IX not only managed to be the best selling DS game in the world, but the best selling game, period. When you consider the fact that the RPG has not even bee... The Memory Card .74: Crono's trial 48 "The Memory Card" is a seasonal feature that dissects and honors some of the most artistic, innovative, and memorable videogame moments of all time. How many of you reading this right now have at... Atlus announces Strange Journey for North America 33 We've been patiently waiting for Atlus to announce the DS game Strange Journey. The next in the line of Shin Megami Tensei games looks...well, strange, and we dig that in Atlus games. It just cam... Last Rebellion trailer is intense, arty 11 Nippon Ichi and Hitmaker have kept close wraps on their upcoming PS3-exclusive action RPG Last Rebellion. Sure, we've seen a few screens and learned a bit of information, but most of it is still... Link makes (unofficial) appearance in 3D Dot Game Heroes 30 Uh oh! As if the accusations of "ZOMG ZELDA RIP-OFF" weren't bad enough, From Software has stirred the pot by releasing character creation data that allows players to create their very own Link. ... New Stonesense visualizer makes Dwarf Fortress playable 23 Forget Silent Hill or Fatal Frame. You know a game that's terrifying? Bay12's Slaves to Armok: God of Blood: Dwarf Fortress II, colloquially shortened to simply Dwarf Fortress. If being one of A... Atlus replacing strategy guides for Demon's Souls 35 Demon's Souls is one of the best RPGs ever made, that is a fact that cannot be disputed. However, the game's wonderful quality was unfortunately not carried over into the Deluxe Edition and its s... Check out Cloud and Hatsune Miku in 3D Dot Game Heroes 18 The 3D Dot Game Heroes character creation tools may be stylistically limited, but gamers have demonstrated that a little imagination can go far. Cloud Strife, Hatsune Miku, the Holy Invasion of P... Scamco strikes again: Ludicrous Vesperia DLC hits PSN 29 Oh Namco Bandai, is there any type of DLC that you won't be ashamed to sell us? Tales of Vesperia is rocking the PS3 in Japan, and that means it's time for Namco to do what Namco does best -- try... Here's how you level up in Final Fantasy XIII 64 Final Fantasy XIII won't have a traditional level up system, instead swapping out the familiar EXP of your average RPG with Crystalium. Despite the pompous name (would we expect anything else fro... Let's try this again: A much better Fort Zombie trailer 11 Look, we here at Destructoid are nice people. Usually. That's why we wanted to give Kerberos Studio a second chance. Perhaps you saw this footage of budget PC action RPG Fort Zombie the other da... Review: Half-Minute Hero 41 Roleplaying games are dramatic, lengthy affairs in which most players could reasonably expect to lose up to eighty hours of their time. Half-Minute Hero exists to tell you just how much you're wa... Obsidian thinks sex for sex's sake is ridiculous 41 Sex is something that's popping up a lot in games lately. Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 2 will have it, Assassin's Creed 2 will have it, and Alpha Protocol will have it. However, this doesn... Torchlight available now, here's a launch trailer 24 On the long road to Diablo III, why not make the wait a bit more bearable with Torchlight? It's a game that will surely satisfy your need for pointing and clicking followed by more vigorous poin... Sony: 3D Dot Game Heroes 'DEFINITELY' coming to NA 53 Fresh from the official PlayStation Twitter, it appears 3D Dot Game Heroes is definitely coming to North America. How do we know this? Well, because the tweet says:"No need to import - 3D Do... Spelunker sells us on 3D Dot Game Heroes 14 Adorable "OMG Zelda" RPG 3D Dot Game Heroes features a cameo from legendary hole-digger Spelunker, and he seems quite excited to be in the game. From Software has been releasing a seri... Hot new Final Fantasy XIII screens for you to glare at 35 As we trudge ever onward toward Final Fantasy XIII's 2010 Western release, I am getting more and more eager to get my hands on it. It's been an incredibly long wait, but the gorgeous looking RPG ... Thou seeketh soul power, dost thou not? Then touch the Demon inside me 65 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Dragon Age: Origins arrived in a box of straw 53 Seriously, a box of straw. I'm not sure if this is the best or worst marketing idea I've seen so far, but considering my carpet now has dirt and grit all over it after opening this package unawar... Resonance of Fate: Screens, JP release date, soundtrack 12 I'm all over End of Eternity, Sega and tri-Ace's upcoming role-playing game. It'll be called Resonance of Fate here in the US. Either way, I was blown away by its slick look and crazy battle mode... God of Pokemon DLC coming next month to Toys R Us 36 No, its not Bidoof, though I could see why some may worship that cute/ugly little mongrel. It's the other guy, Arceus; he's the God of all Pokemon. I still think he looks more like a bad cross be... New 3D Dot Game Heroes trailer is terrific 44 I know, I know, we cover 3D Dot Game Heroes way too much. But the game is so awesome looking and new information seems to come every day, so it's not really our fault. Anyway, a brand new traile... Two Worlds II gets screens as all Earth's babies cry out 30 When Two Worlds II was announced, it is said that Jesus Christ himself wept tears of purest piss and that every virgin girl in the world had her hymen shattered into a thousand bloodsoaked pieces... Atlus re-stocks Demon's Souls (Deluxe Editions all gone) 47 This is rather brilliant news. Due to a demand that exceeded initial expectations, Atlus has today announced that it will be shipping out more copies of Demon's Souls so that the multitudes strug... Can you spot all the 3D Dot Game Heroes parody screens? 40 From Software's delicious looking 3D Dot Game Heroes won't be skimping on the humor when it finally releases. Right down to the loading screens, the game is steeped in self-referential silliness,... Sick of teaser countdowns? Resonance of Fate counts UP! 13 That's right, folks! In a cynical and silly attempt to be different from all the other lame teaser countdowns that everybody hates, Sega has decided that tri-Ace's new RPG, Resonance of Fate, wil... 3D Dot Game Heroes reveals new game modes (ZOMG ZELDA) 24 Another day, another story about From Software's 3D Dot Game Heroes. This time, we've learned of some game modes and minigames that will be appearing in the Zelda parody/homage RPG, including a t... Alpha Protocol arriving Spring 2010, Obsidian is happy 14 Sega as good as confirmed Alpha Protocol's slip into next year when it updated its official site to read, "Spring 2010," but developer Obsidian has now confirmed the confirmation with a... Scamco strikes again: Magnacarta 2 DLC is already out 43 That's right, folks. RPG sequel Magnacarta 2 has only just released, and Namco Bandai has made sure to "support" it with meaningless downloadable content, as is the publisher's modus op... Torchlight getting a day-and-date Steam release 8 It may look like yet another one of those typical action RPGs with procedurally-generated dungeons and fat loot, and by many accounts it will be, but there's something about Torchlight that makes... Here's to you, random-JRPG-dialogue-writer-man 44 [Editor's note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... BioWare loves Jade Empire, would like to make more 41 Jade Empire was considered one of the few Xbox exclusives worth having the system for, but a sequel has never arrived for the martial arts action RPG. Despite the one-shot deal, BioWare has state... Lunar Harmony of Silver Star has freaky tranny clowns 24 It's hard to keep track of all the JRPGs that stumble onto handheld systems, and games invariably slip through the cracks. Like this one, which I didn't know was coming. It's Lunar Harmony of Sil... Dragon Age: Origins DLC planned for the next two years 31 So yes, BioWare loves downloadable content. Not only will Dragon Age: Origins DLC be available on the game's launch date, the developer is also planning to further drain our bank accounts with co... Phantasy Star Portable 2/Pizza Hut campaign is shameless 35 Deliciously shameless, that is! Phantasy Star Portable 2 is on the way, and Sega has revealed that it will be joining forces with Pizza Hut in order to fill the RPG with pie-based shenanigans. Ju... Dragon Age: Origins launch trailer is seriously badass 60 Ready for some real hotness? Check out this ridiculously over-the-top launch trailer for Dragon Age: Origins, with cinematic action so good that the actually videogame itself won't even dream of... 3D Dot Game Heroes goes gold, sprite statues rejoice 27 See how happy they are? Spelunker looks like he's about to burst into song. Probably. 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