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Tchia stands on the shoulders of Zelda — then leaps off

Tchia’s joyful transformation mechanics distance the game from its open-world forebears

By Nicole Carpenter
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Evil Dead Rise is a movie for sickos by sickos

Lee Cronin blends Sam Raimi’s goofy mayhem with Fede Álvarez’s flair for the disturbing

By Rafael Motamayor
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Is Patch Quest a roguelike, Metroidvania, bullet hell, or Pokémon-like? Yes

By Johnny Yu
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Dead Cells’ Return to Castlevania DLC is joyous roguelike fan service

By Russ Frushtick
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty brings Sekiro’s combat to a mesmerizing new world

By Khee Hoon Chan
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Company of Heroes 3 propels real-time strategy past the real-time part

By Mike Mahardy
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Wild Hearts combines Monster Hunter and Death Stranding into one excellent RPG

By Diego Nicolás Argüello
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In Metroid Dread, Samus is an action hero — in Metroid Prime, she’s a scientist

By Grayson Morley
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Pizza Tower is paradise for Wario freaks

By Patrick Gill
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Hitman’s new mode transforms it into one of the best roguelikes ever

By Mike Mahardy
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Hi-Fi Rush arrived at the perfect time

By Diego Nicolás Argüello
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The Dead Space remake changes all the right things

By Michael McWhertor
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Season: A Letter to the Future is one of the best games I’ve played in years

By Natalie Flores
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Persona 4 Golden has a totally different spirit than Persona 5

By Diego Nicolás Argüello
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Persona 3 Portable is messy, weird, and lovable on modern platforms

By Chelsea Stark
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Fire Emblem Engage does what so many tactics games can’t

By Mike Mahardy
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2’s DMZ mode is (almost) too good to be free

By Charlie Hall
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The Steam Deck works so much better with this kickstand

By Nicole Carpenter

Blade Runner TTRPG nails Ridley Scott’s vision, adds pitch-perfect investigative mechanics

By Samantha Nelson

The Witcher 3 hits even harder in a post-Cyberpunk 2077 world

By Cameron Kunzelman

Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7 Reunion is a vital reimagining in the revered saga

By Natalie Flores

Need for Speed Unbound is the first great NFS game in years

By Owen S. Good

Dwarf Fortress’ Steam version immediately punched me in the gut

By Grayson Morley

The roguelite management sim that’s impossible to put down

By Nicole Clark

Warhammer 40K: Darktide is off to a hell of a start

By Ewan Wilson

Marvel’s Midnight Suns isn’t just XCOM with superheroes (and that’s a great thing)

By Charles Theel

Somerville is a worthy spiritual sequel to Limbo and Inside

By Chris Plante

Obsidian’s murder mystery Pentiment is full of tough, Fallout-style choices

By Jay Castello

The best time loop game of 2022 is a teen sci-fi gem

By Nicole Clark

The must-play puzzle game of 2022 is a pixelated murder mystery

By Nicole Carpenter

Signalis is a near pitch-perfect ode to Resident Evil and Silent Hill

By Toussaint Egan

Trophy Dark is the role-playing game that offers doom instead of glory

By Charles Theel

Flamecraft, a board game about artisan dragons, is one of 2022’s best

By Charlie Hall

A Plague Tale: Requiem is the sequel 2019’s cult hit deserves

By Kazuma Hashimoto

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