Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 is a good package when taken as a whole. If you have been waiting for a return to form for CoD campaigns, I believe the single-player here is definitely the best of the rebooted Modern Warfare games. Multiplayer is about as standard as it gets, which may be good for the regular players, but it hasn’t been impressive or surprising for a very long time. In total, Modern Warfare 4 is pretty on par with, or slightly above, Call of Duty releases in the last decade, which isn't a bad thing. It's just not necessarily something worthy of great discussion.
Thank You Bus Driver is another charming game from Double Fine. The studio wasted no time showing that it will continue to put out smaller games that are highly enjoyable and unique in the current gaming landscape. It's a bit repetitive, but it has a charming art style and gameplay that demands you to be attentive to what's both in front and behind you at all times. For how cheap it is, these are the kind of titles that should be appreciated in a time where prices are rising and everything feels rather samey.
Toy Story: Retro Roundup is filled with tons of great modern-day features and extras that make it a great choice for anyone who played these games in the past and wants a burst of nostalgia.
Halloween: The Game has its rough patches, but it’s a good enough time for fans of Michael Myers and asymmetrical horror games. My time with it was bogged down by numerous bugs and really dumb AI characters, but when the game ran as it was supposed to, it was a fun horror experience of cat-and-mouse between killer and survivor. Adding some new elements like the additional citizens that you need to save or Michael’s various abilities keeps things interesting, but I do worry about there being a ceiling for this game’s future when compared to past Illfonic and Gun titles.
Agent 64: Spies Never Die likely won't win you over unless you have played and enjoyed the games that inspired it. If you don't have a history with GoldenEye 007 or Perfect Dark, I wouldn't recommend you try it because the art style and gameplay will feel foreign compared to any first-person shooter you've played since 2000. That said, if you do enjoy the outdated jank of those games, you'll get a not-as-good experience, but something you can play with friends and have a good enough time in. This game is banking on you having the nostalgia to enjoy this, and if you do, you'll likely be content with it, but maybe not fall in love.
007 First Light is a very fun and enjoyable adventure that I believe anyone can enjoy. The action is top-notch, with great story beats and characters that draw you in from beginning to end. The shooting and combat aren’t amazing, but their adaptability still gives them value and makes them serviceable enough to sit alongside the stealth moments that have you picking off enemies one by one. IO Interactive went all out to prove that it is the right team to make a James Bond game these days, and I can only sit and eagerly await what comes next.
Mina the Hollower is a good game for people who love the idea of mixing Zelda with Dark Souls. Unfortunately, if you don't fully love what that entails, I don't think it will win you over as much as others. For some, they will find the combat challenging in a good way, with a world you can get lost in. Others will see a series of roadblocks thrown in the player's face as they try to navigate those problems. Regardless of if you think the sum of its parts makes a masterpiece or not, Mina the Hollower was clearly crafted with a lot of passion and care.
The Rugrats: Retro Rewind Collection is a decent enough way to play Search for Reptar in 2026 if you grew up playing it originally on the PlayStation. Beyond that, there isn’t much to really say that this is a must-buy. Maybe you can find some enjoyment in Studio Tour, but everything else here doesn’t hold up satisfyingly unless you consider yourself the most diehard of Rugrats fans, but even then, there isn’t much to celebrate here.
As someone who could not tell you the ins and outs of every little thing Diablo IV does, I really enjoyed Lord of Hatred. The warlock class was a lot of fun to play as, and the new campaign’s story was quite hard-hitting in spite of being a little too simple. For the hardcore player, there are new additions like the war table that should really excite your endless grinding, but the more casual crowd, like myself, can enjoy the ride without much dragging down the experience.
Mouse: P.I. For Hire melds the cartoon world of a century ago with intense shooter action in a way that is endearing as hell. The gameplay’s combat feels great the entire time, and the cartoon world at play here stands toe-to-toe with classics of the past. It’s a love letter to its inspirations and is an easy recommendation for someone looking for non-stop action and charm. The lack of the ability to return to older missions to get missed side jobs and certain collectibles is highly aggravating, and you never really feel like a detective here, but if what you really enjoy is cartoons and shooter action, that is fully on display here.
Demon Tides tries to emulate bits and pieces of many 3D platformer favorites, and while it doesn’t nail it all perfectly, it still turns out a very fun and engaging adventure. Outside of some minor annoyances, the movement and traversal techniques feel good, and the growing list of challenges to grab your next golden gear keeps things interesting. I wouldn’t say it’s a hell of a good time, but there is plenty to like as you go bursting off for the next island.
Terminator 2D: No Fate is a nostalgic throwback to the time when Terminator 2: Judgement Day was released, and it feels very authentic to that. The shooting and action carry this game, making it feel like it was a tie-in released alongside the movie, but the short length and repetitive nature of it may weigh on some people and cause some questioning of its price tag. Regardless, even if you have never watched any of the Terminator movies, you may come away enjoying what this game is in its short spurts.
Overall, Escape From Duckov is a game that doesn’t have any jokes aside from the fact that you’re playing as a duck, but anyone who loves extraction shooters will probably enjoy it. All of the basic mechanics are there, alongside a base building progression that feels rewarding to go through. Retreading the same locations continuously can get tiring fast, though. The single-player nature makes this an experience you can shut your mind off to more than its multiplayer predecessors, but that doesn’t mean it’s a calming experience. If you enjoy the grind, this is a game you can take flight to.
In short, Yooka-Replaylee is a brilliant remake of the original game. It expands and improves upon so many areas that it leaves the original release in the dust. It took a long wait, but Yooka and Laylee finally have a 3D platformer worthy of the Banjo-Kazooie comparisons.
Sonic Racing: CrossWorlds is a brilliant game for those who love the circuit track mindset, but want a little pizzazz thrown in there. It sticks to what worked in Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed but adds to it and makes an experience that sits directly beside that game, which is often regarded as the best in the series. The races are chaotic, and the variability of the outcomes is wide. Add to that the charm and celebration of the past 20 years of Sonic and friends, and you have a highly enjoyable title that wrestles away the title of best racing game of 2025.
Bubsy in: The Purrfect Collection is Atari and Limited Run bringing back some pretty bad games and bundling them together with features that make them minimally better, but not good. If you are a Bubsy mega fan who has played any of these games since the '90s, you will likely enjoy this collection. For anyone else, the only real reason you’ll want to buy this collection is curiosity about how bad this series has been.
It doesn’t do anything that'll have you absolutely amazed, but the time you spend getting to know your surroundings here will be a worthy venture as your store expands and gets more products.
Ruffy and the Riverside can pull you in with its colorful characters and neat swap mechanic, but it doesn’t have enough creative ideas to sustain itself for the long haul. The weird, out-of-nowhere religious writing and ham-fisted dialogue also add a lot of laughably bad conversations in the ending hours. At the end of the day, though, moving around this world, collecting shiny things, and doing swap puzzles is a good enough time that you can get enjoyment out of it, but it’s not something that will stay with you when you put it down.
Overall, the Gex Trilogy is a great purchase specifically for the gamer who played these games in the 90s and doesn’t have access to them anymore. Anyone outside of that, it’s a hard sell. The rewind feature helps make up for a lot of shortcomings in these games but being forced to hear Gex repeat the same lousy jokes even more than if you were playing without it is a hell of its own.
Unless you have a group of friends that you trust to have a good time with, I can’t recommend playing Among Us 3D over the regular game. The player count seems to be quite minuscule compared to original, which makes sense considering there is no integration with console platforms here. Playing the game in first-person is really cool the first time, but you quickly see how you’re still playing the same game at the end of the day. I wish I knew other people that had the game so I could possibly have a better experience, but my time with Among Us 3D was nothing more than annoying and quite the waste of time spent hopping between lobbies just trying to find a decent game. I would say you’re much better off sticking with the 2D game over this.