Playing RPGs on an iPhone or iPod Touch has always bothered me. It’s not the screen size or the graphics capabilities, but rather the time needed to actually play the game. Put it this way, if you only have 5-10 minutes to spare you’re not going to boot up the latest Sqaure-Enix adventure. With the upcoming release of Action RPG, FASTAR!, all that is about to change. More »

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The programming schedule for San Diego’s Comic Con has been released and with it comes the surprise announcement of “a brand new, Sci-Fi Action-RPG based on the DNA of Spore.” Comic Con runs from July 22-25 so we don’t have any more info. at the moment, but make the jump to hear our best educated guesses. More »

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Cute collectibles are an easy way into any gamers heart. Make that cuteness edible and you’ll be selling them like hotcakes. Square-Enix knows this well and exploits our adoring hearts for all their worth. This time around the Final Fantasy developers have concocted a drinkable Slime in celebration of their Wii title Dragon Quest Monster Battle Victory. More »

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Visiting relatives over the holidays can be a total drag. Ease your pain with some of these great iPhone/ iPod Touch titles from great studios at a very low price. More »

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Was the 300 hours you pumped into Monster Hunter Freedom Unite not enough for you? If you answered no, I think you need to take a step back, give your self a good hard look in the mirror and step away from your handheld. But if you answered yes and still have the burning urge to hack and slash your way into oblivion then look no further than Squar-Enix’s upcoming Monster Hunter knock off Lord of Arcana. More »

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If you’ve been looking for an immersive RPG for your iPhone and iPod Touch then you already know that they are hard to come by. Crescent Moon Games knows that all too well and are hard at work on a RPG of epic proportions for release this Fall. But development on, Aralon: Sword and Shadow, hasn’t been easy. Come take a look at how the game has progressed so far. More »

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Pokemon Black and White will be available to Japanese gamers on September 18. That’s nearly 4 months prior to the US’ Spring release date. Is is fair? Absolutely not. Can we do anything about it? Nothing, except drool over the gorgeous gameplay footage in its reveal trailer. Catch it below and enjoy! More »

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NIS America is bringing two beautiful JRPGs to Western shores in the very near future. If you’re looking for a new dungeon to crawl look no further, Trinity Universe and Atelier Rorona have all the leveling up and customization anyone could possibly need. More »

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Piggybacking off of the tremendous success freemium games like FarmVille have been having on social networking sites, Japanese game developer Acquire are bringing the free-to-play experience to home consoles for the first time ever with the RPG Bakumatsu heading to Playstation Network on June 26. More »

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Nintendo has released the official North American debut trailer for Dragon Quest IX. Watch and discuss after the jump. More »

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More footage has been released for the US version of the anticipated JRPG, Arc Rise Fantasia, featuring a nifty summon spell! More »

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Square-Enix announced today that Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light for the Nintendo DS will be making it way to US shores on October 5, and to Europe some time later this fall. More »

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Arc Rise Fantasia, one of the upcoming RPGs for the deprived Wii, has recently released new footage featuring how weapons and magic play a part in the game’s battle system. More »

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On April 20th, Square Enix released Chaos Rings for iPhones and iPod Touches all over the world, and it looks like we’ll be seeing the game on the iPad sometime in the future! The release of the exclusive RPG was met by an extremely warm reception, as producer Takehiro Ando stated in a Facebook post only two days after the game’s release that “CHAOS RINGS became the top grossing app in nine countries, including US and Japan!” More »

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When it comes to the Wii, there is a conspicuous shortage of RPGs, which is unfortunate for me, because I love RPGs and the Wii is pretty much the only up-to-date console I own. I really need to catch up with the times and get myself a DS or a Playstation 3 (or at the very least, a Playstation 2). More »

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Oh, how I love a realistic view on video game to real world integration and how ridiculous it is. Naming your own character in a game is cool, but how they go about you actually inputting your name is pretty funny. More »

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Scans have surfaced from the latest issue of Famitsu that feature a look at the The Last Story, an RPG coming to the Wii led by Final Fantasy creator Hironobu Sakaguchi. More »

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Videogames are more than just entertainment, they breath life into a person, an idea, a story, an experience. When a video game is created, there are many signs and signals that go flying, telling the consumer if enough heart and passion is going into the product. Like any other form of art, if people are not dying over the creation of the game, if the sweat and tears don’t come out, then is it really worth playing to begin with? The question is, what signs and signals do we look for and how will we know if the passion did go into the product? More »

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Atlus, developer of Gamespot’s 2009 Game of the Year Demons Souls, has a brand new RPG making its way exclusively to Sony’s PSP. Hexyz Force features 2 unique story modes: one full of “political intrigue, war and racial tensions”; another that highlights “embracing responsibility, love and friendship”. Throw in over 20 minutes of anime cutscene and you have yourself a promising game. More »

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Followars is a Twitter driven JRPG for the iPhone, iPod Touch and the iPad. Upon startup the game scans your twitter activity for number of tweets, followers, and people you are following in order to alter the stats of your in game character. More »

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