Sacred 2 - Remaster Released: November 11th, 2025 Developer:   SparklingBit, Funatics Software GmbH, Nukklear Publisher:   THQ Nordic Systems:   PC, PS5 (reviewed), Xbox Series X/S Sacred 2: Remaster invites us into an abject nightmare. The world is in tatters, its inhabitants gripped by madness and the furniture to which they might be forever bound. Blacksmiths watch in helpless silence as their identical clones erratically run around them in presumed existential terror. Hor

ARC Raiders Released: October 30th, 2025 Developer:   Embark Studios, Nexon Publisher:   Embark Studios Systems:   PC, PS5 (reviewed), Xbox Series X/S Is it hypocritical to make a game about machines ruining human civilization when you’re a shill for so-called  generative AI? Probably not, but such relativity is at least ironic. It’s also the most interesting thing about ARC Raiders. Extraction shooters are very much in season at the moment, and the not-yet-replaced humans at

Double Dragon Revive Released: October 22nd, 2025 Developer:   Yuke's Publisher:   Arc System Works Systems:   PC, PS5, Switch/Switch 2 (reviewed), Xbox Series X/S Double Dragon Revive doesn’t play as bad as it looks, but that’s not saying much because it looks so utterly  fucking shit. Also, it doesn't play that much better. While the beat ‘em up genre has enjoyed some great modern entries including Absolum, Shredder’s Revenge and Streets of Rage 4, it’s sad to see a staple

Painkiller Released: October 21st, 2025 Developer:   Anshar Studios Publisher:   3D Realms Systems:   PC, PS5 (reviewed), Xbox Series X/S If you want a big thick shooter that’s hard enough to satisfy and simple enough for anyone to get their hands on, few are as much of a pleasure to play with as Painkiller. A classic of the “strafe around a million monsters” FPS subgenre, it’s great for the kind of edgy fun that doesn’t edge you. Not even a refractory reload is put between y