: a computer language that generates programs from the user's specifications especially to produce business reports
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rocket-propelled grenade
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role-playing game
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Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Fallout 76 had a rocky launch in 2018, but that didn't deter developer Bethesda from its commitment to the post-apocalyptic, multiplayer RPG.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 July 2025
The first trailer for the co-op action RPG game dropped at Summer Game Fest 2025 in Los Angeles on Friday, as well as during their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber farewell tour, which kicked off on June 6 in Baltimore.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 June 2025
For some, FromSoftware’s open-world action RPG is the pinnacle of hardcore gaming — an endless gauntlet of death and discovery that rewards heavy stat crunching and min-maxing on specific character builds to bend the game to a player’s will.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
That sense of stakes and consequences is always what made the show feel like more than a kid’s cartoon, but the playfulness that runs throughout the series and the RPG keeps it fun for everyone.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Its story is pure Final Fantasy, luxuriating in its melodrama; its systems come together like a greatest hits album of modern RPG design.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
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The Diablo series is one of the most prolific and influential video games series in history, with the first game in the series having almost single handedly pioneered the modern dungeon crawler RPG genre.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Samuel Axon Similar to Odyssey, Shadows has deep character progression, gear, and RPG systems.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
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Adam Robinson is president of the commercial real estate company RAF Pacific Group, also known as RPG, that bought the building in 2017.
—Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2025
Fallout 76 had a rocky launch in 2018, but that didn't deter developer Bethesda from its commitment to the post-apocalyptic, multiplayer RPG.
—Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 July 2025
The first trailer for the co-op action RPG game dropped at Summer Game Fest 2025 in Los Angeles on Friday, as well as during their Wu-Tang Forever: The Final Chamber farewell tour, which kicked off on June 6 in Baltimore.
—Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 9 June 2025
For some, FromSoftware’s open-world action RPG is the pinnacle of hardcore gaming — an endless gauntlet of death and discovery that rewards heavy stat crunching and min-maxing on specific character builds to bend the game to a player’s will.
—Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2025
That sense of stakes and consequences is always what made the show feel like more than a kid’s cartoon, but the playfulness that runs throughout the series and the RPG keeps it fun for everyone.
—Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Its story is pure Final Fantasy, luxuriating in its melodrama; its systems come together like a greatest hits album of modern RPG design.
—Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2025
Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors
The Diablo series is one of the most prolific and influential video games series in history, with the first game in the series having almost single handedly pioneered the modern dungeon crawler RPG genre.
—Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Samuel Axon Similar to Odyssey, Shadows has deep character progression, gear, and RPG systems.
—ArsTechnica, 18 Apr. 2025
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“RPG.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/RPG. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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