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"Balancing hacking and shooting" in Pragmata has been vital for "players to feel the tension", the director tells me

Diablo 4: Lord of Hatred gives its devs "a chance to just get really horrible, and I say that the best way possible"

Resonance: A Plague Tale Legacy "changes almost everything" about the series – and its "more trained, more physical, more offensive" protagonist proves it

The Pokemon developer's new action RPG pits one woman and her dog against a "harsh and unforgiving" world

Nioh 3 is already locked in as my favorite Soulslike of 2026, feeling like Team Ninja's response to Elden Ring with its open exploration and intense yokai clashes

Dawn of War 4 has its sights set on "gameplay that feels authentic to the fantasy of each faction" in Warhammer 40k

PUBG's first spin-off is a top-down shooter shaped by Valorant, Counter-Strike, and a hardcore military MMO

Hellraiser: Revival has such sights to show you, but "most of them pretty visceral and gruesome"

These devs are basically making their own Danganronpa that began as "100% a fan game"

Dosa Divas is an RPG where you solve every problem with cooking: "Everything is themed around flavor profiles, including attacks and enemy weaknesses"

Crimson Desert's hack and slash boss bottles "play a crucial role in shaping the game’s intensity", but there's more to the open world adventure – like fishing, cooking, and dragon-riding

"What we wanted to depict was the figure of a young, rough-edged Musashi": Onimusha: Way of the Sword's protagonist melds a historical figure with a cinematic legend

Returnal spiritual sequel Saros lets you keep upgrades when you loop, but that just means this twitchy shooter can be challenging in brand new ways

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"

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

After just 4 hours, I'm impressed by Nioh 3's snappy action and samurai-to-ninja combo transformations: "We want the player to have a rich experience of mastery"

After Payday 3's fumbles, Fairgames just might turn out to be the heist game that I crave