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This weekend I bring you a new Mario Party game, a top-down twin-stick shooter, FromSoftware's *other* title (no I don't mean King's Field, no one remembers King's Field), and a spinoff title of a popular RPG franchise!

This week is the third and final Steam Next Fest of 2024 and, as always, we are excited to try out new game demos.

Sunderfolk is the first game from former Blizzard head honcho Mike Morhaime's Dreamhaven Studios, and it's intended to be "a turn-based tactical RPG adventure for one to four players that's tailored for a deeply engaging couch co-op experience." However, it also reminds me a lot of games like Wildermyth and TTRPGs like Pugmire, Wanderhome, or even the tabletop RPG adaptation of the board game ROOT that Magpie Games is working on.

The fall weather here in the Northern Hemisphere is the perfect time to hang out inside around a table with your friends, your collection of dice, and your favorite tabletop RPGs.

This week I bring you four brand new titles; an anime-styled RPG, an anime fighter, a cartoon roguelike card game, and a psychological horror title!

Picture it: the distant future.

There's a peculiar note in the new Diablo 4 patch notes that says A new key-binding has been added to change from run to walk.

Mysterious lights in the night sky, dark hooded figures with unknowable powers, announcements from the Sheriff's secret police, and local news and weather -- are these the things you're looking for in your tabletop RPG?

This week we bring to you: The Adventures of Zelda, more Castlevania than you can shake a stick at, Akira Toriyama RPG action, and X-Com meets steampunk robots!

If you're interested in Dragon Age: The Veilguard, but it's been a few years since you've played the rest of the series (or you've never played at all), you're in luck.