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LEGO Batman stands in front of Gotham's rain-soaked skyline and a glowing bat signal
Licensed games / Adaptation design

LEGO Batman turns familiar scenes into a playground

The best Batman adaptations give a familiar moment something new to do with the player in it.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 17 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A futuristic crew room looks through a round window onto a blue planet in Rivage.
Sci-fi puzzle adventure / Time loops

Rivage makes its time loop a power problem

A finite power supply and a system for retaining selected solutions give Rivage's space-station mystery a more practical kind of time loop.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 16 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Geralt rides Roach through a forested landscape in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered.
Free upgrade / Returning players

Witcher 3 Remastered: what happens to your old save

The free remaster preserves progress while resetting builds, then layers movement, combat and visual changes over Geralt's familiar road.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 16 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Will fights colourful creatures on a sandstone platform in Moonlighter 2: The Endless Vault.
Action RPG design / Moonlighter 2

Moonlighter 2 makes every relic argue with the one beside it

The sequel's cleverest trick is making the same relic matter in the dungeon, the bag and the shop.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Glimmer shines a burning matchstick at a small doorway in a skull-shaped structure in Well Dweller.
Metroidvania design / Movement upgrades

Well Dweller wants its movement upgrades to change the whole map

A developer's self-critique of Crypt Custodian makes Well Dweller's glowing matchstick much more interesting.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A Corvette-class ship approaches a large space station above a planet in No Man's Sky Cosmos.
No Man's Sky / Cosmos navigation

No Man's Sky Cosmos: how to unlock the star system map

Reach the Space Anomaly, start Signals, then open the new star system map from the Quick Menu and mark a route.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
Two footballers feature in EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Plus Edition cover art.
FC 27 / Console upgrade

FC 27 Dual Entitlement: free PS4 to PS5 and Xbox upgrade

Move to PS5 or Xbox Series X|S with your Ultimate Team, but do not expect Career saves to follow.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
A Slay the Spire battle shows three enemies, cards in hand and intent icons above the enemies.
Roguelike design / Enemy intent

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.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Logan looks towards the camera during a scene in Marvel's Wolverine.
PS5 accessibility / Violence controls

Marvel's Wolverine dismemberment and gore settings

Turn down Wolverine's blood and dismemberment while leaving enemy health, damage and detection unchanged.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 3 min read
A Pathfinder reaches towards a large blue Aniimo in a sunlit field in official Aniimo artwork.
Creature RPG / Launch preview

Aniimo makes creature collecting a playable perspective

Aniimo's most distinctive idea is not catching creatures. It is asking players to travel through Idyll as one.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

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