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PREVIEW | WELL DWELLER | WHEN ART BECOMES ATMOSPHERE

A tiny black bird carrying a burning matchstick should not look like the natural answer to a kingdom ruled by a murderous queen, yet Well Dweller makes that image feel completely convincing within seconds. Kyle Thompson’s next game takes the approachable exploration structure seen in Islets and Crypt Custodian and pushes it into a much darker fairy-tale direction, where twisted creatures, decaying ruins and strangely lovable survivors occupy the same...

PUBLISHED | 1O.O9.IIO26

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PREVIEW | GODS, DEATH & REAPERS | WORTH THE EXTRA TIME ...

There are delays that immediately drain the excitement out of a project, and then there are delays that make considerably more sense once you look at what is actually being built. Gods, Death & Reapers increasingly feels like the latter. wolcen studio has confirmed that its unusual dark-fantasy ExtrAction RPG will no longer enter Early Access in 2026, with the launch now scheduled for February 2027. The studio says the additional time will be used for further...

PUBLISHED | O9.O9.IIO26

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PREVIEW | WARLOCK: DUNGEONS & DRAGONS | ...WITHOUT DICE ROLLS

Dark fantasy rarely lacks ruined towers, corrupted forests or creatures waiting behind stone doors, but Warlock: Dungeons & Dragons immediately appears more interested in what players can do inside those familiar places. Developed by invoke studios and published by wizards of the coast, this single-player third-person action-adventure follows Kaatri, a veteran warrior who enters a dangerous pact and gains access to forbidden otherworldly...

PUBLISHED | 29.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | MANDATED FATE | 1 INSPECTOR, 5 ENDINGS & HUGE POTENTIAL

A surveillance camera turns above a narrow street while enormous government screens illuminate buildings that were already old before the Empire learned how to control gravity. Somewhere inside this vertical capital, an Imperial Inspector is expected to solve a murder without asking the kind of questions that might embarrass the people who gave him the case. This is the uncomfortable position at the heart of Mandated Fate, an upcoming narrative RPG...

PUBLISHED | 22.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | NIVALIS NIGHTS | BUILDING A LIFE BENEATH THE NEON

Rain slides down the windows of a small noodle stand while traffic moves somewhere above the clouds, boats cross the dark water below and another neon advertisement promises a better life that probably does not exist. Most cyberpunk games would place a weapon in our hands before this scene has time to breathe. Nivalis Nights takes a different route. The upcoming first-person life simulation from ION LANDS is interested in what happens between the dramatic...

PUBLISHED | 21.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | TRAINWATCH | THIRTY DAYS TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT

A lonely railway crossing, an isolated tower and thirty days with nowhere convenient to run from your own mistakes. Trainwatch does not need an apocalypse, a haunted mansion or an army of monsters to establish an uncomfortable premise. Troy has taken a job as a Gatekeeper in the middle of nowhere, manually opening and closing the gates as trains pass through, and the month ahead of him represents considerably more than another paycheck. His...

PUBLISHED | 19.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | WARDOGS | TACTICAL WARFARE ON A MASSIVE SCALE

A helicopter cuts across a ruined industrial valley while infantry move beneath it, tanks push through the remains of an apartment block and three different armies attempt to claim the same patch of ground. None of them can afford to watch only one direction. That third force is the detail that immediately separates WARDOGS from the familiar two-sided military shooter. BULKHEAD is building its large-scale FPS around 100 players divided among three teams...

PUBLISHED | 14.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | FD 27: DIRECT YOUR FOOTBALL CLUB | GAME REFRAMED

Long before a manager writes a name on a team sheet, the direction of a football club has already been shaped elsewhere. Someone has decided how much money can be spent, which coach deserves the job, whether the medical department is good enough, which sponsor is worth signing and whether the club should gamble on one expensive player or spread its resources across an entire squad.That is the part of football FD 27: Direct Your Football...

PUBLISHED | 1O.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | WAY OF THE HUNTER 2 | OUT THERE WITH A BEST PAL

A broad valley opening beyond the trees, morning light cutting through a damp stretch of forest and a dog wandering several steps ahead can do more for Way of the Hunter 2 than almost any conventional reward system. That is important because the central fantasy of recreational hunting will not automatically appeal to everyone, and it certainly is not the reason we found ourselves most interested in Nine Rocks Games' sequel. What keeps pulling the...

PUBLISHED | O9.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 | YOUR CLUB, YOUR RULES

A small regional club begins its season far below the national spotlight, surrounded by limited resources, modest facilities and players whose careers may never reach the largest stadiums. The road ahead does not begin with a transfer budget capable of solving every weakness, but with local matches, careful development and the possibility of gradually earning a place on a much larger stage. WE ARE FOOTBALL 2027 expands Winning Streak Games football...

PUBLISHED | O6.O8.IIO26

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