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.
The follow up to 2010's NieR, NieR: Automata has had a demo announced, along with a Japan only Black Box Edition. NieR: Automata, due on February 23, 2017, has announced a demo that promised to…
September 18, 2016 | 12:51 EDT
New details about Square Enix’s upcoming RPG title NieR: Automata have been divulged on the Japanese official website and translated over at Gematsu. The new information includes new and returning…
September 15, 2016 | 03:45 EDT
Vampyr is the latest project from Focus Home Interactive and DontNod Entertainment (known for games like Remember Me and Life is Strange). It's an Action-RPG game set in a London plagued by a…
August 26, 2016 | 12:50 EDT
The first DLC trailer for Dark Souls 3 released today on Sony's official Playstation YouTube account. Dark Souls 3: Ashes of Ariandel releases October 25th, 2016. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=…
August 24, 2016 | 01:38 EDT
The highly anticipated action-RPG by Square Enix and Platinum Games, Nier: Automata, was given some news today about its release in Early 2017. Previously Nier: Automata had only been scheduled for…
August 17, 2016 | 11:23 EDT
Unfortunately, our time was short in the presentation of ELEX due to scheduling issues, but from what I saw in only the 5-10 minutes certainly had me interested. Coming from the developers of the…
June 18, 2016 | 10:00 EDT
We had the opportunity to attend a presentation of Vampyr, which was given by Philippe Moreau, Game Director over at Dontnod Entertainment, creators of Life is Strange. I was not given the…
June 15, 2016 | 01:59 EDT
NieR: Automata finally made an appearance at E3 as Square Enix and Sony released an official gameplay trailer for the highly anticipated game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StXRi5zPPjk&…
June 14, 2016 | 01:06 EDT
The Surge is a new game by Deck 13 and it's a sci-fi action game from the developers of Lords of the Fallen. While the aesthetic couldn't be farther from it, this game is still inspired by the hard…
June 13, 2016 | 04:15 EDT
It wasn't that long ago that the From Software game Dark Souls found it's online gameplay disabled for a time, but now an earlier game published by them is having similar but more severe issues. …
May 18, 2016 | 09:30 EDT
The saga of Lionhead Studios is certainly an interesting one, in particular the near 20 year history of the company to contend with. Recently, Eurogamer did an exclusive article on Lionhead Studios,…
May 12, 2016 | 05:15 EDT
Bandai Namco has this week announced that From Software's Dark Souls 3 has now surpassed over 3 million shipments worldwide. Sourced via a post from Bandai Namco and translated by Gematsu, the…
May 12, 2016 | 11:49 EDT
From Software has developed a solid formula for making games. Starting with Demon's Souls, they've nearly perfected this Western Style of RPG with their recent game Dark Souls III. But what From…
April 29, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
Hidetaka Miyazaki, creator of the Souls series and current president of the development studio From Software, recently gave an interview with GNN Gamer and opened up about some of the future projects…
April 27, 2016 | 03:20 EDT
Before I begin my review, I need to ask. Do you like the Dark Souls games? If you answered "no," this is your getting off point. Dark Souls III is the latest in the Dark Souls series, starting with …
April 25, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
While playing Dark Souls III for my Dark Souls III review, I've been reflecting on the series at large. I've spent hundreds of hours of my life with the Souls games, and I've visited quite a few…
April 21, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
Through four games (five, if you count Bloodborne) in the Souls series, a few things have stayed consistent with Hidetaka Miyazaki's difficult action RPGs. From Demon's Souls to Dark Souls III, there…
April 14, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
I like to think I'm fairly decent at the Souls series. I managed to conquer the original Dark Souls on PC, powered through the seemingly impossible nightmare of Demon's Souls, and played Dark Souls…
April 13, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
Occasionally, nonprofits and charities contact TechRaptor about things they are doing that might be of interest to us and our readers. Today, we got a rather interesting stream that you might check…
April 12, 2016 | 09:00 EDT
When Square-Enix released the first trailer for the remake of their now legendary JRPG Final Fantasy VII, the fanbase wasn't happy. The remake seemed to focus more on real-time combat, as opposed to…
April 11, 2016 | 12:00 EDT
I don't like Fallout 3 all that much. It's ugly, it's unwieldy, and the roleplaying is skin-deep at best. It's not the worst game in the world, but it certainly is far from one of the best. I just…
April 7, 2016 | 11:00 EDT
FromSoftware has released the new system requirements for Dark Souls 3 on PC. This new title is the fourth entry to FromSoftwares beloved Souls series, which debut in 2009 as the PlayStation 3…
March 28, 2016 | 01:00 EDT
No, I'm not talking about Diablo 3. No, I'm talking about one of the most iconic games out there, and one that I personally spent a lot of time with: Diablo 2. Version 1.14a has been a long time…
March 10, 2016 | 09:48 EST
If you've never heard of the Xuan-Yuan Sword series before, that's okay. This long running RPG series, developed by Taiwanese developer Softstar, has never left it's home region. Until now, that is.…
March 7, 2016 | 02:10 EST
Big, and sad, news for Microsoft Studios today. Two of their more notable studios in Lionhead and Press Play were announced to be closing down with development on their current projects shutting down…
March 7, 2016 | 11:28 EST
I love FromSoftware games but that’s not why I’m excited for Dark Souls III. Contrary to most people’s experience with the gold standard for gaming difficulty, I started with Bloodborne. I got it…
February 27, 2016 | 12:00 EST
Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom is a unique new Action RPG that's currently slated to release in 2016, in which players will adventure through the colorful world of Mahera with their team of five…
February 18, 2016 | 06:47 EST
FromSoftware is gearing up for the release of Dark Souls III, the fifth game in their controller snapping SoulsBorne series. And with the release of a big game comes a myriad of pre-order…
February 18, 2016 | 01:00 EST
Today in a post on Reddit's r/gaming subreddit, the microtransaction structure for Fable Legends was revealed to the public. Fable Legends is the next title in the Fable series from Lionhead Studios…
December 23, 2015 | 06:14 EST
Lionhead Studios had announced that the open beta for Fable Legends will not be available as soon as originally intended, and that the closed beta will continue until some time in the Spring of 2016…
December 14, 2015 | 10:22 EST
After the controversial news that the highly anticipated remake of the classic Playstation Final Fantasy VII wouldn't be released as one entity, but rather a multi-part series, Square-Enix game…
December 11, 2015 | 10:48 EST
Update: The people at Kotaku have reached out to Square-Enix to shine some light on the episodic nature of the game. Square Enix had this to say: It means instead of concluding in one entry,…
December 7, 2015 | 08:05 EST
Path of Exile, the free to play action-rpg from Grinding Gear Games, will be receiving another major content patch next month. This patch will introduce the Talisman Challenge League, which will…
November 16, 2015 | 04:45 EST
At the D23 Expo, Shinji Hashimoto, the Kingdom Hearts series director, took to the stage to talk Kingdom Hearts III. He spoke some on gameplay and introduced a new world in Big Hero 6. All the…
August 16, 2015 | 03:23 EDT
Deck13, who most recently developed Lords of the Fallen,have announced the newest game they're developing, an action RPG entitled The Surge. The announcement comes with info on the setting of the…
August 10, 2015 | 01:26 EDT
A new RPG from French indie studio Enigami has shown off a trailer for their new game called Shiness: The Lightning Kingdom. Shiness was successfully funded on Kickstarter on June 9th 2014 beating…
August 6, 2015 | 08:56 EDT
One of the more intriguing things heading into this years E3 was Vampyr the upcoming RPG by Dontnod and Focus Home Interactive. Not much was known about the game, but Dontnod has build a solid…
June 19, 2015 | 05:11 EDT
Note: the only demo available for Dark Souls III was an off-TV presentation that a Bandai Namco representative walked us through. As such, this article will be split into two parts - what I saw and…
June 18, 2015 | 09:30 EDT
So we finally have some footage to go with Kingdom Hearts 3, and it looks real good. The fan-favorite series, a collaboration between Square-Enix and Disney since 2002, is finally coming back to…
June 16, 2015 | 02:54 EDT
https://youtu.be/Kznek1uNVsg Yes, you read that title correctly, Sony has just announced that a remake of Final Fantasy VII (finally!) will be coming exclusively to PS4. A gorgeous trailer showing…
June 15, 2015 | 10:56 EDT
New Zealand based developer Aurora44 has revealed their new game Ashen today at the Microsoft E3 press conference. Ashen is a game where you play as a wanderer searching for a new place that they…
June 15, 2015 | 04:02 EDT
Multiple outlets including IGN and GameInformer are reporting the leak of official promotional imagery for From Software's Dark Souls III, pointing at an upcoming announcement and a release date in…
June 9, 2015 | 06:50 EDT
Bloodborne broke me, and I love it. I must have ragequit more than 20 times over the course of two full playthroughs. I ran through my entire lexicon of curse words and invented a few more. But even…
April 6, 2015 | 11:00 EDT
Fable Legends, the newest spin-off game in the Fable franchise, has just been announced to be a free to play title. Fable Legends will be a 4v1 multiplayer fable experience where you can play as…
February 26, 2015 | 04:36 EST
What separates Monster Hunter from more conventional action games are traits that, at first glance, would make for a wholly unenjoyable experience. The focus that Monster Hunter takes is on the idea…
February 13, 2015 | 11:00 EST
Fable Legends, the upcoming cooperative role-playing game that is being developed by Lionhead Studios and published by Microsoft Studios for the Xbox One is now also coming to PC! At today's Windows…
January 21, 2015 | 04:45 EST
One of the greatest aspects of the PC gaming community is the modding scene. The idea of community produced content is something that consoles have dabbled with in games like Little Big Planet but…
December 14, 2014 | 11:00 EST
Kingdom Hearts co-director and game designer Tai Yasue said in a December 1st interview in London with Kotaku that Marvel and Star Wars themed worlds are "not off limits" to the third installment of…
December 3, 2014 | 09:51 EST