Video Game Previews

Previews based on hands-on demos, media events and early looks at video games.

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Grounded 2 Early Access Impressions: The Kids Have Shrunk, but Everything Else Has Grown

The Best War Games plays through Grounded 2's Early Access build, which is already showing some major improvements over its predecessor.

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'Worth Sinking Your Teeth Into' Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 First Impressions

Although I am not without qualms, Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2's narrative earns all the eyes that are watching it.

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The Jackbox Party Pack 11 Hands-On Preview

The Jackbox Party Pack 11 offers five brand-new party games featuring hilarious prompts, drawing, trivia, social deduction, and more.

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Marvel Cosmic Invasion Preview: Tribute Strikes Gold Again with Marvel-Themed Beat 'Em Up

With a massive roster of iconic characters and a tag-team gameplay mechanic, Marvel Cosmic Invasion is shaping up to be a must-play for fans of the ge

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Abyssus Preview: Brinepunk Action Meets BioShock in Upcoming FPS Roguelike

DoubleMoose Games' Abyssus is a fast-paced and fun roguelike FPS with some satisfying progression and a unique setting that warrants repeat runs.

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Battlefield 6 Multiplayer Hands-On Preview: Class Identity, Teamplay, Awesome Maps, and a Limp Bizkit Mentality

After four hours with Battlefield 6, it seems that all the decisions of Battlefield Studios aren't just good on paper; they're good in action.

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Out of Time Preview: Chaotic, Colorful, Roguelike Fun

The Best War Games previewed Manticore Games' 3D cooperative roguelike Out of Time, and it’s shaping up to be a beautiful mess of time-warped mayhem.

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EA Sports FC 26 First Impressions Preview

EA Sports FC 26 is using community feedback to deliver an experience that feels like a top-to-bottom overhaul and we played a brief snippet of it.

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Dying Light: The Beast Hands-On Preview - I Left a Bloody Mess in My Wake

After four hours with Dying Light: The Beast, it's clear that the franchise's key pillars are all on full and gloriously brutal display.

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Soulframe: Everything Revealed at TennoCon 2025

The Best War Games takes a look at everything revealed in Digital Extremes' TennoCon, including some major news for Soulframe fans hoping to play.

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Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking Preview: Chaotic Multiplayer Cook-Off Kicks Off Summer of Strange Scaffold

The Best War Games takes a look at Strange Scaffold's Co-Op Kaiju Horror Cooking, a game in which players must work together to cook for giant monsters.

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Of Ash and Steel Hands-On Preview

The Best War Games went hands-on with Fire & Frost's open-world RPG Of Ash and Steel, where big ideas are buried beneath clunky systems and missing clues.

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DC Worlds Collide Preview: Never an Idle Moment with 12 Game Modes and Massive Roster
DC Worlds Collide Preview: Never an Idle Moment with 12 Game Modes and Massive Roster

The Best War Games saw a preview of DC's Worlds Collide, a mobile squad-based RPG that aims to provide players with endless hours of entertainment.

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Sea of Remnants Hands-On Preview: Lost Memories, Chickens, and the Open Sea

The Best War Games went hands-on with Joker Studio's upcoming free-to-play ocean adventure RPG Sea of Remnants to explore its strange world and hidden depth.

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Fallen Tear: The Ascension is a Metroidvania Ticking All the Right Boxes

Winter Crew Studios' Fallen Tear: The Ascension has a new demo that goes a long way toward positioning it as the next great Metroidvania.

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RoboCop: Rogue City - Unfinished Business Hands-On Preview

Teyon has taken its great RoboCop FPS power fantasy and melded it with Alex Garland's Dredd and The Raid in its new experience.

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Shadow Labyrinth Hands-On Preview

The Best War Games goes hands-on with Shadow Labyrinth, a decidedly serious, action-packed 2D platformer set in the burgeoning Pac-Man universe.

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Borderlands 4 Hands-On Preview: Less Borders, More Lands

The Best War Games went hands-on with Borderlands 4, and even a short time with its world and systems reveals how much the series is shifting its focus.

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Resident Evil Requiem is Giving Fans Two Things They’ve Asked For

At Summer Game Fest, Capcom shows off the first gameplay for Resident Evil Requiem and reveals how the 9th game will satisfy fans, new and old.

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I Didn't Expect Pragmata's Combat to Work Like This (Summer Game Fest Hands-On)

We played Pragmata at Summer Game Fest, discovering how Capcom's sci-fi action game is putting its own twist on combat.