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I’m specifically thinking about how the release of Genshin Impact is interesting to me not as a game to play, but because ...

After almost 28 years, the Atelier crafting JRPGs have officially been around long enough to experience a modern gaming mainstay: releasing and quickly canceling a controversial free-to-play spinoff.

JRPGs Atelier is back – this JRPG got a non-gacha sequel to its divisive mobile game, and I'll take that as a win Action RPGs "We don't need a gacha system": Like a man boldly arguing fire burns, dev ...

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Disney is getting into the gacha game business. The company has just announced Disney Pixel RPG, a free-to-play mobile role-playing game from GungHo Online Entertainment, the Japanese developer ...

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Honkai: Star Rail is a really exciting release for a few reasons. It’s the first major game release from miHoYo since the company enjoyed the massive success of 2020’s Genshin Impact. Secondly, it’s ...