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Maki and Omura work together beside a large mechanical structure in Orbitals.
Orbitals / Co-op access

Orbitals makes its co-op partner part of the game, not the bill

A free invited partner and a local demo make Orbitals' two-player premise easier to begin, even if they cannot solve the harder task of finding the right companion.

GamerGuru Spotlight Desk · 16 Sep 2026 · 4 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 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
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
Four cartoon cats face a line of monsters on a grid-based battlefield in Mewgenics.
Tactics and legacy / Mewgenics

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.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A bull shark swims in a fountain beneath a giant Neptune statue at an elaborate island theme park.
Design feature / Maneater 2

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.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Sep 2026 · 5 min read
A traveller climbs a ruined stone structure above the clouds on the branches of the World Tree.
Action design / Where the Seeds Fall

Where the Seeds Fall makes every descent a landing puzzle

A flower thrown before a leap could give CygamesEdge's platformer a much sharper kind of vertigo.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read
A yellow taxi drives through city traffic while a green passenger timer and fare meter appear on screen.
Arcade design / Crazy Taxi

Crazy Taxi's clock turns every shortcut into a wager

A ticking fare timer turns route knowledge into a series of escalating decisions.

GamerGuru Features Desk · 13 Sep 2026 · 4 min read

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