Jan Taaks of Overhype Studios writes in to announce the development of Battle Brothers, which he describes as a turn-based strategy game with RPG and management elements. A better way to describe this game, however, would probably be to just call it “fantasy X-COM.” The premise: In the game you take on the role of […]

Three-man Bulgarian studio iosoftware Ltd. has reached out to me with news of an upcoming fantasy strategy title by the name of Palm Kingdoms 3 (the game does not have its own web page at the moment–just the Facebook page). I’m not sure that there is actually a narrative premise at work here, but the […]

A bit of browsing on Kickstarter has revealed to me the existence of Darkest Dungeon, a top-down dungeon crawler with some really intriguing mechanics relating to the psychological state of your party. Now in development by Red Hook Studio, Darkest Dungeon “was conceived as an antidote to the loot-piñata RPG experience which focuses solely on […]

After an unexpectedly long development cycle, Basilisk Games has now released Eschalon: Book III, the third and final chapter in the Eschalon series! The premise: Eschalon: Book III brings the trilogy to a climactic end as you seek to uncover the mystery of your past, the secrets of the Crux stones, and who the Orakur really […]

It has just come to my attention that ever-prolific jRPG developer Aldorlea Games has released a new title by the name of Undefeated. The premise: Can you stop the Wastelands from spreading and overtaking the world? Play as Marcus, Bastien and Fela, three army conscripts with little liking for what is supposed to be their […]

After I posted about the recent release of Reflection of  Fallen Feather, developer Forepaw Software provided me a copy of the game to check out. As per usual, I recorded video of my first impressions playing the game: My thoughts?

Beldarak Games writes in to announce the release of Song of the Myrne: What Lies Beneath, an action RPG created using those ubiquitous Oryx sprite sheets that I’ve mentioned on a few occasions. The premise: You get back to your home after a day of hard work at your field to find that the love […]

Word reaches me that a new jRPG called Reflection of a Fallen Feather saw release on January 22. Created by developers Forepaw Software, Reflection of a Fallen Feather utilizes a truly unusual character advancement system. The premise: The main character (MC) is lost in a mysterious labyrinth with little recollection of the past and of […]

Tassilo Rau of Bumblebee Games (ongoing developers of the jRPG Days of Dawn) writes in to tell me about a tactical RPG / strategy game hybrid they recently released. The name? GhostControl Inc. Tassilo describes GhostControl as marriage of “turn-based strategy like in X-Com, business management as in Theme Hospital and insane ghosthunting like in […]

Developer Chandler S. writes in to announce a new tactical RPG / strategy roguelike hybrid he’s working on called Knights-Errant. …let’s play that back again, because if you’re like me, that genre description may not have computed. Knights-Errant is a tactical RPG with a series of procedurally generated overworld maps–maps which are themselves littered with […]