Today, Tactical Adventures announced that Wizards of the Coast has granted them a license to use Dungeons & Dragons SRD 5.1 content and rules for their upcoming title Solasta: Crown of the…
September 25, 2019 | 02:30 EDT
The Famitsu-published Fire Emblem: Three Houses Perfect Guide contains details about the forthcoming third and fourth DLCs. None of the information in the guide is officially confirmed as of yet, but…
September 21, 2019 | 09:30 EDT
Update 1.0.2 for Fire Emblem: Three Houses is now available. The update adds support for wave 2 of the game's Expansion Pass DLC and makes a change to male Byleth's voice actor. Wave 2 of Fire Emblem…
September 11, 2019 | 09:30 EDT
In many ways, Fire Emblem: Three Houses reminds me of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. They aren't similar in terms of gameplay or story. Breath of the Wild was a departure from the series…
August 10, 2019 | 12:00 EDT
Fire Emblem: Three Houses was just released, but already the game is going through a major change thanks in part to a real life issue surrounding one of the principal voice actors. Voice actor Chris…
July 27, 2019 | 09:48 EDT
Fire Emblem is already a difficult series, but if you're looking for an extra challenge, you'll have to wait a bit. The Lunatic difficulty is featured in several Fire Emblem games and truly puts your…
July 24, 2019 | 08:09 EDT
Turn-based tactical RPG Fae Tactics got a prominent spot on the Humble Happy Hour, with the official announcement that the game will be published by Humble. Fae Tactics is a deep tactical game…
July 19, 2019 | 03:44 EDT
A sequel to 2014's Xenonauts, Xenonauts 2 continues your adventure as the commander of an elite military force that is trying to fend off an alien invasion. Although the name might make you think…
July 14, 2019 | 11:28 EDT
Xenonauts is a spiritual successor to the classic X-COM games created by people who love deep, strategic gameplay experiences. It's the Cold War and the world is terrified of nuclear war, but an…
July 14, 2019 | 11:26 EDT
Fire Emblem: Three Houses is the next epic game in the Fire Emblem franchise. Much like its predecessors, players will be able to command a party on a grid-based battlefield. In Fire Emblem: Three…
July 14, 2019 | 11:23 EDT
Nintendo's upcoming tactical RPG Fire Emblem: Three Houses will be getting tons of post-launch support from the company. According to the website Nintendo Wire, a Japanese 'download card' for the…
June 25, 2019 | 01:15 EDT
Asmodee Digital has announced that Gloomhaven, the digital adaption for the acclaimed board game, will commence its Early Access on July 17. There was also a four-hour Twitch gameplay reveal, which…
June 12, 2019 | 03:50 EDT
Phantom Doctrine (Our Review) was released in August last year for PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. As we reported in March, CreativeForge Games was having some managerial troubles as the original…
May 27, 2019 | 04:49 EDT
The second printing of cooperative card-driven turn-based tactical game Gloomhaven managed to raise almost four million dollars on Kickstarter in May 2017. It kept on raising until it reached 4.4…
May 11, 2019 | 10:39 EDT
Last month we reported that the core team that developed Phantom Doctrine had departed CreativeForge Games amid a leadership crisis. We actually had a chance to talk to Kacper Szymczak, who was the…
April 10, 2019 | 11:12 EDT
According to a Twitter post and a comment on the forum RPG Codex by Kacper Szymczak, former Lead Designer at Polish studio CreativeForge Games, the core development team that produced Phantom…
March 6, 2019 | 09:00 EST
The Nintendo Direct is coming soon, and it promises Fire Emblem: Three Houses content. According to a UK retailer Base.com via Nintendolife, the date could be pushed back to September. Fire Emblem:…
February 13, 2019 | 02:20 EST
Nintendo has announced that their next Nintendo Direct will air tomorrow at 5 PM Eastern. The press release states that the 35-minute long livestream will have new information on Fire Emblem: Three…
February 12, 2019 | 11:28 EST
Indie developer Endlessfluff saw a small showcase reel for their upcoming strategy RPG Fae Tactics released today. Presented by Humble Bundle, Fae Tactics is a quasi-post apocalyptic world where the…
December 8, 2018 | 04:08 EST
The Cold War espionage simulator and tactical RPG Phantom Doctrine had a rather divisive reception at launch, due mainly to its resemblance to XCOM, which was found to be a deceptive resemblance by…
August 21, 2018 | 10:08 EDT
Phantom Doctrine is a TBT-RPG hybrid and espionage thriller simulator developed by CreativeForge Games and published by Good Shepherd Entertainment. It has just been released on PS4 and PC via Steam…
August 14, 2018 | 12:55 EDT
All tactical games have their roots in chess, the paragon of turn-based gameplay. The rules and the pieces change, the scope grows, but the turn-based mechanic persists for centuries. Making the…
August 14, 2018 | 12:00 EDT
Strategy RPG Noahmund will be released for Steam on August 2nd. The game was originally a Kickstarter project and was successfully funded via the crowdfunding platform in May 2017. Shortly thereafter…
August 1, 2018 | 09:50 EDT
A Kickstarted Tactical RPG drawing from greats like Final Fantasy Tactics and Chrono Trigger, Noahmund is the first project by Developer Estudio Ábrego. Working with the Square Enix Collective, they…
August 1, 2018 | 09:45 EDT
CreativeForge Games and Good Shepherd Entertainment announced that their tactical spy thriller Phantom Doctrine will release next month, on August 14th. The third game from the Polish developer, …
July 10, 2018 | 07:22 EDT
CreativeForge continues their look at the strategy tactics formula with this turn-based espionage thriller set at the peak of the Cold War. Play as the leader of a secret organization known as the…
July 10, 2018 | 07:20 EDT
As E3 announcements continue on ahead of the press conferences and the actual Expo itself, indie developers are trying to get their news out to everyone paying attention as well. One of them is…
June 8, 2018 | 03:34 EDT
Phantom Doctrine by Creative Forge, the folks behind Hard West, is the game you'd get if you took XCOM, removed all of the alien and sci-fi bits, replaced them with 1980's era espionage between the…
September 7, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Nintendo's Italian plumber has been in a lot of spin-offs over the years. When everything from kart racing to basketball to bumper balls is fair game, nothing should really be that surprising.…
August 28, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
The worlds of Mario and Rabbids collide in Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle in a turn-based tactical RPG. The first time we've seen Mario with a gun, he's fighting to save the Mushroom Kingdom again.…
August 24, 2017 | 03:28 EDT
One of the surprise (if you ignored the leaks) announcements of E3 2017, Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle mashes the Mario universe with that of Ubisoft's Rabbids in the form of a tactical RPG. Today,…
August 23, 2017 | 11:05 EDT
Sometimes through public professionalism, we grin and bear annoyance, or put on a brave face in times of extreme stress. Sometimes, we steel ourselves to from personal embarrassment or for selfish…
August 23, 2017 | 11:00 EDT
Masquerada: Songs and Shadows is an all new tactical RPG adventure that was Kickstarted by indie developer Witching Hour Studios. Basing the game's art style and politics in a Renaissance Italy-…
August 16, 2017 | 09:29 EDT
The debut title from Cardboard Utopia, a Montreal indie developer made up of several industry veterans and founded by former Ubisoft dev Jason Kim, Children of Zodiarcs is an isometric strategy RPG…
August 9, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
A success story from Steam's much maligned Greenlight program, Children of Zodiarcs managed to outshine the crowd in that hit and miss marketplace, gaining backing through Kickstarter and with a…
August 9, 2017 | 12:00 EDT
Regalia: of Men and Monarchs is the debut title from indie developer Pixelated Milk. This Strategy RPG combines elements of relationship management, town building, and a comedy storyline with…
July 21, 2017 | 11:40 EDT
When Regalia: of Men and Monarchs hit Kickstarter back in 2015, the project was a resounding success. The Pixelated Milk team saw their $40,000 target smashed and all of their stretch goals achieved…
July 20, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Even with the game's existence being leaked out weeks in advance, I'd say that Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle is still one of E3's biggest surprises. From Mr. Miyamoto coming out to the Ubisoft stage…
June 23, 2017 | 10:00 EDT
During Nintendo's 2017 Treehouse stream, Ubisoft Milan's Creative Director Davide Soliani and Producer Xavier Manzanares hopped on stage to show off more footage of Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle…
June 13, 2017 | 03:41 EDT
Ubisoft's E3 presentation began with a pair of raving Rabbids bashing on a question block from the Super Mario franchise. Yves Guillemot, Co-founder & CEO of Ubisoft took to the stage to announce…
June 12, 2017 | 05:07 EDT
Cardboard Utopia has announced the release date for their tactical RPG Children of Zodiarcs with the help of Square Enix Collective. The project held a Kickstarter in 2016 and raised 5 times its…
May 17, 2017 | 01:49 EDT
Regalia: Of Men And Monarchs is an isometric RPG from developer Pixelated Milk that combines a tactical turn-based battle system with town building mechanics. The game places an emphasis on character…
March 20, 2017 | 09:00 EDT
Over the years many video game franchises have come and gone but only a few have left a large enough impact that they've almost been able to create their own genre. Dynasty Warriors wasn't always…
February 28, 2017 | 09:00 EST
A free Pre-Alpha demo of Xenonauts 2 is available to play on GOG.com for a limited time. Developer Goldhawk Interactive announced the game early in February of 2016. The Xenonauts franchise is a…
February 27, 2017 | 08:30 EST
In 206 BC, the Han Dynasty took control of Imperial China. For the next 400 years, the country would see a time of peace and prosperity. This was a time of inventions and significant advances in…
February 18, 2017 | 09:00 EST
The first thing you will notice when playing Super Dungeon Tactics is Underbite’s love for tabletop gaming. Super Dungeon Tactics is directly based off Soda Pop Miniatures’ beloved game Super Dungeon…
February 15, 2017 | 09:00 EST
Earlier this month I was looking through January's release dates and was shocked by how good the month was. Not only did we get AAA titles like Resident Evil 7, but also fantastic gems like Tales of…
January 31, 2017 | 10:00 EST
For the first time since 2003, Koei Tecmo's Dynasty Warriors returns to the Tactical RPG genre with Dynasty Warriors: Godseekers!
January 30, 2017 | 02:18 EST