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74.4 average score
80 median score
57.7% of games recommended

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Metal Gear Solid: Master Collection 2 is truly just a vehicle for a remaster for Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots. Konami slotted Metal Gear Solid Peace Walker, one of the best PSP games ever to be released, as an added bonus, along with Ghost Babel, but the real meat and potatoes come in the form of Solid Snake’s final adventure. This is a game that hasn’t seen past its PlayStation 3 release eighteen long years ago, so it’s no surprise it’s the highlight of the package. And for the most part, it delivers.

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Aug 17, 2026

The Sinking City 2 is a new take on Frogwares's Cthulhu Mythos experience.

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4.5 / 5.0 - Mortal Shell II
Aug 17, 2026

Mortal Shell II tries some new things while looking and running beautiful.

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4 / 5.0 - Madden NFL 27
Aug 13, 2026

Is Madden NFL 27 a game changer or a frustrating mess? Bugs hamper a potentially great experience. It is still fun, but lacks polish.

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Aug 13, 2026

MAGES brings back the second entry in the Science Adventure series with STEINS;GATE RE:BOOT.

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Aug 11, 2026

A vivid Marvel anime world unfolds with handpicked teams, episodic lore and modes that push players to experiment and adapt.

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4 / 5.0 - Truxton Extreme
Aug 8, 2026

Truxton Extreme is a vertical shooter in the classic mode, in that you've got a powerful ship, three lives, lots of enemies, and endless ways to die.

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4 / 5.0 - Doloc Town
Aug 8, 2026

Doloc Town is a trashpunk farming and crafting life sim set in a postapocalyptic world that's got a decent start on the way to healing.

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3 / 5.0 - Dystopicon
Aug 6, 2026

In the dystopian society of Dystopicon, players are designated to watch TV in exchange for money to pay for basic services.

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Aug 4, 2026

From the makers of Pokémon comes a familiar souls-like formula.

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Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?! is Strange Scaffold's latest title, making players run over people and objects for isekai support.

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Jul 28, 2026

Splatoon Raiders is a new take on Nintendo's shooting franchise, turning the Salmon Run mode into a standalone spin-off experience.

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Jul 23, 2026

Master Chief returns to his origins twenty-five years later.

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Jul 22, 2026

Avatar Legends: The Fighting Game brings together characters from different points of the franchise for dynamic 2D fights.

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3 / 5.0 - Disgaea Mayhem
Jul 20, 2026

Disgaea Mayhem is an action-RPG that adapts the power grind of the strategy series into something more similar to the Dynasty Warriors games.

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Jul 16, 2026

Does Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations find the right middle-ground, or should this DLC be thrown straight into Purgatory?

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4.5 / 5.0 - Denshattack!
Jul 15, 2026

Denshattack! is a trick-based game from the Tony Hawk school of design, except literally on rails.

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4 / 5.0 - D-topia
Jul 15, 2026

D-topia takes players to a future world controlled by AI for the sake of granting happiness to the majority.

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Edward Kenway is back in a beautiful new coat of paint.

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3.5 / 5.0 - Echoes of Aincrad
Jul 8, 2026

With Echoes of Aincrad, Bandai Namco tries to once again dive into the world of Sword Art Online, now from a perspective of different players.

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