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SteamWorld Heist II Preview - Time to Plunder

SteamWorld is host to a myriad of titles spanning across multiple genres. You have the base-building sim SteamWorld Build, or even the turn-based RPG SteamWorld Quest. As a tactics fan, my personal…

June 26, 2024 | 10:00 EDT

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Unicorn Overlord by Vanillaware Has Sold 500,000 Copies

Vanillaware's RTS and JRPG hybrid Unicorn Overlord has sold over 500,000 copies worldwide according to a new trailer surfaced today. The trailer is unlisted at the moment but was uncovered by the…

March 31, 2024 | 03:05 EDT

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Unicorn Overlord by Vanillaware Teaches You How to Do Glorious Battle

Today developer Vanillaware and Publisher Atlus showcased a new video of the upcoming tactical JRPG Unicorn Overlord.  The video is the latest of a series designed to teach the basics of the game to…

February 28, 2024 | 12:18 EST

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Unicorn Overlord Has More Content than Any Other Game in Vanillaware's History

Vanillaware's upcoming tactics JRPG Unicorn Overlord is less than three weeks away from its release, and today we learn that it's a really big game.  Prohrammer Kentaro Ohnishi posted on Vanillaware…

February 19, 2024 | 04:30 EST

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Unicorn Overlord by Vanillaware Reveals Gorgeous Screenshots, New Characters, and Battle Details

Today Vanillaware and Atlus released a new gallery of screenshots and plenty of details about the upcoming strategy JRPG Unicorn Overlord.  We get to hear about more of the characters that we'll be…

February 16, 2024 | 05:07 EST

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Unicorn Overlord by Vanillaware Shows Off How You can Make Your Army Stronger

Today Vanillaware and Atlus released a brand new video focusing on the upcoming tactics JRPG Unicorn Overlord. The video focuses on explaining some of the progression mechanics that empower the…

February 13, 2024 | 02:06 EST

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Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord Reveals Characters, Classes, and More with Gorgeous Screenshots

Today Vanillaware and Atlus have revealed several new screenshots and plenty of art of the upcoming tactics JRPG Unicorn Overlord, showing new characters, classes, and more.  We start with new…

January 18, 2024 | 08:54 EST

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Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord Reveals Exploration Gameplay as Digital Pre-Orders Open Tonight

Today Atlus and Vanillaware released a new trailer and information about the upcoming tactics JRPG Unicorn Overlord.  This time around, we learn that digital pre-orders are going live tonight at 9…

January 11, 2024 | 10:18 EST

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Stargate: Timekeepers Gets New Release Date After Last-Minute Delay

Back in May, developer and publisher Slitherine announced Stargate: Timekeepers. This tactical strategy game officially based on the military science fiction series was set to release a few days ago…

December 14, 2023 | 06:36 EST

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Vanillaware Reveals More Gorgeous Unicorn Overlord Screenshots, Art, and Gameplay Details

Today Vanillaware and Atlus revealed plenty more details, artwork, and screenshots of the upcoming tactics JRPG Unicorn Overlord.  First of all, we take a look at four new characters who will join…

December 14, 2023 | 02:39 EST

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Stargate: Timekeepers

10 years after the last Stargate game, fans of the series will get to return to the SG-1 universe in an all-new adventure. Starting after the events of Season 7, during the Battle for Antarctica, you…

November 30, 2023 | 07:35 EST

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Vanillaware's Unicorn Overlord Gets Gorgeous Screenshots and Gameplay & Story Details Aplenty

Today Vanillaware and Atlus revealed tons of details, screenshots, and artwork of Unicorn Overlord, the beautiful tactics RPG revealed at the latest Nintendo Direct.  The story is set in the…

September 20, 2023 | 04:33 EDT

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Persona 3 Reload & Persona 5 Tactica Officially Announced by Atlus

Following the leak a few days ago, Persona 3 Reload and Persona 5 Tactica have officially been announced by Atlus during the Xbox Games Showcase.  Persona 3 Reload is a remake of the beloved Persona…

June 11, 2023 | 02:19 EDT

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Fuga: Melodies Of Steel 2 Dev Shows Off New Character, Mechanics, And More

CyberConnect2 has released new information about the upcoming Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2. The developer has revealed how the story progresses into the game's second chapter, as well as spotlighting a…

April 13, 2023 | 08:30 EDT

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Goblin Slayer Game for Switch & PC Is a Tactics JRPG; Characters & Gameplay Revealed

Today Busihiroad released new details and a trailer at AnimeJapan 2023 of its upcoming game Goblin Slayer: Another Adventurer - Nightmare Feast, dedicated to the popular light novel and anime…

March 26, 2023 | 02:25 EDT

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The Lamplighters League Announced for PC and Xbox by BattleTech Developer & Paradox

Today, during the Paradox Announcement Show, Harebrained Schemes announced its brand new game The Lamplighters League and the Tower at the End of the World. The game is a stylish pulp tactical turn-…

March 6, 2023 | 12:10 EST

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Tactics JRPG Redemption Reapers by Ender Lilies Devs Gets "Final Trailer" Before Release

Today Binary Haze Interactive and Adglobe released a new trailer of the upcoming tactics JRPG Redemption Reapers. This time around the trailer shows the story and gameplay rather evenly. We get to…

February 15, 2023 | 06:59 EST

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Tactics JRPG Redemption Reapers by Ender Lilies Devs Reveals Release Date & Gameplay Trailer

Today Binary Haze Interactive and Adglobe shared a new gameplay trailer of the upcoming tactics JRPG Redemption Reapers. The trailer focuses on introducing the gameplay mechanics that we'…

January 26, 2023 | 11:34 EST

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Original Jagged Alliance Creator Returns For Upcoming Sequel

THQ Nordic and Haemimont Games are hard at work on Jagged Alliance 3, and now, they've announced that someone very special is involved with the project. Original Jagged Alliance creator Ian Currie…

January 19, 2023 | 10:00 EST

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Kaiju Wars

Kaiju Wars is a turn-based strategy game set in a world where monsters are constantly attacking humanity. You play as the mayor of Floatio city, who is tasked with holding off these attacks by any…

December 31, 2022 | 10:23 EST

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Super Smash Woes, Crisis Core’s Revival, and is Midnight Suns A Surprise GOTY? | Podcast 62

James Gunn says that there’s big things in the works for the DCEU that includes future video game releases, the U.S. Army has been revealed to be throwing around a substantial amount of money trying…

December 5, 2022 | 07:05 EST

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Tactics Ogre: Reborn Has A Silly Profanity Filter

Are you enjoying Tactics Ogre: Reborn? If you're a fan of the tactics genre you probably are, but what you might not enjoy is the randomly draconic profanity filter that has been implemented in the…

November 14, 2022 | 11:01 EST

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Post Apocalyptic RPG Broken Roads Delayed to 2023

Post-apocalyptic philosophical RPG Broken Roads has been delayed until 2023, and though this may feel like bad news there is an upside as well. Versus Evil has decided to add the Australian RPG to…

August 16, 2022 | 02:44 EDT

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Hard West 2 Beta Now Available on Steam

The Hard West 2 beta is now available on Steam, and will be available until June 5th, 2022. The Hard West 2 beta will include a "small snippet form the game's full campaign" and also introduces some…

May 6, 2022 | 11:32 EDT

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Kaiju Wars Review

Kaiju have always been a bit of a niche thing outside of Japan. Back in the 90s, it was pretty tough to find releases of old Japanese monster movies outside of bootleg VHS tapes and the occasional…

April 28, 2022 | 11:00 EDT

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tERRORbane Review

Programming is a key part of gaming and it's no easy task. Even an expert with code can create something that works flawlessly every single time until one day, it just doesn't. Then, it's a whole…

March 31, 2022 | 11:30 EDT

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Stargate: Timekeepers is an RTS Set After SG-1's Season 7

Stargate: Timekeepers, an RTS developed by Slitherine, has just been announced. In it, players will play through a wholly original story where Eva McCain and her team have to support SG-1 against…

May 12, 2021 | 10:10 EDT

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Battle Brothers DLC 'Blazing Deserts' announced

Today, Overhype Studios, the developer and publisher for Battle Brothers, announced a new DLC its title: Blazing Deserts.  The DLC will focus on expanding the Battle Brothers world by…

January 17, 2020 | 11:30 EST

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New Battle Brothers DLC 'Warriors of the North' Announced

Today, Overhype Studios announced the latest DLC for Battle Brothers, titled Warriors of the North, which adds a new human faction to the north. The new faction follows the "old ways", which means…

February 1, 2019 | 05:43 EST

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Warbanners

Developed by Crasleen Games, Warbanners is a turn-based, tactical strategy game with role-playing elements. Set in a high-fantasy world, you star as Roderick, the leader of the Silver Griffons…

November 16, 2017 | 09:05 EST

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Warbanners Review - Imbalanced

The recent talk about difficulty and journalists is one that is baffling to me, as the point of a video game is, first and foremost, to always have fun with it. Difficulty is always hard to gauge…

November 16, 2017 | 09:00 EST

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Battle Brothers Review - A Proper Challenge

Tactical RPGs are often hard to come by nowadays, mostly because they are difficult games to master by design. Some (like the Fire Emblem games) are deceptively simple. For the most part, the glut of…

August 3, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Battle Brothers

Battle Brothers is a turn based strategy RPG mix which has you leading a mercenary company in a gritty, low-power, medieval fantasy world. You decide where to go, whom to hire or to fight, what…

August 3, 2017 | 09:00 EDT

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Battle Brothers Preview - Tactical Fraternity

Battle Brothers hit early access on April 27th, and since that time it has seen 12 updates ranging from bug fixes to balance changes. Smaller details of the game are changing often, but the overall…

May 20, 2015 | 01:00 EDT

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Battle Brothers Sees Early Access

Battle Brothers, a turn based strategy RPG being developed by Overhype Studios, has made its way onto early access as of April 27th. The game has been in development for a little over a year. Battle…

April 28, 2015 | 12:23 EDT