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Hollow Knight: Silksong's second patch is live on Steam's public-beta branch with bug fixes and more, and Team Cherry says we can "expect a few more additions and tweaks before full release"
News No boss nerfs are scheduled this time around
Beating kung fu action RPG Phantom Blade Zero is "pretty achievable," says combat director, but only if you're willing to do so "in a mediocre, not-as-beautiful way"
News The "wuxia, kung fu style" of Phantom Blade Zero makes players "want to dance"
Pokemon's cute, cozy life sim spin-off may be hiding some deeply tragic lore as fans question the backstory of our Ditto protagonist: "What happened to their trainer?"
News Pokemon Pokopia could be home to a very sad twist
Battlefield 6 goes back to 64 players per match because 2042's 128-person matches "just didn't catch on," design director admits: "Look, we try stuff. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't"
News "We do what the players want"
Bruised Hollow Knight: Silksong fans discover Team Cherry already explained why the Metroidvania is so hard years ago – and it's all because of Hornet's healing
News "You spend more time either at full health or almost dead"
Nintendo reaches settlement with accessory manufacturer behind viral pre-reveal Switch 2 mock-up in a "confidential" agreement
News Nintendo previously filed a lawsuit against the company alleging trademark infringement, unfair competition, and false advertising
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles lead hopes it "will appeal to people who aren't particularly good at tactical RPGs," since devs "hopefully reduced some of the frustration"
News Improvements include "difficulty options to make the game approachable for new players"
PSA: One of Hollow Knight: Silksong's hardest early-game skill checks is an enemy cosplaying a boss that's destroying everyone too stubborn to come back later
News Just wait for that upgrade
Borderlands 4 boss Randy Pitchford wants "everyone to have realistic expectations for performance" ahead of launch: "This is a big, open AAA game and lower end and older hardware may not perform as well"
News Overall, Gearbox is "confident in the game's performance and optimization"
Dread it, run from it, Hollow Knight: Silksong gets hit by the difficulty discourse as players can't decide if they should "git gud" or acknowledge "legitimate issues" Team Cherry has with the Metroidvania
News Is Silksong too hard?
Pokemon Legends: Z-A fans are getting hypnotized by the next likely Mega Evolution candidate, a psychic squid amassing an army for its "my friend Malamar" hype: "GREATEST POKEMON OF ALL TIME!"
News We love you, Malamar
Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 is "going very smoothly" and the "announcement timing has been decided," Square Enix's Tetsuya Nomura says, and Kingdom Hearts 4 is also "progressing well"
News A very welcome update for the RPG fan in your life
Fans say Team Cherry was wrong and Silksong is actually "noticeably harder" than Hollow Knight, with movement and bosses pummeling you from the Metroidvania's first hour
News "Either I have a skill issue, or Silksong is a way more aggressive form of Hollow Knight"
Pokemon fan finds holy grail that's been "sat in the closet for decades" – an immaculate, sealed copy of Pokemon Blue with a rare error that makes the RPG even more valuable
News A collector's dream
After modernizing the first three Dragon Quest games, remake producer says if the HD-2D games are "really well regarded," then "that would definitely create a movement within the company to want to do more remakes"
News Say it with me now... Chrono Trigger.
Hollow Knight: Silksong has been out for 120 minutes and already has over 1,500 "Overwhelmingly Positive" Steam reviews, so either y'all are really fast or those reviews don't actually mean much
News "Game is full of bugs," says one positive review
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake producer says "getting the balance right" is crucial when modernizing a classic, so you don't have fans complaining, "'We've got the original one, we don't need the new game'"
News Equally, you don't want fans feeling like "'that's not the same game anymore, we don't want that'"
39 years after the legendary JRPG series began, Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake includes a "new twist" that'll be a "really big surprise" for veteran fans
News The remake devs have "really added a lot more to the story"
Dragon Quest 1 & 2 HD-2D Remake reminded me why I love turn-based battles, but after 40 minutes with the game, I'm desperate to know what "really big surprise" the devs are hiding
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | "There was never any thought" for Square Enix to potentially move away from turn-based combat for the Dragon Quest remakes, and I'm glad
Silksong is one of the most anticipated indie releases ever, but 10 years ago a friend of Team Cherry's couldn't even drum up hype for Hollow Knight's trailer on Reddit: "Oh great, another side scroller indie"
News Back then, some suggested that Hollow Knight "doesn't seem to stand out"
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Verso actor thanks fan fic writers for "taking very specific license with this classic masterpiece" – "We see you, we hear you, we appreciate how detailed you can truly get"
News Ben Starr says "this community is truly incredible"
Octopath Traveler 1 and 2 are two of my favorite turn-based RPGs, but I'm not sure how I'm going to go back to them after falling in love with Octopath Traveler 0's town-building mode
Hands-on Gamescom 2025 | A 45-minute taste of Octopath Traveler 0 showcased satisfying, strategic combat, and the addition of cozy town decoration is the cherry on top
Final Fantasy Tactics: The Ivalice Chronicles director open to revisiting the series' Game Boy Advance sequels if the remaster does well, but thinks the strategy RPG playerbase is currently a "bit small"
News Kazutoyo Maehiro is also open to totally new tactics games
