Stevivor

If you’re a fan of rhythm-based games such as this, you’ll hopefully be familiar with Headbangers Rhythm Royale, a free-to-play multiplayer version of what Rhythm Paradise Groove has on offer. I tend to prefer it over what I experienced in this preview in terms of both variety, cost, challenge, online multiplayer, and calibration. [Hands-On Impressions]

The long and short of Star Fox on Switch 2 is whether or not you’ve played Star Fox 64 before. If you have, you know what you’re in for, decide on a purchase accordingly. If you’re new to the game, just be aware that it’s a small, yet mighty package. [Hands-On Impressions]

Resynced is a remake that is overflowing with love for the original. From the brief time we spent playing, it’s clear that Ubisoft has approached it with a focus on capturing all that made the original so iconic. Not content to just recreate, they’ve taken things further by knocking off some of the original’s rough edges while simultaneously building upon it further. [Hands-On Impressions]

Yoshi and the Mysterious Book is built to be explored in smaller chunks, something you can pick up and explore for as long as you’re curious.

Despite [a] handful of quibbles, I still find Forza Horizon 6 to be an utter joy. Drifting down lush mountainous woodlands to a stunningly radiant coastal fishing village while Rydeen plays is an absolutely singular experience.

Battlestar Galactica Scattered Hopes is a wonderfully engaging work in its own right on top of being one of the most holistically smart video game adaptations in history. I am tremendously impressed by it and cannot recommend it to fans of the series enough.

I played single-player exclusively, but that said, I struggle to see how groups will find this as enjoyable as other Dark Pictures titles. There are less big, dangerous choices to be made and far more opportunities to die because you’re not good at stealth, or stealth and management of scanning and puzzles at the same time. Fans of Supermassive will find enough here to justify a purchase, though I’m in that camp myself and finished things up hoping for a tighter experience.

Mixtape is a warm hug; a nostalgic look at what us oldies would now define as “simpler times”. Set in a sleepy American town, it can work as a parallel for most western childhoods (though Rockford’s Rage shirt certainly reminds this is an Aussie tale, born and bred). It’s grunge and punk, hopeful and foolish, ultra cool and super nerdy, confident and insecure in equal measure. Simply put, this is one you need to experience for yourself.

Once jumping into arcade mode, I realised I should really have focused on its ladders because they have more of an actual story — or at least, an ending — and showcase the brutality that Invincible is known for. There, and in its other modes, you’ll see heads explode thanks to some truly graphic overkills, or entire bodies atomised in others...It’s here, though, that you’ll begin to notice the repetition — it’s either one or the other, heads or entire bodies. That same feeling of sameishness reverberates through VS‘ roster, which features 18 characters but only three or four real archetypes. It’s admittedly difficult to build a bunch of diverse styles around so many Viltrumites.

The true joy of Tides of Tomorrow comes from its cast of recurring characters -- survivors, pirates, and those of faith who make the world around them feel fully fleshed out.