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Screenbound's logo hangs over cartoon characters and a yellow Qboy in a bright landscape of floating platforms.
Platforming with two points of view

Screenbound's Qboy makes looking away a platforming move

Screenbound's Qboy turns a second point of view into a platforming tool, giving a missing route somewhere physical to appear.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 8 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Dylan Faden attacks airborne creatures with glowing arms on an altered Manhattan street in Control Resonant.
Release calendar / PC and console

Control Resonant's real test is whether its strange Manhattan can survive action-RPG scale

Dylan's new weapon is only half the story: Control Resonant must make an expanded Manhattan as strange as the Oldest House.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 8 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Lara Croft overlooks a vast valley of ancient Greek ruins with towers, statues and distant mountains.
Tomb Raider at 30 / Design

Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis has to remake the original game's questions

The coming reimagining needs to update Tomb Raider without making its spaces too easily read.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Three adventurers stand beneath a winged dragon in fantasy key art for RuneScape: Dragonwilds.
Survival design / RuneScape

RuneScape: Dragonwilds turns survival chores into new abilities

Dragonwilds uses RuneScape skills to alter the survival loop, not merely lengthen it.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Xbox interface showing five hours of cloud playtime remaining and an option to add more playtime.
Game Pass / Cloud gaming

Xbox Cloud Gaming will add monthly playtime limits in November

From November, cloud access will be capped by Game Pass tier, with extra time sold separately.

GamerGuru Xbox Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
The Hero walks through Bowerstone, a busy fantasy town with a tall clock tower in the distance.
RPG design / Fable

Fable's 15-hour story could make its life sim feel like a choice

A clear ending may be exactly what lets Fable's sandbox stay optional.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Jason and Lucia stand masked beside a car outside a roadside shop at sunset.
Platform access / GTA VI

GTA VI's Netflix showcase makes its platform gap impossible to ignore

A blockbuster reveal can feel like an event without giving every audience the same reason to plan for launch.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A close-up official game image of Pinhead, his face framed by pins and dark blue light.
Survival horror / October release

Why Clive Barker's Hellraiser: Revival is worth watching before launch

The Hellraiser adaptation has a stronger hook than shock value alone.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Two figures overlook a rocky desert valley on Arrakis beside a sandbike.
Survival design / PC, PS5 and Xbox

Dune: Awakening's solo mode can make survival less prescriptive

The coming solo mode could make Arrakis more approachable without erasing its multiplayer identity.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
The Blood of Dawnwalker artwork showing Coen against a crimson, vampire-filled landscape.
New release / Xbox Series X|S

The Blood of Dawnwalker is now available on Xbox Series X|S

The vampire role-playing game is now available on Xbox Series X|S and Xbox on PC.

GamerGuru Xbox Desk · 7 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

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