In 1975, a text-based dungeon crawler changed gaming forever by bringing a tabletop role-playing game to a computer system. The decade that followed only further innovated within the genre. This list ...

From Arx Fatalis to Black Book, these forgotten fantasy video game gems delivered unforgettable worlds, stories, and gameplay.

Christoffer Bodegård, the solo developer behind my pick for 2026’s RPG of the year, Esoteric Ebb, is obsessed with ...

Dalton Cooper is the Managing Editor of GameRant. Dalton has been writing about video games professionally since 2011. Having written thousands of game reviews and articles over the course of his ...

The role-playing game genre is one of video game history’s oldest and most prolific, going back to the early 1970s, long before people had computers in their homes. RPGs were a natural evolution of ...

Evan is a Communications student based in Edmonton, Alberta. Formerly a sports writer, he was drawn to Game Rant by his longtime passion for video games. An avid gamer since the age of 13, Evan has ...

The computer role-playing game, most widely known as the RPG, turns 50 today! Well, as close as we can pin it, anyway. Happy birthday, RPGs! In 1974, the year Dungeons & Dragons began publication, a ...

Super Mario RPG is one of the wildest games in Nintendo’s catalog. Loaded with eccentric characters like a Santa-esque big bad, random bouts of dark comedy–Toad cosplayers tickle as a form of torture ...

A brand-new action RPG in a major series has been announced, and could be a PlayStation 6 title depending on some factors. A ...

Serving as Television Editor since 2018, Ray began five years earlier as a contributing writer/photographer before being brought onto the core BC team in 2017.

Ahmad is a video game fanatic. He always carries his PSVita with him wherever he goes so he can play Metal Gear Solid on the go, and his socials are filled with gaming news. He also lifts weights ...