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This overlooked Cyberpunk 2077 sequel switched genres and hits harder for it

If Cyberpunk 2077: Turf Wars is at your local arcade, play it

Mina swings a weapon in Mina the Hollower.
Mina the Hollower understands the art of a great video game secret

Yacht Club's ode to Zelda ties together 40 years of video game history

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James Bond in 007 First Light smirtking at the camera.
007 First Light completely retcons Bond as we know him, to great success

Nathan Drake meets Agent 47

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Disco Elysium studio's new spy RPG is an ode to career screw-ups

ZA/UM's engrossing Zero Parades blurs the line between betrayal and survival

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Yoshis sit around Mr. E in Yoshi and the Mysterious Book.
Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is way more like Super Mario Bros. than I expected

Yoshi's latest adventure invites you inside Nintendo's design laboratory

A spy stares into the distance in Zero Parades key art
The Disco Elysium studio's new spy game could be another instant classic

Zero Parades: For Dead Spies is a worthy spiritual successor (so far)

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I found Zen in a ‘90s Japanese convenience store

And I've helped others find it too

A 4x4 parked on a hillside with a panoramic view of Tokyo
Forza Horizon 6 perfects a formula — and raises questions about the future

Horizon's run as the definitive racing game can't last forever, but it's not over yet

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Mood Swings is simple, fast, and surprisingly strategic

We played lead Magic designer Mark Rosewater's new TCG, and it did not disappoint

Directive 8020 character stares while scared
An alien twist on Until Dawn can't transcend B-movie thrills

Directive 8020 brings the Dark Pictures Anthology back

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A mid-sized city in Amberspire
I want to quit Amberspire, and that's why it's one of the best city-builders in years

Decline and fall

A character holds a record in Wax Heads.
If you love Mixtape, you need to try this week's other great music game

Wax Heads turns record store management into a chill puzzle game

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Donatello of the Ninja Turtles wears a VR headset
The new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game is the best TMNT game in years

As Michelangelo once said, “God, I love being a Turtle!”

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Fireworks explode over a convertible in Mixtape.
This Mixtape review is a real mixtape

The teenage comedy has its fair share of killer and filler

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Giant purple eyes float over a crude pixelated solitaire board
Steam's best solitaire games just pivoted from Jane Austen to cursed CD-ROM horror

And it still works

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Spring is the perfect time to stay inside and play Wingspan Americas

One of the best board games gets even better with the charm of hummingbirds

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A player character in Far Far West shooting glowing skulls to destroy an enemy fortress
Finally, a multiplayer game I want to play for more than two days

10-minute missions? Far Far West knows what's up

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Mark shielding himself with bloody arms in an image from Invincible VS
Invincible VS' ultraviolent fighting saves a bloodless story mode

Don't think — just punch

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ESA astronaut Ariane in a screenshot from the space adventure game Aphelion
Life Is Strange devs' new sci-fi game will warm your heart — then break it

Like Orpheus venturing to Hades, Ariane is on a journey to save her lost lover

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A Steam Controller sits on a white mousepad.
The Steam Controller is so close to being the perfect PC gamepad

Valve's second draft is a perfect match for Steam, but don't expect to use it elsewhere

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