Microsoft pays tribute to Akira Toriyama with new background featuring the Dragon Ball creator's designs from cult classic Xbox 360 JRPG Blue Dragon By Dustin Bailey published 29 March 24 News "Honoring a true legend"
I want so many of my favorite JRPGs to get the kind of update that just dropped for already-stellar remake Star Ocean: The Second Story R By Hirun Cryer published 27 March 24 News There's new bosses, endgame gear, and more
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's Yuffie actor was too good at fake vomiting during recording, told "actually, you need to tone it down - they don’t really like that" By Hope Bellingham published 27 March 24 News Suzie Yeung was committed to bringing Yuffie's motion sickness to life
Persona 3 Reload somehow wasn't long enough for this JRPG diehard, who made it "last as long as possible" with a grind to level 99: "I regret only a few things" By Hirun Cryer published 26 March 24 News They managed it in roughly 55 Tartarus trips
Final Fantasy 14's Yoshi-P adds fuel to the Final Fantasy 9 remake rumors, teases that the reason for all the Dawntrail references is "a secret" By Kaan Serin published 23 March 24 News Digital bonuses include Zidane and Garnet minions
Persona 3 Reload producer apologizes for excluding the JRPG's female protagonist, but explains that adding her would cost "two to three times that of Episode Aigis" By Kaan Serin published 23 March 24 News Persona 3 Portable's Kotone isn't (officially) joining the remake
JRPG speedrunner destroys Persona 3 Reload's hardest difficulty in under 10 hours in one of the most impressive displays of button mashing I've ever seen By Catherine Lewis published 22 March 24 News You can usually expect a normal run to be over 60 hours long
Coincidentally avoiding Elden Ring's DLC release date, promising JRPG Shin Megami Tensei 5 Vengeance is now launching a week early By Hope Bellingham published 21 March 24 News Elden Ring has a habit of eclipsing the other games around it
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion voice actor says Square Enix repeatedly told him to stop being too sexy: "We need you to tone it down" By Jordan Gerblick published 19 March 24 news The voice actor for Genesis was told he sounded too seductive
Final Fantasy 7's Sephiroth is on a tour through Baldur's Gate 3, Pokemon, and more thanks to a beautifully chaotic viral Twitter trend By Hope Bellingham published 19 March 24 News Sephiroth isn't in Nibelheim anymore
Revisiting this 24-year-old JRPG classic from the PS1 era proves there's no smoke without fire By Jon Bailes published 18 March 24 Feature Opinion | Breath of Fire 4 is somehow almost a quarter of a century old – here, Play magazine remembers what made it so great
Japanese solo dev behind surprise Steam mega-hit weighs in on the term JRPG: "This is a term I heard for the first time since it's not used in Japan" By Austin Wood published 12 March 24 Feature A useful chat with Astlibra Revision creator Keizo
The solo dev behind one of the wildest narratives in JRPG history agrees "it was a miracle that the story came together in the end" By Austin Wood published 12 March 24 news Astlibra Revision creator Keizo was also reeling from the story a bit
Meet the Japanese solo dev who spent 15 years making the bizarre game that's secretly one of the highest-rated JRPGs on Steam and a personal favorite of mine By Austin Wood published 12 March 24 feature Astlibra Revision creator Keizo explains the making of the unexpected epic
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director says Queen's Blood expansions are "a possibility" following "very positive feedback" to the JRPG's best minigame By Anne-Marie Ostler published 12 March 24 news There could be more in store for the distracting deckbuilder
Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth's director wasn't expecting the RPG to reignite the 'yellow paint' discourse, but will "take on board the valuable feedback for future games" By Anne-Marie Ostler published 12 March 24 news "I didn't think that the 'yellow paint' would be something that would be discussed on social media"
Persona 3 Reload's new Expansion Pass slammed with negative Steam reviews by fans who have already spent over $100 on premium editions By Hirun Cryer published 12 March 24 News Players also say that, right now, the $35 pass simply isn't worth it
Multiple Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth leads describe how "tough" the JRPG's development was: "I honestly wasn't sure that we could put it all together in time" By Kaan Serin published 9 March 24 News The sequel was huge in every single way, to be fair
10 years later, cult classic Persona-like JRPG Tokyo Xanadu is getting a sequel with a completely new setting By Jordan Gerblick published 8 March 24 news Tokyo Xanadu New Project is set in Kyoto
Final Fantasy 7 writer "regretted" parts of the original JRPG and saw Rebirth and Remake as a chance to "properly portray Aerith and Tifa’s friendship" By Austin Wood published 8 March 24 news Kazushige Nojima shares his hopes for the remake trilogy