REVIEW | MORTAL SHELL II | SHARPENED IN EVERY DIRECTION

A heavy silence hangs over the ruined roads and forgotten settlements of Mortal Shell II, broken only by distant creatures, clashing steel and the strange machinery of a world that seems to be slowly collapsing into itself. Cold Symmetry understood one of the most important things about its first game: Mortal Shell was memorable not because it copied the structure of Dark Souls particularly well, but because its world had texture. Six years later, that...

PUBLISHED | 18.O8.IIO26

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SPECIAL | THE EXPANSE: OSIRIS REBORN | SERIOUSLY PROMISING

A crew waits aboard a ship that gradually becomes home, two companions follow the captain into hostile territory, conversations can strengthen or fracture relationships, political factions remember where you came from, and combat unfolds from a third-person perspective where cover, abilities and squad commands turn firefights into small tactical problems. There is little point pretending that silhouette is unfamiliar. The Expanse: Osiris Reborn carries...

PUBLISHED | 17.O8.IIO26

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ELDEN RING: TARNISHED EDITION | NEW CONTENT FOR PC

Steel scrapes across stone as two unfamiliar warriors prepare to enter a world PC players have already crossed, conquered and, in many cases, returned to several times. Bandai Namco’s new pre-release story spotlight trailer primarily promotes Elden Ring: Tarnished Edition for Nintendo Switch 2, but its arrival also brings relevant news for the existing PC audience. Tarnished Edition itself is not receiving a separate PC release. Instead, its additional cha...

PUBLISHED | 15.O8.IIO26

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REQUIREMENTS | PHANTOM BLADE ZERO | CAN YOUR PC RUN IT?

Rain-soaked bridges, clashing blades and enemies that rarely give Soul enough room to breathe have made Phantom Blade Zero one of the most visually striking action RPGs approaching release. S-GAME’s dark kungfupunk adventure is scheduled to launch on October 29, 2026, and the studio has now published the official PC system requirements. For a large Unreal Engine 5 production built around fast combat, elaborate animation and a highly detailed world...

PUBLISHED | 14.O8.IIO26

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THE LORD OF THE RINGS: WAR IN THE NORTH | LEGACY EDITION OUT

Without a teaser campaign, release countdown or months of recycled trailers, The Lord of the Rings: War in the North has simply returned. Aspyr Media released the Legacy Edition on August 11, bringing the 2011 action RPG back to PC and introducing it to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Switch 2. The original game disappeared from digital stores years ago, leaving used console copies and previously activated PC versions as the only practical ways...

PUBLISHED | 12.O8.IIO26

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THE ASCENT | CYBERPUNK ACTION RPG FEST CUTS THE PRICE

Neon advertisements flicker above crowded streets while industrial machinery continues working beneath a city whose corporate order has already collapsed. The Ascent has returned to attention through Steam’s Cyberpunk Fest, where Neon Giant’s action-shooter RPG is currently available with a 75% discount, reducing its standard US price from $29.99 to $7.49. The event runs until August 10, 2026, so the promotion may have ended by the time some readers...

PUBLISHED | O6.O8.IIO26

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SWORDS OF LEGENDS | FIRST COMBAT GAMEPLAY REVEALED

A theatrical opponent shifts across the battlefield as though every attack were part of a carefully rehearsed stage performance, forcing the player to read movement, change weapons and call assistance from the spirit realm. Aurogon Shanghai has released the first substantial combat gameplay for Swords of Legends, offering a closer look at the single-player action-adventure RPG’s weapon system, supernatural abilities and mythological setting. The new foota...

PUBLISHED | O6.O8.IIO26

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PREVIEW | NO LAW | CYBERPUNK WITHOUT A FIXED PATH

A former soldier waters the plants inside his apartment while neon light slips through the windows and Port Desire continues making noise somewhere beyond the walls. Grey Harker has already survived the battlefield, returned home with injuries that nearly killed him and decided that violence no longer deserves a place in his life. The city disagrees. When trouble arrives at his front door and takes something that belongs to him, Grey is pushed back toward...

PUBLISHED | 31.O7.IIO26

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PREVIEW | LOW-FI | PATROL THE CITY, CHOOSE THE LAW

A patrol vehicle moves between towers washed in artificial light while rain, advertisements and industrial haze turn every street into a reflection of something richer happening somewhere else. Cityblock 303 is not the technological center of the future but the place where its rejected population has been left to continue living. Most people have entered the Platform, a ubiquitous virtual reality simulation that has absorbed ordinary human existence...

PUBLISHED | 31.O7.IIO26

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PREVIEW | SLAIN 2: THE BEAST WITHIN | UNLEASH THE WOLF KNIGHT

Moonlight falls across a dying kingdom while something less human begins to move beneath the armour of its final defender. Prince Akran carries Bathoryn, the sentient blade that has survived through different wielders and generations of war, but steel is only half of what he brings into battle. As the last of the Wolf Knights, Akran can surrender to the power of the full moon and transform into a feral werewolf, replacing controlled swordplay with claws speed...

PUBLISHED | 28.O7.IIO26

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