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Team Asano and Claytechworks prove HD-2D can carry a full-blooded action-adventure: Elliot is a gorgeous, generous, Zelda-shaped journey through time, let down only by repetitive enemies, fiddly platforming and a rough Switch 2 port. If you've wanted an HD-2D game that plays as good as it looks, this is it - ideally on PS5, PC or Steam Deck.
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A gorgeous, big-hearted yokai farming sim built around one brilliant shapeshifting hook, held back - not broken - by an underbaked open world, basic combat and lingering technical rough edges. Cozy-sim fans should absolutely move in.
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Draw Me A Pixel follows a beloved hit with a confident, cheerfully strange comedy adventure built around a genuinely new "elastic" mechanic. The detective framing is a feint and the meta humour won't suit everyone, but the writing, polish and invention make this a two-for-two triumph for fans of fourth-wall-breaking point-and-click games.
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A bold, faithful resurrection of one of the PC RPG's most influential cult classics. Gothic 1 Remake nails the brooding atmosphere, merciless freedom and hand-built world that made the 2001 original a legend - but a punishing opening and a rough technical launch (especially on PS5) mean it asks for patience before it rewards you. Meet the Colony on its own uncompromising terms and it's one of the most rewarding RPGs of the year.
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Moonsigil Atlas is one of the most genuinely inventive deckbuilders in years: trading energy for board space turns every turn into a satisfying spatial puzzle, and its deep card-reshaping toolkit gives that puzzle near-endless permutations. A thin three-mage roster and unlock-gated progression keep it from greatness, but the core idea is so strong that no roguelike deckbuilder fan should miss it.
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The Bond games drought is officially over. 007 First Light is the most confident, most cinematic, and most fully-realized James Bond video game since GoldenEye 007 - a twenty-five-hour single-player action-spy thriller that respects its license, its player, and the medium it lives in.
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Bonsai Collective's first-person bullet-hell FPS is the most confident shooter to launch in 2026 to date - a tight, eight-hour, no-filler movement game with the best art direction of the year and six boss fights that justify the entire build.
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A deliberately gentle, deeply charming platformer-adjacent stamp book that turns Yoshi loose in a watercolour-painted creature catalogue. The no-fail main mode will frustrate players who came for spike-pit precision, but the hidden Chronicle mode restores stakes for anyone who opts in - and Mr E is the best supporting character Nintendo has written in years. Not Game of the Year material; absolutely the kind of game you will recommend to a friend with a Switch 2.
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ZA/UM did the impossible: a Disco Elysium follow-up that earns the comparison without imitating the formula. Zero Parades is one of the strongest narrative RPGs of the decade - sharper writing, smarter systems, a protagonist with genuine interiority, and a world that rewards slow exploration. A rough first ten hours and an underused Action Sequence system hold it back from a perfect score, but the things that matter sit at the very top of the form.
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The definitive LEGO Batman, eighteen years in the making. Arkham-grade combat, an open-world Gotham that finally feels like a city, a multi-era costume and voice system that spans Burton to Arkham, and the strongest production values TT Games has ever shipped. Icon noise and same-y boss design hold it back from a perfect run, but this is the studio's best work in a decade and an essential 2026 purchase for anyone who has ever loved a Batman.
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A meaningful step up from Call of the Sea in scope, puzzle craft, and dual-protagonist storytelling, even if a soft second act and budget seams keep it from greatness. The most consistently engaging Lovecraft adventure in years.
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Forza Horizon 6 is Playground Games' most accomplished open world racer to date. The Japanese setting, the densest urban map in series history, the deepest car list the franchise has ever shipped, and a launch-window roadmap that respects long-term players combine for a launch that easily justifies the day-one praise. A 95 from us puts it among the very best games of the generation.