For all the talk around Mixtape the last few days, it kinda feels like there's been frustratingly little talk *about* Mixtape.
Tomás Neumann Aspee tries to separate the static noise from music in their review.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - April 2026
April saw a lot of news from new games breaking out to half a dozen film adaptation announcements, and from new game announcements and leaks to potential cancellations.
Hiero De Lima rounded it all up in four Update Patches now available on the site.
Preview | Songs of Glimmerwick - Bumbling through the Beautiful Outdoors
Songs of Glimmerwick’s magical premise shows promise, but Jay Weaver’s experience with the game’s demo was hampered by its complex spellcasting mechanics.
Review | Replaced - As Alive As You Want Me To Be
Replaced nails the cyberpunk aesthetic with its highly cinematic art direction and a synth-centric soundtrack, though its gameplay at times leaves something to be desired.
Tomás Neumann Aspee reviews.
Review | Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth - A New God for Triflers
Hyper Games’ Moomintroll: Winter’s Warmth is worthy of devotion and even better than its predecessor.
Luis Aguasvivas reviews.
Review | The Ratline - New Names to Old Faces
In Owlskip Games’ The Ratline, the player unravels a mystery and unmasks Nazi war criminals. While it stands on a strong premise, the game’s narrative takes a backseat to its deduction mechanics.
Andrei Filote reviews.
Review | Titanium Court - A Midspring Day’s Reverie
Artemis Octavio rides the shifting tides of Titanium Court, AP Thomson's new Shakespeare-inflected release.
Review | WWE 2K26 - An Embodiment of the Ruthless Depression Era
The “product” that WWE offers has rarely felt more morally compromised or bad value than it does today, so it's fitting that WWE 2K26 embodies that nickel-and-dime feel, dragging down solid gameplay with endless caveats, both ethical and practical.
Chris Penwell reviews WWE 2K26.
Review | Valor of Man - Reroll Simulator
A roguelite comes with the expectation of failures and repeats, but Valor of Man is all slog and little reward.
Branford Hubbard reviews.
Review | Horripilant - Chasing Riskless Reward
There’s more to Horripilant than its idle gameplay may at first suggest.
Jay Weaver reviews.
Review | Terra Invicta - E.T. Go Home
At the beginning of the year, Terra Invicta reached escape velocity, leaving early access with its official 1.0 release.
Steven Stoermer reviews.
Preview | Ledgerbound Demo - Company Culture Shock
Branford Hubbard takes a look at a recently released demo for Ledgerbound, OmniMegaSuperCorp’s forthcoming turn-based strategy game.
Preview | Imprinted - Are You Hearing Things?
Gonçalo Santos takes an early look at Imprinted, in which the player takes on the role of an audio engineer tasked with unraveling an eerie mystery.
Impressions | Moves of the Diamond Hand - Alea Iacta Est
Artemis Octavio returns to Off-Peak City and reminisces about luck in her impressions of Cosmo D’s Moves of the Diamond Hand.
Lex Fridman’s Tell-All Interview With Jeff Kaplan Was Missing Some Important Questions
Despite a runtime of over five hours and having time to talk about everything from Zork and EverQuest to the potential firing of 1000 employees, Jeff Kaplan’s tell-all interview with Lex Fridman did not include any line of questioning regarding Blizzard’s largest-ever scandal that broke just months after the creative director and vice president left the company.
Gonçalo Santos digs deeper.
Review | Pragmata - Fly Me To The Moon
Pragmata is a new Mega Man game, if you threw out Mega Man, replaced the 2D platforming with third-person shooting and puzzling, and it's set on the moon.
So it's not really a Mega Man game at all, but that doesn’t mean Brandon Craw didn’t love his time with it.
Review | Angel Engine - Playing As God
Angel Engine solidly executes upon an interesting premise, but it is based on a web series that was made using generative AI. Brandon Craw grapples with a quandary: if the source material used AI, but the game itself does not, is it corrupted by association?
Review | Dosa Divas - Eat Drink Mecha Woman
Dosa Diva’s is a hearty and heartwarming RPG about family and food with a robust combat system; however, it occasionally struggles to highlight the star of the show: cooking with those you love.
Ashley Schofield reviews.
Impressions | Crimson Desert – Like Drowning In Quick Sand
Crimson Desert is often overwhelming in its scale; however, if you can get past convoluted controls and thin characterisations there is a vast world to explore.
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[PATREON UNLOCK] Update Patch - March 2026
If you thought February was full of bad news for the video game industry, let Lawrence Adkins introduce you to March in this latest Patreon Unlock of all of last month’s Update Patches.