Clearly, The Beast is not the most ambitious installment, but it proves that sometimes less content can mean higher quality. [Recommended]

Sonic Team has found in CrossWorlds a fun and dynamic formula that refreshes a classic and well-known gameplay style. It makes every race exciting, as the tracks are constantly changing. [Recommended]

Metal Eden delivers a fast-paced, polished experience that blends elements from DOOM and Ghostrunner. While its narrative is secondary, the intense gameplay makes it an exhilarating ride. [Recommended]

Dragon Ball Gekishin Squadra not only proves itself to be a remarkable MOBA, but it has also managed to leverage the strengths of its license and adapt them perfectly to this type of game. With addictive gameplay, impressive technical features, and a surprising affection for Toriyama's work, this is a title that any fan of Goku and company should give a try. [Recommended]

A remarkable port for one of the funniest and more interesting open worlds of the last years. The Ubisoft game looks amazing on Nintendo Switch 2, with a great performance and interesting features, like the gyroscopic controls or the use of touch screen. [Recommended]

Silksong is one of the best games of this year. A marvellous adventure game with a great (and hard) combat system, an incredible sense of exploration, and tons of secrets and remarkables moments. [Recommended]

Dune Awakening is far from revolutionary, but it raises the quality bar for many other survival MMOs out there thanks to its polished animations, unique spins on combat which sucks but definitely not as much as it could, and of course it's universe and the way it's ever presented to the player. I also enjoyed its progression throughout, with several clearly defined steps teaching different lessons in your journey. Its only big red flag at launch is a really bad endgame content that should get addressed as patches come. [Recommended]

FBC Firebreak has a healthy perspective on multiplayer. It's casual for your average hardcore extraction or looter shooter, yet far from a party game or something in the likes. It wants to be fun. It sorta is. It's just not fun, unique or deep enough to steal hours off the bigger co-op games out there. I still enjoyed my time with it, though, and its many weird quirky aesthetics and mission objectives. No matter how it lands, it's still good in its own right.

Borderlands 4 delivers, which is no small feat considering the astronomical bar BL2 left behind over a decade ago. Gearbox is well aware of their own successes and wrongdoings and aims for something traditional, yet modernized —a goal that translates into a solid main campaign and several small-scale adjustments and QoL changes that brings the whole thing up a notch. Gorgeous vistas, great campaign, much better controls. Performance sucks big time, though. [Recommended]

NBA 2K26 is the most convincing entry in the series in recent years. The new animations make the matches smoother and more realistic. The core gameplay remains the same and monetization is heavy, but the franchise is moving forward.[Recommended]

Its fun, its not perfect, but you fight against Knights of the Zodiac!

I have enjoyed exploring Sword of the Sea and its landscapes, aware that this sensory philosophy is what it aims to offer. However, its mechanics have potential that never quite come into their own.

If you're looking for a soulslike game like in the old days, without online features or open worlds, demanding and beautiful... if you're only going to play one title of the genre this year, make it Wuchang. [Recommended]

A marvelous adventure graphic game in one of the best years for the genre. [Recommended]

Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 + 4 doesn’t take risks — and it doesn’t have to. It sticks to the winning formula of the previous remake and takes it further with new levels, skaters, fan-favorite nods, and cool additions like New Game+. It’s pure arcade fun. [Recommended]

Bravely Default is a special JRPG. Its first hours are amazings because it feels like the classics Final Fantasy, but after that, the game starts a boring loop that ruins the experience. It's still being a recommended RPG because the art style and, specially, its turn based combat are great, but you need to open your mind and accept its faults. [Recommended]

Is good to see again the best Level 5 with one of its most popular sagas. Fantasy Life i is a great video game with tons of funny content. [Recommended]

Rematch is very fun, especially with friends. Its major problems are outside the matches: the lack of crossplay, server issues, a certain feeling of F2P mobile games... being a premium game, etc.

Despite minor issues, the PC version shines with clarity, smoothness, and fidelity, showcasing how a console port should be done—without compromises. [Recommended]

A good spin-off that is more enjoyable today than when it was originally released. [Recommended]

MindsEye isn’t ruined by bugs, but its outdated ideas and poor gameplay hold it back. At least its cinematics provide an interesting visual glimpse. [No Recommended]

Mario Kart Worlds is a fantastic evolution of Mario Kart's DNA. The open world works perfectly with the traditional and chaotic races, and it has one of the best circuit designs and OST in Mario Kart's saga.

A marvelous (and surprising) mix between survival and strategy games. [Recommended]

Tainted Grail pays homage to Skyrim without merely imitating it, offering a deep and immersive dark fantasy RPG. An ambitious project that every fan of the genre should try. [Recommended]

One of the best graphic adventures games with a beautiful pixel art, clever puzzles and a great story. [Recommended]

F1 25 is better than its predecessor, sure, but Codemasters needs to step up their game. The My Team Career Mode shines, but Braking Point 3 features a very weak story, F1 World feels abandoned, and there’s a lack of meaningful new content. It’s fun and accessible, but also conservative.

The bravest Nintendo has shrugged off the easy sell of another Super Mario to embrace an adventure that smacks of plumberdom but has a completely different flavor. Donkey Kong and Pauline become a fun and endearing duo that demonstrates the potential of Switch 2 and shows us that taking other paths can also be successful. [Recommended]

Ultimately, Death Stranding 2 is a good video game, even recommendable, but for me, it's not as good as Death Stranding, and that's what pains me the most. And, while I celebrate Kojima's authorship and courage, and I liked the game as a whole, in terms of narrative, which for me is always where the author excels, I struggled to connect with it as I did with the first one. [Recommended]