Preview

Sand Land's vehicular combat might have potential, but its desert world is a worry

I can confirm the land is full of sand

Startopia meets Theme Hospital in this jaunty space hospital sim

Galacticare has that one guy from Twitter who does Matt Berry impressions

Immortals Of Aveum is more Doom than magic Call Of Duty, but it's far too serious for its own good

Lighten up

Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is already mere pickaxe strokes from striking autoshooter gold

It needs more time in the forge, but the makings of a rock-solid Vampire Survivors-like are here

Sonic Superstars will satisfy old-school fans and I'm definitely not one of them

Each to their own

Armored Core 6 is the least surprising FromSoft game I've ever seen

But that's not necessarily a bad thing!

Remember how good Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective was?

Reminisce with the HD Remaster demo, out now

Avatar: Frontiers Of Pandora could be a stunning first person adventure, I just don't trust it yet

I'm blue

Assassin's Creed: Mirage looks set to deliver on its murder manifesto

Comfortingly familiar

Prince Of Persia: The Lost Crown is so much better than it looks in the reveal trailer

Return of the king

Remnant 2 is a co-op shooter on track to deliver this year's most dependable sequel

This year's sleeper hit?

After 7 hours, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew might be Mimimi's most joyful stealth strategy game yet

It's a pirate's life for me

Jumplight Odyssey is just the right balance of spaceship pressure cooker

This roguelike colony sim will have you hot (but not too hot) under the collar

Cyberpunk 2077's Phantom Liberty expansion totally transforms the game's combat

Idris Elba is top tier, too

I wish Mortal Kombat 1 had a modern control scheme like Street Fighter 6

I ain't memorising all that

Alan Wake 2 is just as much a detective story, as it is survival horror

Mind yourself

Cocoon is easily one of the best games at Summer Game Fest 2023

Insect lad's world-hopping adventures are shaping up a treat

Mutazione devs next game looks like interactive Star Trek at its finest

Saltsea Chronicles combines fantasy soap opera with the best branching save system I've ever seen

Total War: Pharaoh may not have war hippos, but it has fire, shoving, and deep history

Creative Assembly Sofia "wanted to make a game about the collapse of the Bronze Age”

Forget Exoprimal's dinosaurs and evil AI, the real villains are its surprisingly capable bots

Hold onto your butts

The Lamplighters League's opening mission confirms it's a hot GOTY contender

The next strategy game from the Battletech devs is shaping up nicely

Move over Returnal, Luna Abyss is your next favourite bullet hell shooter

Keep several eyes out for this one

Park Beyond's array of simulation systems is more dizzying than its weird rides

We need to make the kids drink more cinnamon coffee

Bohemia's new RTS FPS hybrid struggles to marry its two genres, but you do get to be a rad crab

I'm not sure whether Silica gels

Glitch Buster's great co-op shooting silliness unsurprisingly falls apart in solo mode

Don't go alone