Phil Spencer Retires, and Asha Sharma Takes Microsoft Gaming
Phil Spencer is retiring from Microsoft after 38 years. Asha Sharma is the new CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Satya Nadella put both facts on the official Microsoft blog on February 20, 2026, the same day Spencer told staff in a memo titled “A new chapter for Microsoft Gaming.” I went back to that blog. The handoff is the story. The nostalgia is optional. Spencer started as an intern in June...[Read More]
Mortanis Prisoners
Mortanis Prisoners Trailer Mortanis Prisoners - A survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentration camp where the camp's leadership, upon discovering a planned rebellion, orders the execution of all accomplices. Main protagonist encounter an even more terrifying fate. Will they be able to escape the nightmare? Mortanis Prisoners - a survival horror game set in a Third Reich concentr...[Read More]
Mortanis Prisoners Review
There is a particular kind of afterlife, rare in a genre that usually hands you a flashlight and a polite ghost, in waking up on a morgue slab and discovering that dying was the easy part of the sentence. The tiles are still tiles. The cold is still cold. The first thing that talks to you is not a metaphor. Mortanis Prisoners, the first-person survival horror from Alexey Bulgakov and Vladimir Zlob...[Read More]
Demon Tides
Demon Tides Trailer Follow Beebz and her crew on a journey of self-discovery as they travel the vast oceans of Ragnar's Rock in this vast platforming adventure! Navigate the open seas and explore each distant structure, uncovering every hidden nook and cranny with a diverse, expressive move-set. Beat challenges or find hidden chests to collect talismans along the way that modify your abili...[Read More]
Backrooms Level X Review
There is a particular kind of accident, rare in a genre that usually hands you a diary and a tragic flashback, in falling through a floor in Albuquerque and discovering that home is a word with no furniture in it. The carpet is still yellow. The buzz is still buzz. The first thing that tries to remember you is not a metaphor. Backrooms Level X, the first-person narrative survival horror from José ...[Read More]
Manairons Review
There is a particular kind of awakening, rare in a genre that usually hands you a sword and a tragic flashback, in climbing out of a magical tube and discovering that home has hired a factory. The mountains are still mountains. The shops are still shops. The first thing that tries to industrialize you is not a metaphor. Manairons, the 3D action platformer from JanduSoft and 3Cat, is built on that ...[Read More]
Outpath Review
There is a particular kind of patience, rare in a genre that usually hands you a timer and a tragic flashback, in standing on a pixel island and discovering that home is a word with a workbench in it. The trees are still trees. The click is still a click. The first thing that tries to eat your afternoon is not a metaphor. Outpath, the experimental clicker base-builder from David Moralejo Sánchez, ...[Read More]
Manairons
Manairons Trailer The Manairons are back… and this time, they’re not staying quiet! Manairons is a 3D action platformer game set in the Pyrenees, where ancient legends mix with smoking factories, mischievous magic, and quirky little creatures. You are Nai, a manairó who has just awakened from centuries locked in the "canut", a magical artifact as old as it is suspicious. A witch frees you ...[Read More]
Backrooms Level X
Backrooms Level X Trailer Enter the disturbing world of Backrooms Level X, a first-person narrative survival horror game that immerses you in an endless labyrinth of desolate and liminal spaces. 13 levels and giant enemies await you in this unique experience. In a place in Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, a strange accident occurred on October 27, 1986. Everything was recorded on a VHS tape. ...[Read More]
Demon Tides Review
There is a particular kind of swagger, rare in a genre that usually hands you a kingdom and a tragic flashback, in racing across open water and discovering that home is a word with a crew in it. The ocean is still an ocean. The drip is still drip. The first ledge that tries to eat you is not a metaphor. Demon Tides, the open-ocean platformer from Fabraz, is built on that swagger, and the swagger i...[Read More]
Outpath
Outpath Trailer An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather and manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand! Taking Satisfactory, Forager and the gratifying gameplay loop of clicker and idle games as references, Outpath would be just that. Exploit your environment, craft, build and automate your base in this 3D first-person platformer! Gather...[Read More]
God of War Sons of Sparta Review
Before the Beard, The Legend Learns to March God of War Sons of Sparta is a bold little curveball from Sony Interactive Entertainment, it takes one of PlayStation’s most famously cinematic action series and translates it into a retro-inspired 2D action platformer, without sanding off what makes God of War feel like God of War in the first place. The premise is beautifully direct, and very Spartan ...[Read More]