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A paper creature confronts the player in a dark cardboard industrial room
Launch week / Clips and character skills

PAPERHEAD hides its skill currency in secrets

Two kinds of paperclip separate supplies from skills, putting character development behind a search for secrets.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 11 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A hiker faces a bent tree blocking a stone path beside wooden stairs
The forest on a second visit

Extra traps, steadier rules in Trees Hate You's demo

Complete the normal demo to unlock extra hazards, an unchanged trap arrangement after death and more predictable versions of certain random events.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 10 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
A purple-clad Bard stands inside a pink musical aura on a tiled island, facing another character.
The Bard / Music that moves objects

Order of the Sinking Star gives its Bard a 1,300-sample lute

A fantasy moving company employs a Bard whose music gathers objects, with a lute built from 1,300 recorded sounds.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 8 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A purple-sailed windmill overlooks planted beds and colourful houses on a floating island in Loftia.
A turbine for the city

Building a wind turbine with strangers in Loftia

Project stages can advance while one player prepares a contribution, making current requirements useful.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 8 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Jason Duval holds a pistol beside a chain-link fence, with police lights behind him.
Most anticipated / Updated weekly

The most anticipated games of 2026 and 2027

Vice City is close, Layton has a new case and Link is back in Hyrule. Find release dates, platforms and trailers for 25 games.

GamerGuru Most Wanted Desk · 8 Oct 2026 · 20 min read
Bravo Squad stands together inside a room in an official Gears of War: E-Day campaign screenshot.
Kalona / Landmarks under invasion

Gears of War: E-Day revisits Kalona as its landmarks fall apart

Changing landmarks and a repurposed tourist map give Kalona a civilian life to lose.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 7 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A landspeeder sheds sparks as racing vehicles collide on a sandy course
Ramjet / Cooling and cornering

Star Wars: Galactic Racer's cooling parts invite you to push Ramjet harder

Cooling effects extend the faster boost, but extra speed can leave the driver with a harder corner to negotiate.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 6 Oct 2026 · 3 min read
A mech cockpit overlooks planted beds, blue farm buildings and an alien bird in Lightyear Frontier.
Inside the connected workshop

A pipe and a crate are a useful start in Lightyear Frontier

Stores can reject unwanted items, while a crafting machine skips recipes it cannot currently feed.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 6 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Grand Central terminal, a yellow taxi and bus shelters on Overwatch's Midtown map
PC launcher choice

Overwatch Steam vs Battle.net: what changes on PC?

Compare the documented Steam features and account requirement before treating a launcher switch as a performance upgrade.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 5 Oct 2026 · 4 min read
Rocky Rust coastline overlooking water and a distant lighthouse
Tech & Hardware

Rust RAM requirements: is 16GB enough, or do you need 32GB?

Steam lists 12GB minimum and 16GB recommended RAM for Rust on Windows. Check the current figures and your installed memory before paying for a 32GB upgrade.

GamerGuru Tech & Hardware Desk · 5 Oct 2026 · 3 min read

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