Celeste and Meat Boy makefailure worth another go
Celeste and Super Meat Boy ask for difficult jumps, then refuse to make a missed one feel like wasted time. Their quick resets turn a death into useful information - and the same bargain still matters as Meat Boy moves into 3D.
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How to unlock No Man's Sky Cosmos's star system map on PS5
Reach the Space Anomaly, start Signals, then use Cosmos's new Quick Menu map to mark a route.
How to upgrade EA SPORTS FC 27 from PS4 or Xbox One without losing Ultimate Team
Move to PS5 or Xbox Series X|S with your Ultimate Team, but do not expect Career saves to follow.
How Into the Breach and Slay the Spire put danger in plain sight
Two modern classics reveal just enough of the next turn to turn chaos into a decision.
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A familiar cover shooter is adding movement, destructible cover and denser city missions. The campaign's pacing is the question.
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LEGO Digital Play acquires Offroad Games, but has not announced a game
Offroad Games has joined LEGO Digital Play, but the public announcement leaves its games and future brief open.
DON'T NOD warns external funding is needed beyond January 2027
The French studio says external funding is needed beyond January 2027.
FuturLab cancels an unannounced game as seven employees leave
The PowerWash Simulator developer says seven employees left after a project cancellation.
Nova Games Foundation promises grants for graduates without taking ownership
Nova plans grants, mentoring and no equity claim for 20 graduates a year.
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Hela's magic backpack needs to make its co-op world worth sharing
Hela's backpack gives every mouse a movement language. The question is whether its open world makes that language social.
Black Ops Cold War's evidence board gave its campaign room to think
Its evidence board asked players to collect, compare and decide before the next mission started.
Mewgenics sends every battle back to the house
Its house gives every risky expedition a history that the next cat party has to live with.
Maneater 2 turns a theme park into a shark's food chain
The sequel's theme-park setting can make eating, exploring and evolving feel like one escalating act of vandalism.