Returnal – это динамичный roguelike-шутер от третьего лица, в котором игроку предстоит взять на себя роль астронавта Селены, потерпевшей крушение на враждебной инопланетной планете. Ключевой особенностью игры является цикличность: после каждой смерти Селена возвращается к моменту крушения, а мир вокруг нее меняется, предлагая новые локации, врагов и предметы. Геймплей строится на исследовании постоянно меняющегося окружения, сражениях с использованием разнообразного футуристического оружия и сборе ресурсов для улучшения характеристик. Каждое прохождение уникально, а для прогресса необходимо адаптироваться к новым условиям и осваивать различные стили боя.
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F2PHousemarque gives us a tiny taste. Before we all get too excited about Marvel's Wolverine and GTA 6 , let's not forget about Saros — Housemarque's follow-up to the brilliant Returnal . It's due to launch on 30th April, so it's only a couple of months away at this point. As big fans of the studio and the vast majority of its output, we're extremely excited to see more of Saros, which looks like a solid evolution of what was achieved in the last game.
Steam Next Fest is one of my favorite occurrences throughout any given year since I get to play games all day long trying to find cool stuff. In 2025, Steam Next Fest introduced me to titles like Ball x Pit and Absolum , and those quickly became two of my favorite releases later that year when I played and reviewed them. So especially now, when Next Fest rolls around, I try to play as much as I can to see what exciting sleeper titles the year may have in store for PC gaming. Table of contents Best Steam Next Fest demos - February 2026 Vampire Crawlers Piece by Piece REPLACED Alabaster Dawn Last Man Sitting Spark Ignites Armatus LUCID Best Steam Next Fest demos - February 2026 Screenshot by Destructoid Vampire Crawlers Image via poncle Vampire Crawlers Steam page Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors is a mouthful of a full title, but boy, it's also one of the most promising games I've played so far this year.
The MSI Katana is now the best budget gaming laptop I've tested so far, beating Asus for the first time in years The best budget gaming laptops get a shake up in 2026 Weekly digests, tales from the communities you love, and more You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful Want to add more newsletters? After weeks of testing the MSI Katana (specifically the RTX 5060 15 HX B14W model), and running benchmarks against the Asus TUF A15 and Acer Nitro V 16 AI this budget-minded giant has reclaimed its throne in February. The configuration I tested (Intel Core i7-14650HX / RTX 5060 / 16GB RAM) made short work of in-game QHD benchmarks, often scoring higher framerates than the Lenovo Legion 7 Gen 10 and even the Alienware 16X Aurora in this RTX 5060 testing pool. Right now you can expect to pay between $700 and $1,000 for a previous generation RTX 4050 or RTX 4060 gaming laptop, with newer RTX 5050 and RTX 5060 rigs taking you from $1,000 to $1,300 when at their cheapest.
Strap in, because the next PlayStation event is going to be a long one. Sony’s latest State of Play — a showcase event for upcoming PS5 games — kicks off on February 12th at 5PM ET and it’ll last more than an hour. A surprise God of War prequel is out on the PS5 right now To close out its February 2026 State of Play presentation, Sony revealed God of War Sons of Sparta, a new prequel 2D side scroller in the God of War franchise, and announced that it’s out right now on PlayStation 5. Most Popular - The RAM shortage is coming for everything you care about - The biggest app in the whole wide world - A $10K+ bounty is waiting for anyone who can unplug Ring doorbells from Amazon’s cloud - Dyson turned its skinny PencilVac into a lightweight wet floor cleaner - The RAM crunch could kill products and even entire companies, memory exec admits