From story-driven adventures to traditional meticulous strategies, turn-based RPGs are already having a great year in 2026.

As part of the June 2026 Nintendo Direct, Square Enix revealed Final Fantasy Resonance, an HD-2D turn-based RPG that's set to release on October 22 this year for PlayStation, Xbox, PC, and Nintendo ...

Final Fantasy returning to turn-based combat through the upcoming Final Fantasy Resonance is a pretty big deal, even if you were just going off the reception to its initial reveal. Many folks, ...

Square Enix surprised audiences at the June 9 Nintendo Direct by unveiling Final Fantasy Resonance — the first mainline Final Fantasy title built in the HD-2D visual engine and, more significantly for ...

A copy of the game Magitek & Grimoire Deluxe Pack – Contains an item that transforms your chocobo’s appearance into magitek armor, an item exclusive to this pack that unlocks a certain character’s Fel ...

This fall Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch 2 owners are going to be able to purchase a highly-rated, board-game inspired RPG that is currently exclusive to PC. Viractal is a board-game style RPG ...

Blake Morse is a Contributor at DualShockers with more than 18 years of experience in the video game industry as a journalist, editor, content creator, reviewer, and indie games advocate. He has been ...

GameSpot may receive revenue from affiliate and advertising partnerships for sharing this content and from purchases through links. HD-2D, the retro-cool art style spearheaded by Square Enix and ...

One of the biggest surprises for me during the June 2026 Nintendo Direct was the reveal of a new Final Fantasy called Final Fantasy Resonance. This is the first game in the series to adopt an HD-2D ...

On April 29, 1989, I experienced the murder of my student, Alex Freeman Orange, 17, from West Charlotte High School. I was in my 15th year of teaching. He was my 8th student to die from gun violence ...

My commute is 47 minutes each way. I know this because I timed it obsessively during the first week at my current job, trying to figure out exactly how much Final Fantasy VII I could play on the train ...

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