New match types, improved physics, and an engaging Showcase add spectacle to WWE 2K26, but uneven momentum holds parts of the experience back.
First person shooters continue to be the favourite genre for millions of gamers worldwide, and as it’s so well-trodden the genre is full to bursting with bright ideas and gameplay variety.
If its wealth of ambitious mechanics comes together as promised, the only thing holding me back from endless emergent possibilities will be my imagination.
This year’s long-serving baseball sim swings for the fences with realism, overhauled mechanics, and real-world authenticity.
Visual Concepts flex their current generation muscles to bring a wrestling experience big on realism and authentic presentation.
While Death Stranding 2’s long-rumoured PC version walks a similar path to Death Stranding, amidst PlayStation’s packed State of Play you might’ve missed distinct details.
Lukewarm reception pushed GreedFall’s follow-up back to basics. Now, retooled, reconfigured, and ready to launch in full, is there life in The Dying World?
Warcraft’s most ambitious expansion is bolstered by innovation, from new biomes to fully-fledged housing and radical accessibility overhauls.
Buddy up for the latest zombie apocalypse in John Carpenter’s Toxic Commando, the upcoming co-op shooter dead set on exhuming a tired genre.
Can Bungie reverse the extraction shooter’s tanking reputation, proving that game dev really is a Marathon and not a sprint
Others try, but no-one gets close to Mr X’s gravitas. We look at how modern tech makes his threat persistent and real, not just iconic.
From scripted terrors to relentless hunters, we rank every one of Resident Evil’s stalkers by how effectively they pursue you.
From shifting camera perspectives to blood-soaked survival gambits, Resident Evil Requiem’s contrasts look made for discovery.
It’s got the spectacle, and it’s got magnetic pull, but Resident Evil Requiem is also doing something rarer: showing restraint.
It might appear a festival of speed, but Milestone’s latest motorcycling sim buries its authenticity beneath the superficial atmosphere.
From secret bloodlines to shadow organisations, fan speculation is running riot – still, these Requiem theories are bold enough for canon.
Samurai or Ninja? Actually, with Nioh 3’s choices running deeper than playstyles, Team Ninja is reinventing the sequel itself.
Through new emphasis on player choice, Nioh 3 iterates on its predecessor’s gameplay in strikingly meaningful ways.
With past-gen remembered for original entries, is the current generation all about the sequels? 2026 thinks so.
Rather than wholesale evolution, Code Vein II sharpens its predecessor's already lethal blades.
