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Possessor(s)
After three rounds of layoffs this year and Hyper Light Breaker’s curtailed development in early access, a lot seems to rest for Heart Machine on this plucky Metroidvania side project. The studio has an obvious knack for conjuring up fascinating fantasy worlds, but since its compact debut, Hyper Light Drifter, it’s been less obvious whether it can manage projects of a larger scale. And perhaps, on that count, even the modest Possessor(s) isn’t quite modest enough — it feels as much a victim of the company’s production woes as a showcase for its creative talent.
4 min |
January 2026
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Street Fighter 6
Superstition might suggest that even numbers are more auspicious for the series, but it's fairer to say that Capcom learned from the mistakes of Street Fighter V and launched a fighting game that doesn't just feel like a full package, but one that has foundations to build on in future updates.
2 min |
January 2026
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GLOOMY JUNCTURE
Finding hope in seedy alleys and dive bars
2 min |
January 2026
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The Outer Worlds 2
There's always a risk in imitating something regarded as a classic: if it offers a template for success, it could just as easily invite unfavourable comparison. Obsidian Entertainment's Fallout: New Vegas has gained that reputation in the 15 years since its release, and while the original The Outer Worlds, led by Fallout creators Tim Cain and Leonard Boyarsky, referenced that series without aping it, the sequel zeroes in on New Vegas as its direct source of inspiration. This explains both why The Outer Worlds 2 is a success and why it can't quite stand tall as a creation with its own identity.
6 min |
January 2026
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Lumines Arise
The pacing melds with the music, each unique track on each level passing through phases of calm and ferocity.
4 min |
January 2026
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STRONG MUDDY VIOLENCE
What happens when you mix the tech of SnowRunner and Space Marine 2 in a co-op shooter with '80s flavour to spare? Toxic Commando has the answer
10+ min |
January 2026
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Once Upon A Katamari
Fittingly, each stage in Once Upon A Katamari takes place in the past.
2 min |
January 2026
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FAILBETTER GAMES
The industry's finest sustainable storyteller shifts towards 'fireside menace'
7 min |
January 2026
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DRAGON QUEST VII: REIMAGINED
Can a serious makeover preserve the original's identity?
2 min |
January 2026
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Wreckreation
It's easy to believe that Three Fields just wants you to enjoy driving at speed in its preposterously big open world
4 min |
January 2026
Edge UK
Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2
When it staggered half-formed from its grave in 2004, Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines was defined by two qualities: its mesmerising ambition and its maddening lack of refinement. Despite being released in an unfinished state, it has gained a following over the years and influenced subsequent immersive firstperson RPGs. The sequel, developed by The Chinese Room following Hardsuit Labs’ abortive first attempt, is a similarly compromised affair, but exhibits only a fraction of its predecessor’s ambition. While it occasionally evokes the original’s atmosphere, it’s undermined by flat action, a shallow open world and unimaginative quests. It also isn’t an RPG, a fact its second developer has been open about, but something that critically hinders the experience nonetheless.
3 min |
January 2026
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Forestrike
Repetition and perfection: the Roguelike is all about doing the same thing repeatedly and getting better at it each time.
2 min |
January 2026
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Luna lander
Amazon's cloud service is relaunching. Is this finally Luna's moment in the sun?
3 min |
January 2026
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FOREVER WAR
From inventing the extraction shooter to finally reaching 1.0, the creator of Escape From Tarkov has refused to compromise on its original game-changing vision
10+ min |
January 2026
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Hyrule Warriors: Age Of Imprisonment
Talking about Dynasty Warriors: Origins in E414, Omega Force producer Tomohiko Sho described the series' essence as “that exhilarating feeling of one versus one thousand”. The exhilaration remains in Age Of Imprisonment, but the feeling is a little different. Perhaps that's partly because its maker has relinquished the reins; this is the debut of Koei Tecmo's new AAA Games Studio, a deliberately generic name untethered from brand associations and therefore fan expectations. Either way, no previous musou game – mainline or spinoff – has ever made it more apparent that you're not facing those thousand opponents alone.
3 min |
January 2026
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Dreams
The would-be PS4 sleeper hit that never fully awoke to its potential
6 min |
January 2026
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TIDES OF TOMORROW
Confronting the consequences of other people's actions
5 min |
January 2026
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Where Winds Meet
The story begins in a bamboo forest. It’s a setting that’s been featured in some of the most breathtaking action scenes in wuxia films, from A Touch Of Zen to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, elevating their martial-arts flair with the stillness of nature. And Everstone Studios doesn’t recreate this scenery as a superficial visual trope, as other major releases from China have done in recent years. While the culturally Chinese Black Myth: Wukong and Wuchang: Fallen Feathers ultimately lean more towards dark fantasy and western sensibilities, this is an open-world action RPG that embraces all facets of wuxia, from the elegance of traditional Chinese strings and flutes to its romantic philosophy of virtuous heroes.
3 min |
January 2026
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POLY FIGHTER
Fight like a Rogue
3 min |
January 2026
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ROGUE POINT
A stripped-back co-op FPS from the team behind Black Mesa
3 min |
January 2026
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ARC Raiders
More than once we extract on our knees, the dregs of life draining out as we hit the button
6 min |
January 2026
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Dead Static Drive
It revolves around a surely unintentional metagame: how to avoid the many ways of breaking Dead Static Drive
4 min |
January 2026
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THE MAKING OF... COUNTER-STRIKE
From university-dorm hobby project to Valve's billion-dollar money factory
10 min |
January 2026
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Trigger Happy
Shoot first, ask questions later
3 min |
January 2026
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The pricing game
What's the real cost of videogames in 2025, for both the people who play them and those behind the scenes?
7 min |
January 2026
Edge UK
DISPATCHES JANUARY
Dialogue - Send your views, using 'Dialogue' as the subject line, to edge@futurenet.com Our letter of the month wins an exclusive Edge T-shirt
6 min |
January 2026
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VALOR MORTIS: Napoleon blown apart
We wake up in a forest grove surrounded by the corpses of French soldiers. We do not know when or who we are, nor what our purpose is, but we hear Napoleon's voice in our head, urging us forwards. If the characters in War And Peace had nightmares, they may well have looked like this.
3 min |
January 2026
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The Outer Limits
Journeys to the farthest reaches of interactive entertainment
3 min |
January 2026
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PAGE VIEW
Japanese developer Desk Works has us following a paper trail in its vividly realised Metroidvania
1 min |
January 2026
Edge UK
QNTM entanglement
Videogames and literature collide in the search for new forms
3 min |