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 Blizzard Entertainment has released a new video about its upcoming RPG Diablo IV, focusing on the story. in the video, the developers explain the background behind the story of the game and…
May 15, 2023 | 01:23 EDT
Today the European Commission announced that it has cleared the acquisition of Activision Blizzard by Microsoft. The announcement comes after a lengthy investigation that lasted several months, and…
May 15, 2023 | 11:58 EDT
Seasun Games released a new trailer of its free-to-play game titled Snowbreak: Containment Zone. The trailer introduces another of the playable characters that we'll meet in the game, Heimdall…
May 15, 2023 | 12:33 EDT
Today Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse released a new trailer featuring the next five-star character that will be featured in the game's gacha. This time around we get to see general Jing Yuan…
May 13, 2023 | 12:53 EDT
Today Warner Bros. Games announced that the Nintendo Switch version of the super-popular Wizarding World game Hogwarts Legacy has suffered a significant delay. The game, which was supposed to…
May 12, 2023 | 12:28 EDT
Today FuRyu released a new trailer of the upcoming action-JRPG Crymachina. The trailer focuses primarily on the gameplay mechanics, including the action combat that encourages the player to…
May 12, 2023 | 12:02 EDT
Today Square Enix announced its financial results for the full fiscal year between April 2022 and March 2023. Net sales for the whole company were 343,267 million yen (down 6.0％ year-on-year) while…
May 12, 2023 | 06:53 EDT
Today Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse has released a new trailer focusing on the ultra-popular free-to-play RPG, and this one is special. We get a full-fledged anime short produced by the…
May 10, 2023 | 12:28 EDT
Today Bandai Namco announced the release date of the next DLC coming to its immortal game Dragon Ball Xenoverse 2. Considering that the game has outlasted in its DLC support pretty literally every…
May 9, 2023 | 11:12 EDT
Hogwarts Legacy has made a triumphant return to the top of the UK sales charts this week owing to its recent release on last-gen consoles. The wizarding RPG has beaten games like Star Wars Jedi:…
May 8, 2023 | 10:47 EDT
Seasun Games announced the details for the closed beta of its brand-new free-to-play game titled Snowbreak: Containment Zone. The game, which was revealed just a few weeks ago, is defined as an "RPG…
May 8, 2023 | 04:12 EDT
In Enshrouded, you'll awaken as the Flameborn and start an epic journey across different biomes and a vast world to explore and build in. With a open world teeming with secrets, difficult bosses, and…
May 7, 2023 | 09:14 EDT
Today Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse has released a new trailer focusing on the lore behind the popular free-to-play RPG. This time around, we get to hear more about the history of the…
May 7, 2023 | 01:06 EDT
Over the past couple of days, multiple articles have popped up pointing to a patent filed by Blizzard Entertainment describing a process to use machine learning to aid with art. The patent was was…
May 6, 2023 | 12:19 EDT
Today Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse has released a new video showcasing the second location that players can visit in the game. The location, named Xianzhou Lufou, is inspired by China, its…
May 6, 2023 | 12:23 EDT
Today Honkai: Star Rail developer HoYoverse released an update for its super-popular turn-based RPG. The update, which can be downloaded automatically simply by launching the game's client, fixes a…
May 5, 2023 | 11:43 EDT
New Hogwarts Legacy sales figures have been announced, and even for a game that was pretty much guaranteed to be successful, they're pretty astounding. The game has managed to sell more than 15…
May 5, 2023 | 10:48 EDT
The wait is over: Hogwarts Legacy is finally available on PS4 and Xbox One, with just the Nintendo Switch version still to come. That's not all that's new in the Wizarding World, though, as a new…
May 5, 2023 | 10:32 EDT
Today Gearbox Publishing and Gunfire Games released a new trailer of their upcoming game Remnant 2. The video focuses on the Fae, showcasing their eerie appearance and the places where they live,…
May 4, 2023 | 10:51 EDT
Today Keen Games announced a brand new survival action RPG titled "Enshrouded." The game will come in 2023 for PC via Steam in early access, promising survival action RPG gameplay for up to 16…
May 3, 2023 | 11:00 EDT
Today Hoyoverse has released a new trailer of its massively popular turn-based RPG Honkai: Star Rail. Honkai: Star Rail is very much a story-driven game, and the lore of the universe is pretty…
May 3, 2023 | 01:52 EDT
A new gameplay trailer has been unveiled for the upcoming Forspoken DLC In Tanta We Trust, which launches on PlayStation and PC later this month. The trailer shows off some of the new environments…
May 2, 2023 | 09:38 EDT
Marvelous Entertainment has released four new Touhou: New World character trailers showing some of the characters you'll be meeting. Some of them will be your friends, while you'll have to do battle…
May 1, 2023 | 10:19 EDT
With Honkai: Star Rail finally out in the Wild, HoYoverse is moving on to showcase the initial wave of characters driving the game's gacha. The developer released two extensive trailers focusing on…
April 29, 2023 | 06:16 EDT
Today Nihon Falcom livestreamed the first gameplay reveal of the upcoming JRPG Ys X: Nordics. The gameplay can be found in the video below starting at the 1:20:00 mark. We get to see the initial…
April 28, 2023 | 05:59 EDT
As a gacha game, Honkai: Star Rail Gacha Guide unsurprisingly hides a lot of its playable characters behind various banners, named in-game as "Warps". In our Honkai: Star Rail Gacha Guide, we'll go…
April 27, 2023 | 06:50 EDT
Honkai: Star Rail features a lot of content to get through, from the main Trailblaze Missions to daily and weekly quests. However, a lot of this is locked behind your Trailblaze Level, including the…
April 27, 2023 | 05:40 EDT
Today, during a livestream from Tokyo, Sega and Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio announced the five winners of the audition for Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name. The five winners, portrayed…
April 27, 2023 | 12:57 EDT
Activision Blizzard has announced its quarterly financial results for the first quarter of 2023, which ended on March 31. If you're wondering, Activision doesn't report its result based on the…
April 27, 2023 | 04:33 EDT
If you want to get new characters in Honkai: Star Rail, you'll need to save up a lot of Stellar Jade, the game's main currency. Luckily, there are a number of codes that you can enter to get some…
April 26, 2023 | 10:59 EDT
Today Blizzard Entertainment released another trailer of its upcoming RPG Diablo 4, focusing on one of the playable classes you'll find in the game. This time around, we take a look at the…
April 25, 2023 | 05:11 EDT
Today Blizzard Entertainment aired a new video of its upcoming RPPG Diablo IV, during which the developers discussed character customization. The video explores the theme of customization in…
April 24, 2023 | 07:16 EDT
Trying out new builds for your favorite character in Diablo IV is half the fun, but you'll definitely need to pay up if you can't make up your mind. Diablo IV players are free to change their…
April 25, 2023 | 01:23 EDT
If you were expecting to take on legions of monsters and demons all the way to the endgame with a faithful companion by your side in Diablo IV, you'll probably want to temper your expectations.…
April 25, 2023 | 01:23 EDT
Today Yostar announced the release date of the global version of the mobile action RPG Aether Gazer, alongside sharing new trailers. The game will release on May 23 for mobile platforms. Pre-…
April 23, 2023 | 07:19 EDT
Today Square Enix announced that the popular JRPG NieR: Automata has passed another sales milestone. According to the announcement made on Twitter, the game has passed 7.5 million in sales,…
April 23, 2023 | 06:49 EDT
Today Genshin Impact developer HoYoverse has opened the pre-download for its massively-anticipated turn-based RPG Honkai: Star Rail. You can already download the game for PC via the developer itself…
April 23, 2023 | 03:09 EDT
If you've played the Diablo IV beta, chances are you got to try out multiple classes and their different builds. And it's almost certain that some classes felt more powerful than others. While that…
April 25, 2023 | 01:00 EDT
Today Blizzard Entertainment aired a livestream about the upcoming RPG Diablo 4, during which the developers discussed a variety of topics. First of all, we get an overview of the endgame and the…
April 20, 2023 | 03:04 EDT
Today Blizzard Entertainment released another trailer of its upcoming RPG Diablo 4, focusing on one of the playable classes available in the game. This time around, we take a look at the Druid,…
April 20, 2023 | 01:59 EDT
EA has deployed a new Wild Hearts update, introducing a "truly toxic" new Kemono to face. The Deathhaze Gloombeak should provide a challenge to even the most experienced hunter, so make sure you pack…
April 20, 2023 | 09:22 EDT
Today Nihon Falcom released another batch of screenshots, art, and details about its upcoming JRPG Ys X: Nordics, the next installment of the popular Ys series. We start by taking a look at four…
April 20, 2023 | 02:37 EDT
Today Gearbox Publishing and Gunfire Games released a new trailer of their upcoming game Remnant 2. The trailer focuses on one of the archetypes included in the game, the handler. As the name…
April 18, 2023 | 05:01 EDT
Today Blizzard Entertainment released another trailer of its upcoming RPG Diablo 4, focusing on one of the playable classes available in the game. This time around, we get to take a look at the wild…
April 18, 2023 | 01:40 EDT
Diablo 4 will be released in just under two months, but today Blizzard Entertainment announced that the game has gone gold. If you're unfamiliar with the industry lingo, it means that whatever data…
April 17, 2023 | 03:54 EDT
With the release of the upcoming turn-based RPG Honkai: Star Rail coming close, HoYoverse revealed another trailer focusing on one of its characters. The trailer showcases, Gepard, the captain of…
April 17, 2023 | 12:19 EDT
Today Yostar released a brand new trailer marking the return of its upcoming mobile action RPG Aether Gazer. The global version of the game was originally supposed to launch in 2022, but following…
April 15, 2023 | 02:12 EDT
The open beta of Diablo 4 has come and gone, and with it came a lot of feedback from the fans, which Blizzard appears to be quite eager to address. Today the developer has announced a long list of…
April 14, 2023 | 05:43 EDT