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Blood: Refreshed Supply is the technically best and most complete version of Monolith's legendary FPS, just what we need to celebrate Blood as the great classics deserve. If you don't already own the Fresh Supply edition, of course.

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Cross Blitz is an RPG deckbuilder with two souls: the narrative mode Fables, structured on a hexagonal map with events and turn-based card battles, and Tusk Tales, a Slay the Spire-style roguelite with branching paths, relics, and permanent upgrades. Combat takes place on eight slots per side, where positioning determines attack and defense trajectories. Mana grows each turn, enabling increasingly powerful play curves. Over five hundred cards, synergistic abilities, distinct archetypes, and variable enemy decks make deck building strategic and highly experimental.

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Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow brings the historic franchise into virtual reality with surprising ease, building an experience grounded in physical stealth, verticality, and tactile interactions. It's not perfect, but it's still unmissable.

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Kingdom of Night is an isometric hack-and-slash RPG that relies on its '80s setting and effective, if very dark, pixel art. The gameplay is solid, quest-rich, and technically polished, though not very original and weighed down by frequent respawns and consistently gloomy environments. Progression is satisfying and there's good variety, but the pacing may dip if you're not into the genre. A well-made, straightforward indie title.

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Romancing SaGa: Minstrel Song Remastered International is a fascinating relic, as brilliant as it is hostile. This new edition adds Italian localisation and useful QoL tweaks, but visually and structurally it's still a 2005 game with sharp edges intact. Its tabletop-like freedom is thrilling, with quests that appear and vanish and stories shaped entirely by player curiosity, yet its opaque systems, slow pacing and lack of hand-holding will alienate many. For the patient, it's a rare, unpredictable JRPG. Stubborn, messy, and unforgettable.

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Possessor(s) aims to combine action platforming and Metroidvania in a devastated urban world, offering great mobility and a combat system without contact damage, making battles more fair and dynamic. The original visual atmosphere, good writing by the Luca–Rhem duo, and creative level design are somewhat overshadowed by some graphical oversights and a control system that is not always precise. The lack of a grace period when taking damage can be very punishing when there are multiple enemies on screen. A solid game, but with imperfections that limit its impact in one of the most competitive markets.

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Octopath Traveler 0 is a massive, ambitious prequel that turns a former mobile-only project into a full JRPG epic. Its darker story, customizable lone protagonist, and deep 8-character battle system deliver tons of content and real strategic depth. The village-building and huge cast add charm, even if exploration and pacing can drag. Visually it's closer to the first game, with some performance hiccups, but the music and QoL features shine. A demanding, lengthy, but genuinely rewarding return to Orsterra.

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Disturbing and outside of any canon: horses is a journey into the loss of innocence

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An entertaining retro shooter featuring appealing aesthetics and refined, varied gameplay that is just the right amount of challenging. Those who grew up playing old classics such as Wild Guns, Contra, and Cabal will feel right at home, but they will have to work hard to reach the end credits.

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The modern superhero genre, featuring heroes in the real world with corporate dynamics, is very complicated to manage, even for those who work with superheroes every day. Getting the nuances so right, offering an original point of view, and doing it so well through a narrative adventure, another genre that is not easy to manage, is a success that we really did not see coming. Dispatch is surprising, if only for the way it manages and ties together such diverse dynamics within an experience that keeps you glued to the screen.

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Escape from Tarkov is a solid extraction shooter born in 2017. Despite its technical limitations and uneven balance, version 1.0 confirms it as a unique, intense, and persistently engaging hardcore tactical FPS. It's not for everyone, but that's precisely what makes it special.

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A.I.L.A works best when it lets the silences and disturbing scenarios speak for themselves, less so when stiff animations or technical roughness come into play. In short, an imperfect but evocative horror game with some interesting insights.

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Europa Universalis V is the most mature version of the series: not only does it add features, but it integrates them into a coherent fabric that makes the historical simulation more believable. It's not perfect, but it's a blast!

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Bubble Bobble Sugar Dungeons attempts to enrich the classic Bubble Bobble gameplay by introducing roguelite and metroidvania elements, and on paper the idea is actually quite promising; unfortunately, the bland level design and an overall execution that borders on amateurish make it impossible to tell whether the format could truly have worked or if it should have been abandoned from the start. There's very little worth saving in this production, Bubble Symphony aside. Hardcore little dragon fans will find something to chew on for a good number of hours, but fun is by no means guaranteed.

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A kart game that challenges Mario Kart or Smash Bros. on floating vehicles? Kirby Air Riders has speed in its DNA and rewards the most skilled and patient players with tons of unlockable items. At the same time, however, the many facets of its playful soul risk being too much and confusing the "core" experience. Between dozens of mini-games, lightning-fast races, and boss battles with weapons, the game loses some of its focus but still remains a fun experience... especially in multiplayer.

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Black Ops 7 attempts to redefine the series' historical formula with a more cohesive ecosystem, based on advanced mobility, shared progression and intertwined modes: not everything is uniform, the flaws are different, but the global result is ambitious, rich, alive.

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News Tower offers a refined management experience, capable of speaking both to nostalgics of the genre and to those looking for a more narrative and modern tycoon.

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