JRPGs

RPGs like Dragon Quest 11 and Nier: Automata are heavily outsourced, Square Enix producer says

Dragon Quest fans are being mean to the new protagonist: "Bro thinks he's on the team"

Dragon Quest's Pokemon-esque spin-off series Monsters gets another game in The Withered World

Dragon Quest 12 Beyond Dreams announced, replacing the previous version of the JRPG as Square Enix hits the reset button

An infamously useless Dragon Quest weapon owes its existence to a Famicom limitation, according to the series creator

Celebrate the Dragon Quest 40th Anniversary with my favorite merch from across the series

Dragon Quest lead doesn't think the JRPG series "must always feature turn-based combat"

As Dragon Quest 12 continues to slumber, Yuji Horii reveals a 40th anniversary stream with news on the "next game"

Dragon Quest creator says AI can make characters "feel even more human" and "listen" with "empathy"

Cloud Strife just celebrated his birthday, and it reminded me of all the FF7 merch starring the spiky-haired merc that I want for my collection

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation fans think the Japanese icon behind a beloved spin-off character is teasing something big

A Final Fantasy 9 remake was reportedly "very far along" before Square Enix put the JRPG revival on ice

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth and Final Fantasy 14 Evercold hype push Square Enix profits over 88%

A lost Final Fantasy 7 game has just been saved 20 years after its release

Square Enix says it's testing a fix for one big issue with Final Fantasy 14's Switch 2 port

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation lead "can finally feel that pressure lifting" as the RPG is now "satisfying" to play

Final Fantasy 7 Revelation boss says ending "might end up being something completely different"

Final Fantasy 7 Remake boss didn't want to derail Final Fantasy 14's schedule with the crossover

"I think we have to do" Persona 1 and 2 Remakes, says Persona 4 Revival producer

As Persona 6 drives hype, Atlus' JRPG series sold another 1 million copies over Sega's last quarter

New look at Persona 4 Revival's stylish menu UI confirms a complete transformation for the OG JRPG

Persona 4 Revival seemingly features more Marie, fuelling hopes she'll be integrated better

Persona 4 Revival changes some of Yosuke's controversial scenes: "We wanted to lighten that up"

Persona 4 Revival's cutscenes come from Jujutsu Kaisen and Chainsaw Man studio MAPPA

Atlus never added her to Persona 3 Reload but the 2009 JRPG's female lead is coming to The Phantom X

Persona 3 fans take matters into their own hands, releasing a DS port of the Atlus JRPG

Persona 4 Revival makes changes to scene from the OG JRPG, and fans aren't sure how to feel

Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Switch 2 update makes a huge quality-of-life change fans wanted 8 years ago

Nintendo awakens JRPG hopes as Xenosaga gets a fresh cameo in Xenoblade Chronicles 2 on Switch 2

My favorite JRPG ever added a wildly out-of-place racing minigame and I'm so glad it exists

Xenoblade Chronicles JRPG trilogy gets Nintendo Switch 2 editions this year, and the first one is out today

Xenoblade Genesis is coming in 2027, and it looks very different to Monolith Soft's last JRPG trilogy

JRPGs struggle to break 3 million sales, once said Xenoblade lead who was hesitant to focus on tech

Xenoblade Chronicles X Switch 2 Edition is "disappointing," say saddened fans – Nintendo apparently offering refunds

Xenoblade Chronicles X becomes first in the series to get a Switch 2 Edition, fans beg for main trilogy to get the same

One of my most minor complaints about Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition was a bug all along, and it's now been fixed in the JRPG's latest patch

The best Yakuza games, ranked

Snoop Dogg and his son join Stranger Than Heaven cast as Yakuza devs' new game gets a winter release window

Forget Animal Crossing, my favorite life sim of 2026 is tucked inside a controversial remake

Yakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly"

Sega is delisting Yakuza 0 in favor of its divisive Director's Cut, risking locking PS4 and Xbox One users out of the RPG entirely

After 16 years, Yakuza 3 is getting a much-needed remake and RGG going the extra mile with a new expansion making one of the series' most popular villains playable for the first time

The worst Yakuza game is finally getting a remake: RGG Studio accidentally leaks Yakuza Kiwami 3

Giving that Elden Ring co-op modder a run for their money, there's now a Yakuza 5 mod that lets you play with a friend or AI-controlled Ichiban

10 years after Yakuza 0, Majima's swashbuckling return finally puts a bowline knot on decades of character growth

Marvel Rivals publisher reportedly cuts funding for Yakuza co-creator's studio 3 months after debuting its first game

Yakuza lead is proud "people can finally say they enjoy the Like a Dragon series more openly"

Sega is delisting Yakuza 0 in favor of its divisive Director's Cut, risking locking PS4 and Xbox One users out of the RPG entirely

Like a Dragon fans, please stop saying Kiwami 3 is a remake of the worst game in the series when Yakuza 4 is worse

After 16 years, Yakuza 3 is getting a much-needed remake and RGG going the extra mile with a new expansion making one of the series' most popular villains playable for the first time

Sega wants you to make your own Like a Dragon games in Roblox, but your creations need to "stay true to the world and lore" established in the Yakuza series, so please don't make Kiryu and Majima kiss

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii lead avoided ship-based games like Sea of Thieves and Assassin's Creed to make "something uniquely Yakuza-like"

10 years on, Yakuza 0 is still one of the strongest entry points to a franchise ever made

Years before we learned of Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii, Majima's voice actor pitched a JRPG about the fan-favorite anti-hero and was told "that's not going to happen"