JRPGs

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"

Former Dragon Quest director says JRPG icon Yuji Horii taught him the series is "not about the storyline"

Square Enix plans to add Google gen AI to Dragon Quest 10

Crying over Final Fantasy 10 was one of the moments that inspired the creator of a PS3 classic to make games

Square Enix knows live service, but it's "failed to bring its IP to a new generation"

Final Fantasy 7 Remake Part 3 brings back a big ol' nerd we all love to hate, lead confirms

Final Fantasy 11 is still kicking, despite the MMO's boss expecting a "sharp decline"

Former Square Enix exec says there's "little rationale" to Final Fantasy 6 AI mock-up backlash

Final Fantasy 14 Evercold sleuths think they've figured out the MMO's new jobs

Final Fantasy 6 creator Hironobu Sakaguchi responds to backlash after shouting out an AI remake

Final Fantasy 6 remake AI slop wows series creator, fellow JRPG veteran tells him to stop

Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth director won't confirm or deny fan theories because that would ruin the fun

Persona 4 Revival and Ace Combat 8 may appear at Summer Game Fest and beyond as a ratings surface

Hopes for Persona 1 and 2 remakes crushed as Atlus mysteriously alters the JRPGs' new merch listings

I'm staring at new Persona merch and willing myself to believe that the PS1 JRPGs are coming back

JRPG icon behind Persona and Shin Megami Tensei breaks his 16-year hiatus from games with an upcoming "school life RPG"

The best Persona games, ranked

As the wait for Persona 6 continues, developers tease "opportunities in 2026 to talk about future developments"

Persona 5 and Metaphor director hasn't been "super involved" in the Atlus JRPG series since P5 Royal

A year later, Persona 3 Reload gets a fresh update bringing back the PS2 JRPG's original vocalist: "I'm truly overjoyed and grateful to be reunited with everyone again"

Following performance complaints over Persona 3 Reload's Switch 2 demo, Atlus promises "future patches" are on the way but they won't be "in time" for the JRPG's launch

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

After 9 years in Wii U prison, sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X debuts as March's best-selling Switch game in the US, kicking Mario Kart 8 into second place

I spent 10 years waiting for the answers to Xenoblade Chronicles X's haunting cliffhanger ending, and it was worth the wait

Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X's overpowered combat system is back in Definitive Edition, and it's taken fans mere hours to deal millions of damage in 1 hit: "New Arts are so broken"

Sci-fi JRPG Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition is tied with Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 as the 3rd highest-rated game of the year on Metacritic so far

Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition looks like an incredible revival of one of the best Wii U JRPGs, but fans might be most excited about one simple thing – the larger text size

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

The best Yakuza games, ranked

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"