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EA promises largest ever post-launch content for Battlefield 6, teases naval combat, and maybe even the return of the Little Bird
We’re mere days away now from the launch of one of the most-anticipated games of 2025. Battlefield 6 arrives this Friday to (hopefully) satiate excitement from longtime series fans, and anyone who checked out its wildly successful beta. And to offer prospective buyers some assurance that the game is going to have a long tail, […]
Code Vein 2 Overview Trailer Gives Us Lore And Combat Look
Bandai Namco has just blessed us all with a nearly 10-minute meaty overview of the lore and combat from the upcoming anime Soulslike Code Vein 2. We start off with a fittingly complex anime introduction to The Resurgence — a catastrophic failure that brought Humanity to its knees and gave rise to the mysterious immortal […]
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown gets a combat deep dive and release date
Star Trek: Voyager – Across the Unknown is getting ready for warp speed with a new combat deep dive trailer, and they’ve announce a release for February 18th. Giving you the chance to blast through the Delta Quadrant your own way, making choices that Captain Janeway never made, there’s a lot of ways you can […]
Code Vein 2 Details Its Vast, Secret-Filled World and Combat in New Overview Trailer
As the launch of Code Vein 2 nears, Bandai Namco has dropped a nearly nine-minute overview trailer, detailing everything you need to know about the “dramatic exploration action-RPG.” Of course, there are plenty of new details to glean as well, from different areas and Drain Attacks to unique Formae and enemies. We also learn more […]
Cyber Western’s Choice-Driven Combat and Survival
Polish developer Paradark Studio has released new details about ExeKiller, their upcoming cyber western action-adventure game that puts players in the boots of bounty hunter Denzel Fenix. The three-minute gameplay overview, set to premiere at New Game+ Showcase 2026, promises to showcase the game’s unique blend of survival mechanics, choice-driven narrative, and creative combat approaches. […]
JRPGs with Combat That Gets Better the Longer You Stick with It
One of the things I appreciate most in JRPGs is their boldness and creativity in innovating their most fundamental systems. Even if a game is turn-based, there is always a gimmick here or there that makes it feel fresh, offering a brand-new way to engage with its mechanics. Many of these combat systems, however, start […]
Outward 2’s Character Creator, Combat and Calendar System Detailed in New Developer Interview
Developer Nine Dots Studio has revealed more details about its upcoming co-op adventure game Outward 2. During the recent New Game+ Showcase, studio CEO, founder and the creative director on the title Guillaume Boucher-Vidal spoke about the focus on immersion, and the idea of how players might prefer that over being powerful. The core game […]
Doom: The Dark Ages Combat – A Shield, A Shotgun, and An Identity Crisis
Shield Mechanics: Glitches and Core Combat The shield is the whole game, or at least it acts like it, and this is a shame for most players who buy PS5 FPS games. You block, you bash, maybe you pose a little, and somehow you stay alive. For most runs, that plate of metal feels glued […]
Nvidia Could Re-Release RTX 3060 GPUs to Combat Skyrocketing RAM Prices
There may be some relief on the horizon for PC gamers, with a new rumor claiming Nvidia will re-release the RTX 3060 GPU. Graphics cards, SSDs, and other components have seen rapidly rising prices lately as RAM becomes harder and more expensive to obtain for consumers and manufacturers alike. Now, if leaks are to be […]
SGJ Podcast #501 – Games in Which Direct Combat Isn’t a Factor
It Was Tough to Find an Image Regarding NOT Having Combat… Hey friends, welcome to this episode of the show! First off, an apology. Restream had technical issues yesterday. For some reason only five seconds of our stream went out, and then stopped. Therefore there’s no YouTube copy of this episode, only the MP3. To […]