UFC 6 isn’t the revolution fans imagined after three years of waiting. It isn’t that UFC moment when someone steps into the Octagon and changes the sport forever. It’s a sequel that takes nearly every element of its predecessor and makes it better. One question remains: what if there had been one more round of development? “The Legacy” feels like the first season of a series that needed a few more episodes. “Hall of Legends” ends sooner than it should. “The Flow” has potential, but he still seems like a fighter who hasn’t found his weight class yet. The verdict is simpler than it seems: UFC 6 is the best MMA game EA Vancouver has ever released. Sometimes the difference between a contender and a champion comes down to the details. UFC 6 spends much of its time proving it’s just a punch away from the belt. In the Octagon, a punch away can be everything.

The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales draws inspiration from the classic Zelda games and reimagines their formula in a compelling way. Dungeons, exploration, and combat are the game’s strongest points. It’s a shame, though, that the game reuses settings and enemies, which prevents it from fully realizing its potential.

Stonemachia stands out for its personality, atmosphere, and original ideas. Not technically flawless, yet it delivers a solid, engaging soulslike that leaves a lasting impression.

After Shovel Knight, Yacht Club Games strikes again: Mina the Hollower is a dense, inspired and surprising action-adventure.

The James Bond saga could hardly have ended up in better hands. IO Interactive has crafted an adventure that perfectly captures the spirit of the 007 movies with an engaging story, stunning settings, and gameplay that’s polished in every detail.

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is crushed under the weight of its spiritual predecessor. In a desperate attempt to replicate the brilliance of Disco Elysium, the game confuses profound writing with exhausting, baroque verbosity, burying a potentially good espionage thriller under an avalanche of unearned infodumps and out-of-place philosophical digressions. Mechanically, unbalanced systems like 'Exert' and illogical stat checks actively encourage save-scumming, ruining the role-playing experience. It is ultimately saved from total failure by its gorgeous, oil-painted art direction and a few brilliant mechanical flashes like the Dramatic Encounters. A passable but soulless imitation that completely fails to carve out its own identity.

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is a charming game that reimagines the series’ formula by applying it to a fresh structure and innovative ideas, delivering a nonstop stream of creativity from start to finish. It’s a triumph of game design, offering an experience the whole family can enjoy.

LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is not only the best LEGO game TT Games has ever made, the most complete and focused in every aspect, but it's also a great Batman game, able to stand up to Rocksteady's Arkham games and hold its own, despite the obvious differences related to their target audiences. LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight is and aims to be a universal game, suitable for everyone as is tradition for LEGO games, but it would be a grave mistake to dismiss it for that reason and not enjoy a celebration of so many years of adventures of a timeless hero, in a Gotham City that has never been so beautiful to explore in a game. Close your eyes and leave your fear behind, it's time to be Batman again, this time in cape and bricks!

Forza Horizon 6 does not reinvent Playground Games’ formula, but it may be one of its happiest and most refined expressions. Its Japan is a stunning, emotionally charged driving fantasy, balancing spectacle, exploration and quiet moments of beauty with a clearer progression and a slightly deeper driving model. Tokyo can feel a bit too clean and artificial at times, but the game remains huge, generous, accessible and constantly joyful.

The Rogue Prince of Persia doesn’t reinvent the roguelite genre, but bends it with style, pace and smart design into a formula that gives fresh identity to a historic franchise.

Neverness to Everness is an ambitious open-world gacha game overflowing with content, whose greatest strength lies in the city of Hethereau and the wide variety of activities it offers, ranging from exploration and management to combat. The gacha system is surprisingly generous compared to the standards of the genre and helps make the experience accessible even to free-to-play users, while the sandbox structure can keep players engaged for dozens of hours. On the other hand, some fairly evident limitations emerge: the combat system is functional but lacks depth and fails to compete with the best titles in the genre; the narrative struggles to find an engaging pace in this 1.0 version; and the cast of characters does not leave a particularly strong impression, either in terms of writing or character design.

Call of the Elder Gods is a mature and highly rewarding evolution of the foundation laid by Call of the Sea. Out of the Blue Games delivers a vibrant, puzzle-driven adventure that explores Lovecraftian lore through a surprisingly intimate and poetic lens. While the dual-protagonist mechanics feel somewhat underutilized and a few puzzles stumble in execution, the excellent narrative, the satisfying lateral-thinking challenges, and a beautiful handling of themes like grief and the afterlife make it a must-play. A thoroughly captivating journey that smartly closes old chapters while hinting at a promising future.

Directive 8020 attempts to channel the claustrophobic paranoia of The Thing into deep space, but ultimately crashes under the weight of poor writing. Supermassive Games delivers a weak narrative lacking proper foundational context, populated by an unlikable and inconsistently written cast that makes it nearly impossible to care about their survival. The game's trademark branching choices are frustratingly executed, often resulting in illogical, delayed consequences without adequate narrative support. Coupled with an overreliance on tedious stealth sequences and surprisingly tame body horror, this sci-fi nightmare is a thoroughly missed opportunity.

Unbalanced and a bit rough, yet hypnotic and long‑lasting: Vampire Crawlers is an imperfect sequel that successfully carries over the gameplay and atmosphere of Vampire Survivors into a card game.

MotoGP 26 is like that rider who nails three perfect turns and then runs wide on the fourth, looks at you, and says, “Don’t worry, we’ll fix it in the next patch."

Invincible VS is a faithful and enjoyable tag‑fighter with a simple but surprisingly deep combat system. Despite rough animations and some repetitive moves, it’s a solid debut that both newcomers and fans can enjoy.

Pokémon Champions is a Pokémon battle simulator; it does just that, and that's fine. It was developed with that specific purpose, and it wouldn't be fair to dismiss it as a flaw. As it stands, the game is a bit lacking in content, completely missing the possibility to battle against the CPU, and more could have been done to teach newcomers the basics of high-level competitive play. On the plus side, the experience is completely free to play, with a non-predatory, and indeed very fair, monetization system. Pokémon Champions is therefore a good foundation to build on, a live service built to last. If the game wants to be the home of competitive Pokémon in the long term, however, it must prove it with continuous improvements over time.

A worthwhile sci-fi story that is marred by questionable gameplay. One would expect more from Don't Nod.

Saros takes everything that made Returnal hard to love and smartly refines it. The result is one of the best shooters in recent years, on PS5 and beyond.

Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss is a Lovecraftian game to the core, but it is also an investigative adventure with an overly slow pace and less frightening than expected.

Inglese: Wild, chaotic, and entertaining, Tomodachi Life: A Dream Life isn’t a game for everyone, and it probably never will be. But those willing to embrace its rhythm and appreciate its quirks will be rewarded with a surprisingly engaging experience.

Mouse: P.I. For Hire is a highly successful experiment that masterfully blends 1930s rubber hose animation with the gritty, disillusioned tropes of hard-boiled noir. While hindered by a rigid level structure that lacks backtracking and some minor repetitiveness in its old-school FPS encounters, the game is tremendously fun. Its chaotic and visceral gunplay is elevated by brilliant writing, caustic humor, and stellar voice acting led by Troy Baker. A lethal and captivating investigation that stands as one of the most stylistically inspired shooters in recent memory.

A sci-fi indie game with enjoyable gameplay and truly excellent direction: it’s a shame about the side quests, which aren’t quite up to par, and the lack of originality in the narrative.

Pragmata is an old-school, linear yet intriguing sci-fi adventure that shines through its dual combat system and, above all, the relationship between Hugh and Diana, which forms the emotional core of the experience. Its combat stands out as one of the game's strongest elements, thanks to the seamless integration of shooting and real-time hacking, keeping tension high and encounters both dynamic and strategic throughout. The artistic direction and presentation are equally convincing, particularly in the first half, but it is the gradual development of Hugh and Diana's bond that truly drives the narrative and gives it emotional weight, even as the story begins to lose coherence later on. Despite some limitations that become more noticeable over time, especially in level design, narrative progression, and a slightly underwhelming overall length, the game remains a solid and enjoyable experience: easy to recommend to fans of linear, character-driven adventures.

Life is Strange: Reunion constantly straddles two identities: the desire to recapture the intimate atmospheres and human relationships that made the original Life is Strange special, and the burden of a broader, more convoluted narrative direction inherited from the more recent Life is Strange: Double Exposure. The result is uneven - often stumbling over inconsistencies and simplifications - but it finds its strength in quieter moments, particularly through the renewed focus on Max and Chloe's relationship. Its contained structure, recycled environments, and gameplay that evolves little from past entries prevent the game from taking a true step forward. Yet, when it centers on character and emotion, Reunion leaves an impression, showing that the heart of the series is still beating. It may not be the sequel the franchise needed, but it slightly improves on Double Exposure, and could be a satisfying chapter for those attached to these characters and their world.

Stunning but "dated": World Series-caliber gameplay in a graphics engine that feels outdated. That’s the paradox: it drives you wild… and then, in the blink of an eye, it reminds you why you just can’t put it down.

I already had good expectations for this narrative RPG but somehow it has managed to exceed them by far. Yes, it draws heavily from Disco Elysium (and from other sources such as the legendary Planescape: Torment), but it's not just a shallow copy of the original, instead it's a game with a strong identity of its own, one that can stand proudly alongside some of the best RPGs of the last decade.

Marathon gets better the more you play, but in today’s gaming landscape, it’s fair to ask how many players are willing to invest many hours before the real fun begins. The foundations are solid: the artistic vision is striking, and the gunplay is satisfying. Yet, many of Bungie’s new shooter’s mechanics seem almost designed to push players away rather than draw them in. A confusing interface, overly convoluted weapon and item design, a low TTK paired with punishing PvE, and progression systems that only balance out after unlocking most skill trees create significant early hurdles. And even when everything finally starts falling into place, some design choices remain puzzling, including the mandatory quarterly wipe, which currently raises more questions than answers. When it all comes together, Marathon is undeniably fun, but at this stage, the game still needs quite a few key tweaks to fully realize its potential.