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74.4 average score
80 median score
57.6% of games recommended

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Jul 23, 2026

Campaign Evolved feels like a half-step, but one in the right direction. The number of quality-of-life improvements can’t be understated as most of them only help elevate the experience.

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Jul 22, 2026

The fast-paced 2D action is enjoyably dynamic, and the developers managed to make each character feel unique while also having enough universal gameplay elements so that the learning curve isn’t too hard for any of them. The only things that keep it from greatness are some kinks here and there that can hopefully be fixed in the future.

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3 / 5.0 - Disgaea Mayhem
Jul 20, 2026

Disgaea Mayhem has plenty of systems to play with and a strong path from low-level scrub to dominating battlefield god, but it's like having a knife that could cleanly slice through the crust of a neutron star but only needing it to butter toast.

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Jul 16, 2026

Doom: The Dark Ages | Revelations does what any good DLC should do: give you more of what the base game did right, while also adding in new layers.

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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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Jul 8, 2026

EA SPORTS brings NIL and the modern football life to the gaming world. The best gameplay in a football game to date, but elephants are in the room.

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With its new expansion, Granblue Fantasy: Relink - Endless Ragnarok tries to keep players going for more demanding quests in the endgame.

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Jul 6, 2026

Rhythm Heaven Groove brings Nintendo's franchise of wacky rhythm minigame collections to the Nintendo Switch.

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3 / 5.0 - Moonlight Peaks
Jul 6, 2026

Moonlight Peaks is a life simulation game with a supernatural twist, making you a vampire witch who can date other creatures.

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4 / 5.0 - Star Fox
Jun 30, 2026

In the Nintendo Switch 2 edition of Star Fox, Nintendo and developer Velan Studios have reimagined the classic Star Fox 64 for a new hardware.

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Jun 24, 2026

Seven years of content only partially wrapped up in one snug package.

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Team Asano's new HD-2D game, The Adventures of Elliot: The Millenium Tales, changes genres exploring an action-adventure format instead.

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4 / 5.0 - EA Sports UFC 6
Jun 15, 2026

Everything here from the new technological changes powered by Sapien Technology to the Hall of Legends will please every hardcore UFC fan.

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4 / 5.0 - NBA The Run
Jun 12, 2026

NBA THE RUN aims to bring the nostalgia of NBA Street to modern gamers with a battle royale twist. But does it deliver or fall flat?

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4 / 5.0 - Crushed in Time
Jun 11, 2026

Crushed in Time is a new adventure from developer Draw Me A Pixel exploring the metanarrative layer in game production.

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Does TT Games pull off its largest LEGO game yet or is LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight a legacy best relegated to the shadows?

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4 / 5.0 - 007 First Light
Jun 2, 2026

007 First Light is a fantastic action game that’s not without its share of faults. It has epic, high-octane action sequences, the gunplay is some of the best in the genre, and the hand-to-hand combat and stealth mechanics are fluid.

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