Stronghold 4 Looks Ready to Reclaim the Castle
The Stronghold 4 demo from Firefly Studios offers a promising return to castle building, siege defense and medieval resource management, blending familiar series strengths with a much more modern presentation.
Better Than Dead Takes a Strong First Shot in Early Access
Even in Early Access, Better Than Dead is an FPS that delivers brutal gunplay, a striking bodycam presentation and a focused vengeful story that already makes it feel like one of the most promising entries in this emerging shooter subgenre.
Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes Turns Desperation Into Great Strategy
With tense fleet management, excellent real-time battles and a constant stream of hard choices, Battlestar Galactica: Scattered Hopes captures the desperation, paranoia and pressure of the TV series better than most other licensed type games ever do.
Voidling Bound Blends Creature Collecting and Bullet Heaven Action
With great creature variety, strong exploration rewards and fast-paced third-person combat, Voidling Bound delivers a memorable indie adventure that gives players plenty of reasons to keep experimenting with its strange and stylish monsters.
Mina the Hollower Digs Deep Into Retro Adventure Greatness
In Mina the Hollower, developer Yacht Club Games trades Shovel Knight’s side-scrolling action for a tough-as-nails isometric adventure inspired by The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening, classic Castlevania and some Bloodborne-esque risk.
Town to City Builds a Cozy Voxel World Worth Settling Into
Galaxy Grove’s Town to City is a relaxing voxel city-building sim that trades stress and micromanagement for warmth, creativity and simple town-building joys. For anyone looking for a cozy builder that values imagination over pressure, Town to City is well worth settling into.
007 First Light Delivers Bond at His Best
With a sharp young James Bond, an espionage-heavy story, flexible mission design and action sequences worthy of the films, 007 First Light feels less like a licensed game and more like a great Bond movie that happens to be playable.
Full Metal Sergeant 2 Marches Forward With Smarter Combat
Developer CarloC’s latest indie military sim keeps the boot camp charm, tough training choices and offbeat camp events that made Full Metal Sergeant memorable, then adds a much stronger turn-based combat system that finally lets players put those hard-won recruit skills to proper use.
Crimson Desert Is One of the Boldest RPGs in Years
With spectacular combat, a massive world full of distractions and more systems than most action RPGs would dare attempt, Crimson Desert offers a bold and often thrilling adventure even if its story does not always keep up.
Crime Simulator Never Quite Pulls Off the Ultimate Heist
Crime Simulator has an interesting premise, a decent toolkit and a clear co-op focus, but on PlayStation 5 the experience feels too clunky, too buggy and too rushed to deliver the kind of fun its best ideas promise.