I Hate This Place is one of those games that draws from strong source material and has a solid concept but fumbles its gameplay mechanics

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The remake trilogy concludes with Front Mission 3, bringing players back to the events of the MIDAS Incident.

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I know I’m a bit late to the party, but I was lucky enough to get hold of a copy of the new Jurassic World Evolution 3 Wetlands DLC pack for Jurassic World Evolution 3. The Jurassic World Evolution series has always been at its best when it leans into ecological complexity rather than pure…

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When Eldegarde exited Early Access in January 2026, it was clear this wasn’t chasing the Soulslike crowd or trying to be the next cinematic, story-heavy RPG. Instead, Notorious Studios set its sights on something far more niche — a third-person fantasy action RPG built around PvE, competitive PvP, and tense, high-risk extraction gameplay where every…

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It’s quite hard to believe that Nioh 1 released almost a whole decade ago in 2017. The sequel Nioh 2 was released in 2020, and it’s been long enough that Koei Tecmo have decided to release a third entry into the franchise. Nioh 3 enters the fray with a revamped battle system and touts enough…

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While in Early Access, Titan Quest II already displays the hallmarks of a future action RPG classic. You take control of a Greek warrior on a small island tasked with hunting down a legendary griffon. It’s a compelling hook, and while you eventually succeed in the hunt, the narrative quickly takes a turn for the worse as ancient threats emerge. Of course, every great adventure needs a bit of world-shattering chaos to get the momentum going.

While the core combat follows classic ARPG standards – clicking on enemies and managing active abilities – the skill system stands out as something truly special. You begin by selecting one of five mastery trees, each featuring an expansive list of unique skills and passives to upgrade as you level. As you invest points, you unlock sub-slots that allow you to modify how abilities function, such as adding extra projectile casts or fundamentally changing a skill’s elemental property.

The experience becomes truly interesting once you unlock your second mastery, providing a massive array of options to mix and match abilities as you see fit. This dual-class synergy creates deep complexity, yet the game remains accessible because you can respec your points as often as you like. This ensures that if you find a new piece of legendary equipment you want to test, or simply want to see how a specific skill performs, you can do so without any penalty or hassle.

You do all of this while traversing a beautiful Greek world teeming with monsters and myth, underscored by an atmospheric soundtrack and grand visual spectacle. It is a fantastic experience already, and the scope will only improve as more content and masteries are added throughout development. This is already a stellar action RPG, and it is clearly destined to get even better from here.

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Some roguelikes let you fight with preset weapons, but a small sub-genre lets you invent your own, turning every run into a playground of spells and chaos. Noita is a great example, letting you play with the world’s physics by freely mixing and matching effects. Magicraft does something similar, but with a more traditional roguelike viewpoint, and becomes pure chaos once a run really gets going. Both demand sharp reactions, but Arcane Trigger approaches things a little differently.

Arcane Trigger has you playing as an arcane gunslinger, combining different bullet types and spells to unleash massive chains of firepower against a strange realm encroaching on your own. It begins simply, as most roguelikes do, but escalates very quickly, eventually letting you fire dragon eggs and even meteors. The key difference is that everything here is turn-based.

In fact, all you really need to do is click the fire button. You don’t need to move at all, just pull the trigger. That doesn’t mean there’s no depth, though. The order of your bullets matters, as do your upgrade choices. You’ll be aiming to collect three of a kind to fuse bullets together, lean into specific elemental synergies, or ban certain bullets entirely so you can focus on a single strength. When it comes to combat execution, however, it’s still just one button.

As a result, this is a roguelike where your reactions don’t need to be constantly tested. Instead, you’re free to take your time crafting and refining your attacks. As you progress, you’ll develop a stronger understanding of how different builds work, and you’ll also unlock other gunslingers to experiment with. It’s an incredibly easy game to play, but a difficult one to master, and it’s refreshing to experience a roguelike that embraces a slower pace for once.

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Death Howl is ambitious simply for the two genres it tries to fuse. Deckbuilders are almost always roguelikes, and Soulslikes are almost always action-heavy. The idea that you could blend these systems in a way that not only makes sense but actually feels good to play seems almost absurd. Yet Death Howl pulls it off, all while telling a moving, heart-wrenching story about grief.

You play as a mother who has lost her son and refuses to be consumed by the despair threatening to overwhelm her. Instead, she steps into the spirit world to search for him and bring him home. The writing is excellent, and the quieter, emotional moments between the violence are genuinely powerful. It hits especially hard if you’re a parent, but the struggle to push back against grief is something most of us understand in some way.

As for how it plays, you explore the world, interacting with objects to uncover new knowledge and gather items that can be turned into cards. You can refresh the spirit realm by resting at special stones, which restore your health but also revive the spirits, forcing you to push through them again.

Combat is turn-based and unfolds on a grid, with you and your enemies jockeying for position while you manage mana to play moves that attack, defend, or trigger entirely different effects. It’s a delicate balance and one that often feels stacked against you, but that only makes each victory more rewarding.

The challenge in every encounter reinforces the strength of the protagonist and her relentless fight to recover her son. Expect an uphill climb and a world that isn’t afraid to land emotional blows as you push forward.

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Avatar Frontiers of Pandora: From the Ashes by Ubisoft was released on December 19, 2025, just before Christmas. A game that quickly reminded me why I first fell in love with Pandora’s vivid world in 2023. While the original game had its highs and lows, this expansion offers a new story that feels personal, meaningful,…

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Sektori from developer Kimmo Lahtinen is what I’d like to call a work of art. And before I get questioned heavily here for stating such, there’s a lot to unpack here as to why. Honestly, this is one of the best twin-stick shooter games I’ve played in ages! So what exactly is Sektori, and why…

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Total Chaos is not just a mod that became a full experience; it’s a horror survival that knows how to have an atmospheric experience.

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Hitman Absolution on Switch stealth-dropped unexpectedly, letting players dive back into Agent 47’s thrilling world of assassinations and strategy. Stealth drops can be wonderful things. There’s nothing quite as exciting as seeing a game you didn’t expect to come out anytime soon, if at all, popping up out of nowhere. Especially if it’s a game…

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Neon Inferno drops you into New York thirty years from now, a neon-soaked lawless utopia where corrupt cops and crime syndicates fight for control. Angelo and Mariana are assassins for a rival Family, tasked with taking out the competition. In this dystopian cyberpunk future, they’re the killers you want on your side—one bullet at a…

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We are back with the latest title from Frontier Developments, Jurassic World Evolution 3, and this time, the franchise feels more alive than ever. With the park opening to the world on October 21, 2025, the game builds upon the solid foundations of its predecessors with smarter dinosaurs, a selection of deeper management tools, and…

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Sword of the Sea, from Developer and Publisher Giant Squid, is an atmospheric game similar to the likes of Journey and Flower. It’s also directly comparable to Giant Squid’s previous titles, such as Abzu and The Pathless, and as such, it has a lot of expectations to fulfil in terms of quality. So does Sword…

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Tormented Souls 2 takes place two years after developer Dual Effect first put Caroline Walker through the ringer in an abandoned hospital, where she lost her eye, travelled through time, and descended into a dark, other-side world to save herself and her sister from her grandfather’s twisted plans and a god-like entity. But it’s not…

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Daemon X Machina Titanic Scion is the sequel to 2020’s Daemon X Machina, but since the game takes place in the far future, you can dive right into it without having played the first game. The game looks fantastic and features futuristic mechs, so it should be great, right? Daemon X Machina Titanic Scion Trailer…

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Gross-out games are a bit of an oddity for me. I usually get the ick from them, and playing them is something I just can’t abide, but for whatever reason, the grossness of SWAPMEAT ends up entertaining me instead. The core idea is simple: it’s a third-person shooter with missions spread across different planets, and to survive, you steal body parts from defeated enemies to gain new abilities, mixing and matching them however you want.

The result is that you might wind up with a flying saucer for legs, a ninja for a head, and an eyebeam laser for a torso, plus your guns, helping you cut through the chaos. As you complete side objectives on each world, you level up and steer yourself toward a build focused on an elemental damage type, a swarm of fly companions, or just an absurd amount of health.

Each world has a main objective, but also a pile of side tasks you’ll stumble across as you explore. None of this is revolutionary design, but it’s all pretty fun, and it makes each run feel a bit like Helldivers… if Helldivers was drenched in meat. It’s a supremely silly concept and a supremely silly game, but it’s also immensely replayable.

It helps that it has co-op, meaning you and some friends can jump into the mess together and fend off the endless tide of meat and gore threatening to swallow the galaxy. Also, there’s a non-zero chance you’re actually working for the villain, which adds a fun layer to poke at and figure out.

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So, Guild Wars 2 is back — not just knocking on new doors, but building its own beach house on a tropical island. Guild Wars 2 Visions of Eternity, the game’s sixth major expansion from ArenaNet, sailed into Tyria on October 28, 2025, and it brings more than just sunny vibes. Think: nine new elite…

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Painkiller is a reimagining of the original Painkiller game from 2004 but this time around developed by Anshar Studios and published by 3D Realms. The game features some gorgeous visuals and at least on paper, looks great. However, does it actually live up to the Painkiller name, and will fans of the original game from…

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