Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater — Review
Konami's full remake of MGS3 sits in a strange place — faithful enough to feel sacred, modernised enough to feel new. Here's our take on Delta's first impressions and longer hangtime.
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Weekly Roundup — What Actually Mattered This Week
A short editorial roundup of the stories, releases, and reveals worth knowing about — and the ones safe to ignore.
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Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores — Review
Guerrilla's PS5-exclusive expansion is the most technically ambitious thing the studio has shipped. Here's the review on its own terms — and why it's the right closing chapter for the Forbidden West arc.
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Syberia Remastered — Review
Microids brings Benoît Sokal's first Kate Walker adventure into 2026 with a full visual overhaul. The story still works — the question is whether modern players will meet it halfway.
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Quick Take: Elden Ring's Latest Patch Is Bigger Than It Looks
FromSoftware's patch notes are always understated. This one quietly reshapes three Shadow of the Erdtree encounters.
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Amerzone — The Explorer's Legacy: Review
Microids' rebuild of Sokal's pre-Syberia debut is the rarer kind of remake — one that takes a near-forgotten 1999 adventure and brings it back into a genre that's changed completely around it.
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Metal Gear Solid Delta Release Watch: What to Expect
Konami's Snake Eater remake is back on the radar. Here's what we're watching for, what we're cautious about, and how we'll cover it.
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Silksong Is Back on the Radar — What We're Planning
Hollow Knight: Silksong has moved from 'eventually' to 'actively being covered'. Here's how we'll approach it.
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Assassin's Creed Shadows — Review
Ubisoft's feudal-Japan entry has had the longest gestation of any modern AC. Was the wait worth it? Here's where Shadows lands a year after release.
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Ghost of Tsushima: Iki Island — Review
Sucker Punch's standalone expansion is one of the strongest PS5-era post-launch additions to a first-party game. Here's the review on its own terms — essential context before Yotei lands.
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Three Indies From This Month's Showcase Worth Knowing About
Showcases are mostly noise. These three are signal — short on trailer drama, long on what they actually plan to be.
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Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty — Review
CD Projekt Red's spy-thriller expansion is the rare DLC that meaningfully reframes the base game. Here's how Phantom Liberty lands on its own terms — and what it adds to the Cyberpunk slate as the Switch 2 Edition arrives.
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Cyberpunk 2077 Switch 2 Edition — Review
Night City on a handheld sounded impossible until it wasn't. Here's what CDPR's Switch 2 port actually delivers — and where it makes its compromises.
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The Final Fantasy IX Remake Rumour, And Why It Keeps Coming Back
Every few months the FFIX remake leak resurfaces. Here's what's actually consistent across the reports — and what keeps changing.
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Mario Kart World — Review
The first all-new Mario Kart in a console generation. Open-world traversal, redesigned items, and a release that has to follow the best-selling kart racer ever made.
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Where to Start With Final Fantasy in 2026
Sixteen numbered entries, dozens of spin-offs, and no real continuity between games. Here's the honest, no-filler way into Square Enix's flagship series.
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Donkey Kong Bananza — Review
Nintendo's first proper 3D Donkey Kong in over two decades. A genuine swing for the franchise, built around destructible terrain and Kong's full physical range.
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Animal Crossing: New Horizons on Switch 2 — Is the Upgrade Worth It?
Better load times, smoother frame rate, and a few quiet additions. Here's whether the Switch 2 enhancement makes New Horizons worth returning to.
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Balatro Review — A Deckbuilder That Sneaks Up On You
It looks like video poker. It plays like a roguelike masterclass. Balatro is one of those rare small-team releases that earns every comparison to the genre's best.
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Why Super Mario Galaxy Still Holds Up
Nearly two decades on, Galaxy's level design, physics, and pacing still read as modern. The design choices that made it feel timeless.
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild on Switch 2 — Revisited
The game that defined the open-world genre's last decade gets the hardware it always quietly needed. Here's what the Switch 2 version does for one of gaming's modern classics.
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Pokémon Legends: Z-A — Review
Game Freak's second Legends entry is a much bigger structural swing than Arceus. Here's how the urban-set sequel actually plays — and whether it's the step forward the franchise needs.
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Soulsborne Ranked — And Where a Newcomer Should Actually Start
FromSoftware's catalogue is sprawling, but the path in is more forgiving than its reputation suggests. Here's our honest ranking and the entry point most people should pick.
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Ninja Gaiden 4 — Review
Team Ninja and PlatinumGames join forces on the first numbered Ninja Gaiden in over a decade. The result lands closer to the franchise's golden era than anyone reasonably expected.
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Ghost of Tsushima — Review
Sucker Punch's samurai open world arrived at the very end of the PS4 generation and quietly became one of the defining first-party games of its era. Here's how it holds up as a review on its own terms.
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The Case for Replaying Old Games
The release calendar is louder than ever. Here's why the most rewarding thing you can play in 2026 is often something you've already finished.
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Elden Ring — Review
Four years on from launch, Elden Ring is settled enough to evaluate properly as a complete package. Here's the review of FromSoft's open-world bet, judged on its own terms.
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Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree Review
FromSoftware's massive expansion delivers one of the most ambitious DLCs in gaming history. But does it live up to the base game?
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Horizon Zero Dawn Remaster — Review
Guerrilla brings the original Horizon up to Forbidden West's visual standard. The result is the version of Aloy's first adventure that most people will play from now on.
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Horizon Forbidden West — Review
Forbidden West landed in a brutal release window alongside Elden Ring and has earned a quieter, longer-term reputation since. Here's the review on its own terms.
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Ghost of Yotei — Review
Sucker Punch's follow-up to Tsushima is a standalone story in a new era with a new protagonist. Here's how Yotei lands as the studio's most considered second swing.
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Shinobi: Art of Vengeance — Review
Lizardcube's revival of Sega's classic ninja franchise lands somewhere between a love letter and a genuine reinvention. Here's what works.
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The Legend of Zelda — A Complete Franchise Overview
From the original NES classic to Tears of the Kingdom, the Zelda franchise has defined adventure gaming for nearly four decades.
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Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound — Review
The 2D Ninja Gaiden side-story positioned between the classic NES games and the modern series. A focused, surprising release that earns its name.
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Lost Soul Aside — Review
The long-awaited solo-developer-turned-major-publisher action RPG finally lands. Here's how a project that started as a one-person Final Fantasy tribute actually turned out.
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Games Don't Need to Be Fun — And That's a Good Thing
The idea that every game must be 'fun' is one of gaming's most limiting assumptions. Here's why we need to move beyond it.
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Gears of War Reloaded on PS5 — Review
Marcus Fenix on a PlayStation. The original Gears of War, modernised for current hardware, on the platform that once defined itself as its opposite. Here's how the port lands.
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Ghost of Yotei Collector Edition — What It Offers Fans
Sucker Punch's Collector Edition leans on the mask and physical extras rather than a disc — and that single choice reshapes the recommendation. Here's what's in the box, what's missing, and who it's still worth it for.
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Battlefield 6 — Review
DICE's most carefully positioned launch in years. After 2042, the series had real ground to recover. Here's how Battlefield 6 actually lands.
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Final Fantasy VII Rebirth — A Bold Reimagining
Square Enix takes the beloved FFVII saga in unexpected directions. Here's our full review of the second chapter in the remake trilogy.
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Mafia: The Old Country — Review
Hangar 13 takes the franchise back to early-1900s Sicily. A focused, narrative-first prequel that quietly reinvigorates the series.
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Metal Gear Solid — The Legacy of Tactical Espionage Action
How Hideo Kojima's stealth masterpiece changed gaming forever, and what its legacy means for the medium today.
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Battlefield 6 Beta — First Impressions
The Battlefield 6 beta is the cleanest signal DICE has sent in years. Here's what the early build actually shows — and what it tells us about where Battlefield 6 is heading.
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