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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

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.

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
Two footballers feature in EA SPORTS FC 27 Ultimate Plus Edition cover art.
FC 27 / Console upgrade

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.

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

How to reduce Marvel's Wolverine's gore without lowering the difficulty

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

GamerGuru Guides Desk · 15 Sep 2026 · 4 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
A female MyPLAYER stands on a basketball court in NBA 2K27's City.
Basketball simulation / Launch week

NBA 2K27's shared City makes its split career stranger

A co-ed City gives NBA 2K27 a genuinely shared build space. Elsewhere, the career remains more fragmented.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
Three versions of Junko appear in fragments of a shattered mirror against a red backdrop in BrokenLore: DON'T LIE artwork.
Psychological horror / Launch week

BrokenLore: DON'T LIE turns Junko's flat into a map of isolation

Junko's flat is not a staging area for the horror. It is the game's central, unstable piece of evidence.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
A small mouse wearing a stitched backpack jumps through a garden beside a cottage.
Co-op adventure / PC and console

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.

GamerGuru Previews Desk · 14 Sep 2026 · 5 min read

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