How about a two-for-one today? Perhaps something from the RTS tower defence and city builder departments? Oh, and we'll throw in a medieval flavouring too, on the house. With all of that mixed together and wrapped up nicely, you get Bergfriend, a game in which you build medieval castles to your own specifications, and then defend them from rival knights who want to take them from you.

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Final Fantasy 4 is a big deal. Not just because it was the series' first Super Famicom-slash-Super Nintendo installment. Not for the debut of the Active Time Battle system, something Square Enix still uses now. And not even because it made fewer overt Star Wars references than usual. (There's still plenty of Star Wars, though.) It's special for how it combines character personalities and abilities with the broader story, something most RPGs and other Final Fantasies rarely do.

Black Clover has been off television for several years, but its long-awaited return couldn’t arrive at a more pivotal point in the story. The anime ended in 2021 after adapting much of Black Clover by Yūki Tabata, leaving fans waiting as the manga pulled further ahead. Now, the series returns with a new season that dives into one of the franchise’s biggest turning points, shifting from the kingdom-spanning conflicts that defined the original run into an all-out struggle against seemingly impossible odds.

Where does one of fantasy’s most prolific authors see the industry headed 20 years from now? Brandon Sanderson — author of the Mistborn Saga and Stormlight Archive — recently sat down with fellow writer Joe Abercrombie for a lengthy conversation about everything from industry trends to Sanderson’s ongoing work adapting several of his works. One of the final questions in the video posted June 26 posed by a fan asked specifically about the future of the industry. Sanderson offered a surprising theory about “20-year nostalgia cycles” that helps explain why The Empyrean romantasy series, which began with the release of Fourth Wing in 2023, has exploded in popularity.

Last month, we reported on a recently launched PvP shooter known as Holdfast: Nations at War, which pits up to 150 players into historical battles of the 19th and 20th centuries. Of particular note was word of its American Revolution update that… well, added units, weapons, and battlefields of the time. If that happens to be your […]

B.J. Blazkowicz might return in Wolfenstein 3, aligning with a TV show. Leadership changes at MachineGames and Arkane hint at an evolving landscape for these studios.