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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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REVIEW | NBA 2K27 | THE GAME WAY BETTER THAN THE PRODUCT

NBA 2K27 makes its strongest case the moment the ball hits the hardwood, and starts losing it almost everywhere beyond the court. Once the game is in motion, Visual Concepts still knows how to make a convincing basketball simulation.Movement is responsive enough, defense has more purpose, contact carries more weight, individual players retain recognizable styles, and there is enough tactical depth beneath the controls to make a simple match...

PUBLISHED | 1O.O9.IIO26

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GLOOM GATE | AN RPG TOO INTERESTING TO IGNORE

A tiny monochrome dungeon running on a yellow handheld with a crank is not exactly where we expected one of the more interesting RPG concepts of the week to appear, but Gloom Gate managed to pull us in almost immediately. pcdoorz is, first and foremost, a PC-focused site, and that is not changing, but Beyond PC exists for exactly this kind of occasion when something outside our usual ecosystem is simply too interesting to ignore. Developed by Lucas...

PUBLISHED | 1O.O9.IIO26

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EA SPORTS FC27 | PREMIUM EVERYTHING, EXCEPT THE FOOTBALL

There are controversies that deserve an entire article and others that mainly expose a much larger problem. The latest one surrounding EA Sports FC 27 falls firmly into the second category. The published trophy and achievement list includes “All Aboard the Premium Track,” a requirement tied to completing the Premium Pass. In practical terms, players chasing full completion cannot simply ignore EA’s premium progression layer as something completely separate from...

PUBLISHED | O9.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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KNIGHTS OF FRONTIER VALLEY | OLD-SCHOOL RPG ENTERS VERSION 0.5

Some RPGs wear the old-school label because they use pixel art, an isometric camera or a character sheet filled with numbers. Knights of Frontier Valley is interested in something considerably deeper than that. Adamant Studios is building its game around many of the principles that defined computer role-playing games of the 1980s and 1990s: limited hand-holding, permanent character decisions, dangerous exploration, tactical turn-based combat, survival systems...

PUBLISHED | O8.O9.IIO26

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REVIEW | THE BLOOD OF DAWNWALKER | CHOICE 1ST, FIGHT 2ND...NICE

The easiest way to misunderstand The Blood of Dawnwalker is to approach it expecting another combat-first action RPG wrapped in expensive dark fantasy production. Rebel Wolves certainly gives it swords, monsters, vampiric abilities, dodges, blocks and enough violence to satisfy that description on the surface, but the game becomes much more interesting once it becomes clear that combat is not the center around which everything else has been...

PUBLISHED | O8.O9.IIO26

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STRANDED DEEP 2 | THE SURVIVAL SANDBOX RETURNS IN 2027

Stranded Deep 2 has finally stepped out of the shadows, and the biggest surprise is that North Beach Games is not interested in simply rebuilding the first game with prettier water, larger islands and a few additional sharks. Although the sequel itself was confirmed earlier, this new reveal gives us the first meaningful look at what the project actually intends to become, and the answer is considerably more ambitious than a conventional follow-up. The Pacific...

PUBLISHED | 31.O8.IIO26

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REVIEW | STAR WARS: ZERO COMPANY | STRATEGY FINDS ITS STAR WARS

Star Wars has spent most of its gaming life selling scale. Star Destroyers crossing the sky, lightsabers carving through rooms, armies colliding while John Williams or somebody doing a very convincing impression of him makes sure you understand that Something Important Is Happening. star wars zero company chooses almost the opposite approach. Its best moments happen when the galaxy temporarily stops mattering and your entire attention shrinks to...

PUBLISHED | 3O.O8.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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