Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio is, by this point, the undisputed master of recycling. By reusing characters and environments and minigames across the Like a Dragon series (and then remaking the games to do it all over again), it’s able to pack each new game with a luxurious volume of stuff while simultaneously piling cutscenes to…
Set to launch on February 12, 2026, Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties for PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 bundles two titles into one: Yakuza Kiwami 3, a remake of the original Yakuza 3 released in 2009, and the all-new Dark Ties, which stars Yoshitaka Mine, Kiryu’s adversary. I recently had the opportunity to go…
Form an orderly Kiryu. My gaming life can now be cleanly split into two sections: the period before I had heard the phrase “Daddy Rank”, and the period after it. It’s one of the key features of Yakuza Kiwami 3 & Dark Ties that Sega was kind enough to show me at a fancy gyoza-joint-turned-preview…
Capcom published a lengthy Resident Evil Requiem showcase today, showing off some typically savage new footage and gameplay features. Series mainstay Leon S. Kennedy will co-star with newcomer Grace, and their sequences will be roughly even in length, with game director Koshi Nakanishi describing Requiem as essentially two games in one. Grace’s parts will resemble…
“Tuned to perfection”. Racing enthusiasts were informed in December that GRID Legends: Deluxe Edition would be speeding onto the Switch 2 in “early 2026” and the official release date has now been locked in. According to publisher Feral Interactive, the race will begin on 29th January 2026 and it’s available to pre-order right now from…
The king of…? Donkey Kong’s new outing for the Switch 2 has already won some awards, and it’s now in the running for even more. The ’26th Annual Game Developers Choice Awards’ is taking place on 12th March 2026 (during the GDC Festival of Gaming) and this week it’s been revealed Donkey Kong Bananza is…
It looks like a fairly orthodox 8-bit platformer on the surface, but Astalon: Tears of the Earth is among my favourite modern metroidvanias. Its class-based combat and exploration is thoroughly engrossing, the depth of its secrets astonishing, and most importantly, it’s a sumptuous feast for pixel art enthusiasts. If you like metroidvanias I’m begging you…
Embark has yet to reveal the roadmap for Arc Raiders’ next year of updates, but it has done the next best thing: vaguely allude to what’s to come in an interview. That’d be a recent interview with GamesRadar+, in which design lead Virgil Watkins dished about a variety of topics, including maps. “There are going…
One of the reasons Dawn of War is still the best RTS is its sync-kill system. You’ll be panning across the battlefield watching a disco storm of lasers go off, and in the middle of that inferno see two individual soldiers in a co-ordinated fight to the death right out of a movie. They’ll finish…
“I’ll buy it at a high price!”. If you’re really, really excited for Resident Evil Requiem next month, then you might want to keep an eye out for two limited edition watches from manufacturer Hamilton. Launching alongside the game on 27th February 2026, the two models are featured in the game itself and are (conveniently)…