With this remaster, Firefly Studios have added a competent new sheen to their most popular game, Stronghold: Crusader. This is likely to be enough for those nostalgic for the 2002 original, but the game’s aged, frustrating mechanics may be uninviting for newcomers.
One of the most colorful GBA games never released, Shantae Advance: Risky Revolution is very much worth letting the half-genie out of the bottle again for.
Platforming is the star of the show, but the stories 1000 Deaths tells are fun and sometimes resonant.
Salamander 3 is reason enough to get Gradius Origins, and the rest of the games on the list are also well worth sticking around for.
Williams Pinball 9 brings new tables to Pinball FX, two of them standouts on opposite sides of the spectrum.
Pick your alma mater and get ready to grind it out in EA Sports College Football 26, the best football game this year.
The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy gets a lot of things right, perhaps too many to be helped.
Earthion has an enviable pedigree and sports tight, varied, and entertaining gameplay that make it an instant classic. And of course, its soundtrack rocks HARD.
The team behind Blasphemous has done it again! Ninja Gaiden: Ragebound offers plenty of ninja fun for players of all skill levels to enjoy.
Its easygoing nature suggests a straightforward tale, but has plenty to dig into if you’re willing to follow its many threads.
