Action Role-Playing Games (aka action RPG or ARPG), are games that have gameplay similar to the action or hack and slash genre, but include role playing elements such as leveling or statistical upgrades.
Most Action RPGs employ a real-time combat approach with the game being augmented with quests, missions, or additional tasks that the player can complete to earn better gear or increase their stats - a staple of the RPG genre.
Today Aniplex announced Alterna Vvelt: Blue Exorcist Gaiden, a brand new game inspired by the manga and anime Blue Exorcist. The game was officially announced at Jump Festa 2024, a big event…
December 16, 2023 | 01:03 EST
HoYoverse has announced when we can expect the release of the upcoming Honkai: Star Rail version 1.6. The update, which will suceed November's positively spooky version 1.5, is arriving for the…
December 15, 2023 | 08:49 EST
Today, Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse revealed a new character coming to the game and several changes scheduled for version 2.0. First of all, we get to take a look at Black Swan showcased on…
December 12, 2023 | 01:34 EST
An update adding English voice-overs to Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is coming soon, and now you can hear what they sound like. Today Sega revealed a new trailer of the recently…
December 8, 2023 | 08:17 EST
Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio has announced that the English dub for Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name is incoming sometime this month. In a post on X (formerly known as Twitter), RGG Studio…
December 6, 2023 | 08:39 EST
Today a large chunk of new gameplay of the upcoming action JRPG Granblue Fantasy: Relink has been shared, showing more of Cygames' magnum opus. The gameplay was shared by the YouTube channel Arekkz…
December 1, 2023 | 09:57 EST
Today HoYoverse delivered a double whammy with two character trailers for its successful RPG Honkai: Star Rail and the upcoming ARPG Zenless Zone Zero. We start with Zenless Zone Zero and one of its…
December 21, 2023 | 11:45 EST
North America, 1695. Antea Duarte and Red mac Raith are both lovers and Banishers, people who hunt ghosts. Following a terrible mission, Antea is fatally wounded and becomes one of the very spirits…
November 30, 2023 | 07:53 EST
Valve just released a batch of startup movies for its Steam Deck handheld PC inspired by five popular games. The platform already had a variety of startup movies to choose from, but they were based…
November 29, 2023 | 03:13 EST
The Dragon's Dogma 2 release date appears to have been leaked on its official Steam page ahead of an announcement later today. On the Dragon's Dogma 2 Steam page, a release date of March 22nd is…
November 28, 2023 | 09:53 EST
Update: The release date of Dragon's Dogma 2 was announced during a livestreamed event hosted by Capcom, alongside the reveal of new gameplay and details. As leaked earlier today, the release date…
November 28, 2023 | 04:17 EST
Genshin Impact an Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse is going all out promoting its next big game Zenless Zone Zero, and today it introduced Anby. Anby Demara is a member of the off-jobs agency…
November 26, 2023 | 06:10 EST
Goddess of Victory: Nikke developer Shift Up has become the first Korean studio to sign up with Sony for a second-party publishing deal. The developer's upcoming game Stellar Blade will be a…
November 24, 2023 | 11:51 EST
HoYoverse, which you may know for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail, just launched the second beta test for its new action RPG Zenless Zone Zero. The test, which requires an invite, is titled "…
November 24, 2023 | 01:06 EST
Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse just started introducing the cast of its newest game, Zenless Zone Zero, starting with Billy. His full name is Billy Kid (the inspiration is…
November 22, 2023 | 01:35 EST
Capcom has announced a Dragon's Dogma 2 gameplay showcase for later this month, but the upcoming action RPG's release date may already have been leaked. That's according to a listing on the official…
November 17, 2023 | 09:22 EST
Kuro Game released a new trailer of its upcoming free-to-play open-world RPG Wuthering Waves, showing off another of its characters. This time around, the spotlight is on Danjin, also known as "…
November 17, 2023 | 04:37 EST
Our Remnant 2 Ethereal Manor Guide will go over how to escape the repeating nightmare, and the reward you'll get for doing so. The Ethereal Manor is part of the Awakened King DLC for Remnant 2,…
November 15, 2023 | 06:46 EST
Today Bandai Namco Entertainment released an extensive development diary video about the upcoming action JRPG Sand Land. The video stars producer Keishu Minami as he introduces the game and several…
November 15, 2023 | 05:08 EST
It's almost time for another major update for HoYoverse's free-to-play gacha turn-based RPG Honkai: Star Rail, and this means a new event warp (the game's name for gacha banners) and a new character…
November 14, 2023 | 11:00 EST
Our Like a Dragon Gaiden Locker Key Guide will go over how to find each key in Sotenbori and the Castle, and the rewards for doing so. Locker keys, like the Gold Balls you can find, are a set of…
November 13, 2023 | 11:14 EST
HoYoverse's popular turn-based free-to-play RPG Honkai: Star Rail launched on PS5 only one month ago, and turns out it's really popular, having passed one million players on Sony's console. The…
November 10, 2023 | 12:19 EST
Gunfire Games has released a brand new Remnant 2 trailer that gives us our first look at the Ritualist archetype. The new archetype will be included as part of The Awakened King, which will serve as…
November 9, 2023 | 09:28 EST
Today, during Warning Bros. Discovery's quarterly financial conference call, chief executive officer David Zaslav talked about Mortal Kombat 1, Hogwarts Legacy, and the company's gaming business.…
November 8, 2023 | 02:24 EST
Our Like a Dragon Gaiden Gold Ball Guide will go over the location of each of these collectables, and why you should collect them. Gold Balls in Like a Dragon Gaiden are a series of 7 collectable…
November 9, 2023 | 10:15 EST
Hexworks and CI Games have announced the Lords of the Fallen roadmap for the remainder of 2023. The Soulslike, which topped one million sales just a few days after its release last month, will…
November 7, 2023 | 09:58 EST
Keen Games has announced the Enshrouded Early Access release date, and it won't be too long before you get to check out this ambitious voxel RPG. Enshrouded will officially arrive on PC via Steam…
November 7, 2023 | 10:00 EST
NetEase has recently revealed its own open-world RPG titled "Project Mugen," At first sight, it would look like one of the many popular free-to-play games coming out of China like Genshin Impact,…
November 8, 2023 | 08:00 EST
To an extent, writing this Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name review feels unnecessary. The game feels less like a fully-fledged Ryu Ga Gotoku Studios title and more like a premium…
November 6, 2023 | 10:00 EST
Diablo 4's Season of Blood is in full swing, there are still new elements coming down the line, including the Abattoir of Zir and Malignant Rigs. Blizzard showcased them during the Campfire Chat at…
November 5, 2023 | 12:19 EST
During a panel at BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard shared the first details about the first expansion of Diablo 4 "Vessel of Hatred" and much more. In case you missed the news announced yesterday, Vessel of…
November 4, 2023 | 07:20 EDT
Today HoYoverse announced that its upcoming urban fantasy action RPG Zenless Zone Zero is getting a brand-new closed beta test. The developer, known for Genshin Impact and Honkai: Star Rail,…
November 4, 2023 | 02:03 EDT
Today, during the celebration of BlizzCon 2023, Blizzard Entertainment revealed news about Diablo 4, specifically the reveal of the first expansion. We get a teaser of the expansion "Vessel of…
November 3, 2023 | 03:04 EDT
HoYoverse has announced the release date for Honkai: Star Rail update 1.5. The update, which will follow on from last month's version 1.4, will bring new content to the free-to-play RPG when it…
November 3, 2023 | 09:43 EDT
Diablo fans have been eating well. Blizzard Entertainment's dark fantasy dungeon crawler RPG has received major commercial success with Diablo IV as well as the well-received remaster, Diablo II:…
November 3, 2023 | 01:00 EDT
Today Bandai Namco revealed the theme song of the upcoming story-driven DLC of Tales of Arise, titled Beyond the Dawn. The emotional song, revealed in a new trailer, is titled "We Still" and it's…
November 1, 2023 | 08:33 EDT
Fable Legends is a cancelled co-op action RPG that was being developed by Lionhead Studios until March of 2016, when the studio was announced to be closing. Ultimately, the reasons for why the game…
October 31, 2023 | 09:43 EDT
RoboCop: Rogue City takes a familiar formula -- cop shoots baddies while looking for clues -- and raises it to new heights by staying absolutely true to its franchise roots. We've covered other great…
October 31, 2023 | 05:00 EDT
Today Square Enix has finally lifted the curtain on its upcoming mobile game Kingdom Hearts Missing-Link, and its genre may surprise some. The game is a GPS-powered location-based action RPG,…
October 30, 2023 | 09:22 EDT
It's almost time for a brand new gacha in Honkai: Star Rail, which means that it's also time to take a look at the new character coming with it. Said new character is Topaz, Senior Manager of the…
October 26, 2023 | 04:11 EDT
Dark fantasy Soulslike Lords of the Fallen has broken a big sales barrier within just ten days on launch. Per a post on the official Lords of the Fallen X account, the game, which launched on…
October 23, 2023 | 10:08 EDT
CI Games and Hexworks have released a new Lords of the Fallen update, and it should make your time in Mournstead a bit easier. First up in the dark fantasy Soulslike's latest update, some big…
October 23, 2023 | 09:22 EDT
If you're a dedicated Diablo 4 player, are you hardcore enough to give it your blood? And I mean your real blood. Starting today, to celebrate the new Season of Blood, Diablo 4 players in the…
October 20, 2023 | 11:25 EDT
If you'd like to play Salt and Sacrifice on Nintendo Switch or prefer to have the game on Steam, Ska Studio and Devoured Studios have good news for you today. The Switch and Steam releases of the…
October 19, 2023 | 06:16 EDT
New developer Mighty Boy Studio has announced its first title, an ambitious-looking action RPG by the name of Babylon X. The studio is staffed by luminaries from outfits like Evil West's Flying Wild…
October 18, 2023 | 09:18 EDT
Update 3:07 PDT: Season of Blood has just been launched and it's now available to play, so the delay has been indeed quite brief. You can read the original article below. Today Blizzard…
October 17, 2023 | 03:07 EDT
After over a decade, Capcom is finally bringing back Dragon's Dogma with its sequel, Dragon's Dogma 2. At Tokyo Game Show, not only did I get the chance to play the game extensively (and you can…
October 18, 2023 | 09:00 EDT
Our Lords of the Fallen Faithful Achievement Guide will go over the steps you need to follow to complete this optional sidequest. Before taking on some of the later areas required for this sidequest…
October 16, 2023 | 10:08 EDT