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Skin Deep makes immersive sims messy and manic

With sneeze mechanics and banana skins, the new game from Blendo plays like an action-cartoon fever dream.

Lewis Gordon
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an audacious RPG with all the right moves

The new roleplaying game makes turn-based combat exhilarating.

Khee Hoon Chan
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Jay Peters
Blue Prince will steal your time just like Balatro

The game is an architectural puzzle mystery that is all-consuming.

Ash Parrish
South of Midnight is a game worth hollerin’ about

South of Midnight pays homage to Black and Southern culture in a way no other game has before.

Ash Parrish
Atomfall makes the postapocalypse quintessentially British

Familiarity enhances horror in this absorbing and sardonic stealth-survival adventure.

Lewis Gordon
Assassin’s Creed Shadows finally showed me the appeal of Ubisoft’s tentpole franchise

The setting fans have been waiting for does not fail to deliver.

Ash Parrish
Split Fiction doesn’t need to be original when the co-op play is this good

Hazelight Studios’ keeps nailing it with its co-op games by doing simple things really well.

Ash Parrish
Lost Records: Bloom & Rage blends its teen drama with a heavy dose of ’90s nostalgia

The latest from Life is Strange studio Don’t Nod is a time-spanning adventure about connecting with old friends.

Khee Hoon Chan
Dynasty Warriors: Origins is a refreshing take on the legendary series

After previous games failed to live up to expectations, Origins is a vast improvement.

Ash Parrish
Infinity Nikki is a fashion-forward Zelda

Breath of the Styled.

Ash Parrish
Indiana Jones and the Great Circle would’ve been better as a movie

The game’s most interesting bits are trapped in cutscenes while its boring bits are the stuff you actually have to play out.

Ash Parrish
The hardest part of Dragon Age: The Veilguard is making a choice

From romance to character classes, BioWare has made made almost all the game’s options compelling.

Ash Parrish
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chornobyl is a glorious and beautiful pain in the ass

GSC Game World’s long-awaited survival epic delivers the ultimate stalker fantasy — if you can look beyond the plethora of glitches.

Lewis Gordon
Life is Strange: Double Exposure ends with a disappointing finale

The game’s final episode also teases a larger Life is Strange universe to come.

Khee Hoon Chan