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January 2026
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- January 9
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- How to choose the right Star Wars: Legion army for you
- In the age of the TikTok fan theory, Conformity Gate is no surprise – but it's distracting from a fitting Stranger Things finale
- Fallout 4 is a great RPG, but it took 10 years and a radioactive lighthouse for me to see it
- Big in 2026: The ultimate guide to the video games that will shape 2026 and beyond
- What to expect from PlayStation in 2026: New blockbusters, a GTA-shaped meteor, and one last shot at live service
- 40 years later, Jim Henson's Labyrinth is still teaching kids to overcome their fears as it returns to the big screen
- No Law sounds like Cyberpunk 2077 meets Atomfall, and its "opt in" narrative already has my attention: "If 100 players play the game, there should be 100 different user stories"
- Can you be the very best at our Pokemon Red and Blue quiz?
- How well do you know the Halo series?
- January 8
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- New on Disney Plus in January 2026: all the latest movies and shows streaming this month
- What to expect from the Switch 2 in 2026: Pokemon and Zelda celebrations, tons of ports, and comfort Nintendo food
- Soma successor Ontos is "like Shadow of the Colossus" says its creative director: The moon-set horror is "built around the looming excitement and dread of what the next big Experiment will be like"
- The Blood of Dawnwalker devs "were afraid that people wouldn't want to play as human Coen" so it set out to create "a combat system that can set a new standard for RPGs"
- 41 hours into Divinity Original Sin 2, I wish I'd broken a golden RPG rule by doing something frowned upon in Baldur's Gate 3
- January 7
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- "We wanted to explore that longing for absolute freedom": Cairn is a survival climbing game about human will, endurance, and sacrifice
- What to expect from Valve in 2026: The return of the Steam Machine, a new VR headset, and more Half-Life 3 rumors
- Suda51 says "game development for us is almost like playing a jam session at a live concert", and the electric action of Romeo is a Dead Man has me ready to rock
- I love Stranger Things, but I can't help feeling short-changed by season 5's lackluster finale and it's super short final battle
- January 6
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- Rebel Wolves isn't afraid of creating its own vampyric folklore for The Blood of Dawnwalker: "We want to tell a story with vampires, not a story about vampires only"
- What to expect from Xbox in 2026: Fable, Gears of War, and several huge anniversaries that Microsoft should celebrate
- Total War: Warhammer 40,000's crusade system sounds a lot like Helldivers 2: "Every campaign you play, there is meaning to it"
- From creepy folklore to a human with half a head, the best hidden gems of 2025 are worth your attention
- 2026 is going to be the year of Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era, and I don't even need the strategy RPG to launch in full for that to be true
- January 5
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- The Blood of Dawnwalker is one of the most ambitious games of 2026, driven by Rebel Wolves' desire to "get a few steps closer to pen-and-paper RPGs"
- Ace Combat 8 wants to take the franchise to even greater heights, and that ambition has cost Wings of Theve its VR support
- Code Vein 2 is Dark Souls through an anime lens, and one surprisingly emotional dungeon proves Bandai Namco has raised the stakes
- January 2
- January 1
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- "Instead of being 80% UFO and 20% on foot, we flipped it": How Destroy All Humans' sci-fi action oddity conquered all
- John Carpenter's Toxic Commando feels like Space Marine 2 meets co-op horde shooter, and it's the campy Left 4 Dead-like I've been waiting for since 2009
- With GPUs getting pricier in 2026, here are 3 ways I'll keep my old one lasting longer
- I stand by the Commodore 64 Ultimate being the better remake, but its mini predecessor is still a cheaper gateway to '80s microcomputing
- Everything you need to get started playing solo tabletop RPGs
- Stranger Things season 5 finale ending explained: who dies, does it set up a spin-off and what happens to Eleven?
