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Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave review - bigger and better than ever
Fire Emblem: Fortune's Weave is the most ambitious entry in the series, featuring four distinct story campaigns with unique characters and gameplay elements. Despite some narrative and graphical shortcomings, it successfully builds upon previous titles like Three Houses, offering an exceptional turn-based strategy and role-playing experience.
Once Human Review | TheXboxHub
Once Human is a successful sci-fi survival game now available on consoles, building upon its PC and mobile success. While the story is intriguing, the core gameplay loop focuses on survival, base building, and combat against corrupted beings and monsters. The game features a unique mechanic of capturing 'Deviants' to aid in various tasks and offers a visually appealing world with good sound design.
Playing Mass Effect spiritual successor Exodus was the best kind of surprise
Exodus, a spiritual successor to Mass Effect developed by Archetype Entertainment, offers a compelling blend of action combat and deep player agency. The preview highlights a mission focused on infiltrating a space station, showcasing the game's striking visuals, flexible combat system with diverse companion abilities, and a narrative that emphasizes meaningful choices with long-term consequences, including a unique time dilation mechanic.
Arcade-Style Vertical Scrolling Shoot ’Em Up Birdcage Is Coming to Consoles
The arcade-style vertical scrolling shoot 'em up Birdcage, already available on PC, is coming to consoles including Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Xbox on September 23rd, 2026. A physical PlayStation 5 version is planned for March 2027. The game features explosive '90s arcade shooter action with modern mechanics and a sci-fi story inspired by Metal Gear Solid.
ONTOS: This Horrifying, Tantalizing Thriller Feels Like an Immersive Sim for Puzzle Gaming
ONTOS is a forthcoming sci-fi thriller that blends immersive sim elements with puzzle gameplay, focusing on player choice and exploration. Players control Aditi, who investigates a mysterious moon resort and confronts philosophical questions through intricate, often grotesque, experiments. The game emphasizes tactile interaction and allows for multiple solutions to its challenges, promising a deeply engaging experience.
Crewmate Rush Space Escape Runner - Free Online Browser Game
Crewmate Rush Space Escape Runner is a new 3D endless runner browser game that offers fast-paced sci-fi gameplay. Players must run, dodge, and sprint through dangerous cosmic environments and hazards. The game is optimized for seamless performance on desktop and mobile browsers and was officially released on September 1, 2026.
Exterminauts is sci-fi extraction shooting with a blue collar focus
Exterminauts is an upcoming third-person co-op extraction shooter from Behaviour Interactive, the studio behind Dead by Daylight. Set on the planet Tian, players take on the role of blue-collar exterminators fighting alien bugs and maintaining corporate infrastructure. The game features weaponized power tools, a unique "Overdrive" mechanic, and a focus on teamwork, with a planned release in 2027 for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X|S.
Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026: Every Announcement and Game Revealed | Invision Game Community
The Future Games Show at Gamescom 2026 featured over 40 game announcements, including world premieres and new gameplay. The showcase highlighted a diverse range of titles across genres like RPGs, shooters, and strategy games, with many set for 2026 and 2027 releases on PC and consoles. Notable reveals included new entries in established franchises and unique indie projects.
Despite positive early reactions, Ridley Scott's new sci-fi movie debuts to his lowest Rotten Tomatoes score in 12…
Ridley Scott's new post-apocalyptic sci-fi film, The Dog Stars, has received its lowest Rotten Tomatoes score since 2014, debuting at 39%. While some critics found it derivative and low-energy, others noted it as a mellow, soulful watch for the veteran director. The film stars Jacob Elordi and Josh Brolin and is based on Peter Heller's novel.
Turok: Origins delayed to Spring 2027, story trailer
Saber Interactive has announced that Turok: Origins has been delayed from its original 2024 release to Spring 2027. The game will feature players taking on the role of Turok warriors battling dinosaurs and aliens, with DNA-based upgrades and a story across various planets. A new story trailer was released alongside the delay announcement.
Mass Effect-like Exodus gets a release date, while showcasing an octopus companion in a mech suit
The Mass Effect-inspired RPG Exodus will launch on April 7, 2027, for PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X/S. Revealed during Gamescom Opening Night Live, a trailer showcased the companion Salt, an octopus piloting a mech suit. The game features time dilation mechanics to show the consequences of player decisions made during long-distance missions.
Raise up a mech pilot and make sure she doesn't get Evangelion-level depressed in the sci-fi visual novel Valkyrie Iteration: Mecha Pilot Raising Pocket Simulator
Valkyrie Iteration: Mecha Pilot Raising Pocket Simulator is a sci-fi visual novel where players train Lana, a pilot for a sentient mech called the Valkyrie. Players must manage Lana's schedule, skills, mental health, and bond with her mech to prepare her for missions against alien Phantoms. The game draws inspiration from Neon Genesis Evangelion and is available on PC with a demo on Steam.
Solarpunk And Pax Autocratica
This review covers two games: Solarpunk, a cozy survival-crafting game focused on building and farming with no enemies, and Pax Autocratica, an Early Access sci-fi shooter blending galactic conquest, base-building, and roguelite elements. Solarpunk offers a relaxing experience with a 20-hour progression, while Pax Autocratica provides a janky but brilliant mix of genres with fast-paced combat and strategic depth.
Contact Protocol announced for Nintendo Switch 2
Kinetic Publishing and Cold Zephyr Games have announced Contact Protocol, a starship job simulator set in a cassette-future, for the Nintendo Switch 2, slated for a Spring 2027 release. Players will act as a security officer on the starship Pale Horse, assessing and interacting with approaching vessels. Lead designer Mick Hunter highlighted the game's focus on challenging players with difficult moral decisions under pressure.
Iron Man to Ark 2: 15 announced games which have disappeared into the ether
This article highlights 15 announced video games that have seemingly disappeared into development hell, with no substantial news or release dates for years. Titles like Star Wars Eclipse, Little Devil Inside, and Beyond Good & Evil 2 are discussed as examples of games stuck in limbo, some technically not cancelled but facing significant development challenges or prolonged silence, raising concerns about their eventual release.
Sci-fi MMO Cinder City is getting a pre-alpha playtest later this month so you can put its RAM hogging requirements to the test
Big Fire Games is holding a pre-alpha playtest for its sci-fi MMO Cinder City from August 14th to 16th, exclusively for US-based players over 16. The game, set in a near-future Seoul, features Cinderknights battling monsters and super soldiers in an open-world PvE environment with dungeons and raids. Initial reports of extreme RAM requirements have been revised, though the exact specifications are still being clarified.
Shoot ’em up game Project Neon planned for Nintendo Switch
Fullset is bringing its 16-bit shoot 'em up game, Project Neon, to the Nintendo Switch on August 13, 2026. The game tasks players with dismantling an interplanetary shield to rescue a visionary from Mars and save Earth from ecological collapse in a sci-fi adventure.
NCsoft’s shooter MMO Cinder City schedules a pre-alpha weekend test for August 14, with sign-ups now open
NCsoft and BigFire Games are holding a pre-alpha weekend test for their upcoming shooter MMO, Cinder City, from August 14-16 exclusively for U.S. residents. Sign-ups are now open, with selected applicants receiving further instructions on August 12th under an NDA. The game is projected for a 2026 release.
Ereban: Shadow Legacy Review | TheXboxHub
Ereban: Shadow Legacy is a third-person stealth adventure that proudly centers its gameplay around shadow mechanics, allowing players to merge with shadows and utilize various stealth abilities. Set in a sci-fi world where a corporation named Helios has harnessed solar energy, the story follows Ayana, the last of the shadow-wielding Ereban race, as she uncovers the company's secrets and joins a rebellion. While the narrative starts strong, it loses some momentum, but the unique shadow movement and forgiving stealth gameplay make for an enjoyable eight-to-nine-hour experience on Xbox Series X and PlayStation 5.
Six Useful Tips to Survive and Thrive Above the Toxic Clouds in Forever Skies
Forever Skies has launched on Xbox Series X|S alongside its largest update, The Final Echoes, which introduces new power management and damage systems, over 30 side quests, new enemies, and expanded environmental variety. The game also features deep custom difficulty settings that do not disable achievements and supports Xbox Play Anywhere for cross-progression between Xbox and PC.
