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Frosthaven Digital Will Finally Add The Undo Function We’ve Wanted Since Gloomhaven

Frosthaven Digital Will Finally Add The Undo Function We’ve Wanted Since Gloomhaven

Guild Wars 2’s Sixth Expansion Arrives In October With A New Beachside Housing Option

Guild Wars 2’s Sixth Expansion Arrives In October With A New Beachside Housing Option

Rematch Devs Reiterate That Cross-Play Is Still A Priority As Game Takes Off

Rematch Devs Reiterate That Cross-Play Is Still A Priority As Game Takes Off

WoW Is Finally Getting A Much-Needed Overhaul To Its Bank After Two Decades

WoW Is Finally Getting A Much-Needed Overhaul To Its Bank After Two Decades

Recent Killing Floor 3 Play Test Required A 5-Year NDA, Despite Game Releasing In A Few Days

Recent Killing Floor 3 Play Test Required A 5-Year NDA, Despite Game Releasing In A Few Days

Sea Of Thieves Dev Reacts To Mass Xbox Layoffs With A Somber Message

Sea Of Thieves Dev Reacts To Mass Xbox Layoffs With A Somber Message

Grab Two Big RPG And Strategy PC Game Bundles For Cheap

Grab Two Big RPG And Strategy PC Game Bundles For Cheap

Switch 2 Update Is Out Now, Here’s What It Fixes And Improves

Switch 2 Update Is Out Now, Here’s What It Fixes And Improves

This Fanatical Capcom Bundle Offers Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, And More For Cheap

This Fanatical Capcom Bundle Offers Resident Evil, Devil May Cry, And More For Cheap

Upcoming Dragon Quest Remakes Won’t Upgrade From Switch to Switch 2

Upcoming Dragon Quest Remakes Won’t Upgrade From Switch to Switch 2

This Game Lets You Design Your Own Manga Battles

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This Game Lets You Design Your Own Manga Battles

Rougelike deckbuilders aren’t exactly a rarity, but The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike, due out in November, is far from typical for the genre–in this game, you’ll be able to build your own manga fight scenes.

The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike is an adaptation of sorts of Katsuhisa Minami’s The Fable series, which follows a hitman known as “The Fable” as he tries to lie low and live a normal life for a year. That, predictably, doesn’t go exactly as planned.

Given the popularity of Sega’s Like A Dragon series (formerly known as Yakuza in the West), a franchise also focused on a former Japanese mobster who gets pulled back into a life of crime, The Fable does seem ripe for a video game adaptation.

However, this is far from a straight adaptation. Featuring actual panels from the manga, the game instead uses The Fable’s striking action panels like a deck of cards. To battle, players place an assortment of manga panels, each with properties like attack, defense, and move, into a certain order before watching a battle unfold according to the panels played.

There will be three characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, that players can use to create scenes. Series protagonist Akira is a highly skilled hitman capable of dealing damage up close and from a distance with firearms. His sister Yoko can surprise enemies with ambushes, while the hitman Suzuki specializes in traps and debuffs. Over time, players can upgrade their manga deck to make certain panels even more powerful.

Those looking for a challenge can take on the game’s Puzzle Mode featuring one-page battle challenges, or play through scenes from the original manga reimagined as minigames.

“Not only will fans of the series enjoy it, but even those unfamiliar with the series can feel the same tension and ingenuity of battles that the manga delivers,” developer Mono said in a press release.

Publisher Kodansha, which is also publishing The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike, began releasing English volumes of The Fable in 2024. The Fable: Manga Build Roguelike launches on PC via Steam and Nintendo Switch on November 5.

Despite Fortnite’s Bug Invasion, Don’t Expect A Helldivers 2 Crossover Anytime Soon

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Dead Space Creator Would Be Intereted In Making An Alien Game, If His One Condition Is Met

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