Role playing games

‘We remade it from a fan’s perspective’: the creators of Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

As Square Enix gears up to release the second chapter of its FFVII Remake trilogy, the game’s creators reflect on making the original – and remaking a classic

Tom Regan

21, Sep, 2023 @12:14 PM

Lies of P review – inventive Pinocchio RPG has a fiendish heart

This hack-and-slasher clings to its Soulsborne heritage too tightly, but does creative things that no other Soulslike until now has managed to pull off

Nic Reuben

19, Sep, 2023 @12:00 PM

Starfield review – an exquisite, electric, faintly rickety universe of possibilities

Bethesda’s long-awaited space epic is a vast interstellar canvas full of glorious sights to see and intriguing threads to pull – if you can keep patience with its fussy systems

Simon Parkin

06, Sep, 2023 @8:00 AM

Where Winds Meet is China’s answer to Assassin’s Creed

Everstone’s debut video game hopes to do for 10th-century China what Ubisoft’s open-world series did for ancient Greece and renaissance Italy

Tom Regan

31, Aug, 2023 @2:00 PM

Sea of Stars review – like a lost, late classic of the Super Nintendo era

This homage to classic Japanese RPGs picks from the best to create something original, and its rich, engaging world makes it feel like a classic in its own right

Sarah Maria Griffin

31, Aug, 2023 @10:54 AM

Dungeons of Hinterberg: a game of hack ’n’ slash ’n’ schnitzels in the Austrian Alps

For Microbird Games co-founders Philipp Seifried and Regina Reisinger, the social side of their RPG adventure game is just as important as exploring dungeons and slaying huge bosses

Bex April May

10, Aug, 2023 @8:30 AM

Baldur’s Gate 3 review – awe-inspiring D&D rendition is a towering landmark

Expanding on the basic role playing structure with seemingly limitless reactivity and options, this game is so varied you’d swear it was sentient

Nic Reuben

09, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM

Baldur’s Gate 3, the video game where you can do (almost) anything

Anything seems possible in this massive RPG, but the trick isn’t magic technology, say developers at Larian Studios

Julian Benson

03, Aug, 2023 @8:00 AM

Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return

Director Itsuno and Producer Yoshiaki Hirabayashi guide us through the rebirth of Capcom’s fantasy epic on PlayStation 5

Tom Regan

28, Jul, 2023 @1:00 PM

10 great Barbie video games

Beyond the expected fashion designing and beach parties, Barbie games have explored her more adventurous side – from jungle adventurer to swashbuckling heroine

Keith Stuart

21, Jul, 2023 @9:00 AM