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A battle takes place between musket men and cavalry in Humankind 2

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Three different 4X strategy games, three different solutions to "that inherent problem" of disappearing exploration

X marks the spot

Sept. 17, 2026 Julian Benson

A young apothecary girl in green and a taller young man with flowing hair with another man standing with his face averted. From the title art for The Apothecary Diaries: The False Imperial Brother

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Lovely anime Sherlock series The Apothecary Diaries is getting a PC game spin-off, with Maomao chasing down another court conspiracy

Out early 2027

Sept. 9, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A birds-eye view of a city with multiple cultural signifiers in Humankind 2.

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Imbricate human history all over again and throw climate change into the mix in Humankind 2, which arrives 2027

Electric Boogaloo

Aug. 25, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

The key art for Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand

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I'm not going to 100% roguelite strategy spinoff Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand, but it does breathe new life into some of the series' oldest features

Stands up

July 29, 2026 Julian Benson

A map of Berlin rendered in stark, flat colours inspired by German Weimar-era art, with a sidebar describing a location and various icons for resources. From Red Echoes: Berlin.

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Overthrow the Kaiser in Red Echoes: Berlin, a Weimar-era turn-based strategy game in the style of Suzerain

Join the Sparticists and win the November Revolution

July 27, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A hex-based map of a medieval fantasyland with books and playing pieces scattered across it, from Cataclismo's The Old Kingdom DLC.

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Terrific castle-building sim Cataclismo is being transformed into a chunky strategy boardgame, care of a paid Old Kingdom expansion

Out 20th August

July 23, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A red headed woman and young girl, and a brown haired boy, all made out of embroidery, are standing near a large tree, a ghost hiding close by in Scarlet Deer Inn.

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Scarlet Deer Inn, out now, is a Slavic folk tale platformer with a dark underbelly where every sprite is physically embroidered

It's stag-gering to look at

July 22, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

A quaint Norse village in Thveit.

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Thveit is a Norse citybuilder filled with folklore creatures where the changing seasons shape how you develop your village

No trolling here

July 21, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

Conversing with clan War Minister Qingwen Bao in House of Legacy.

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Supporters only | Scout Report: I need your help to stop playing House of Legacy. Please

Bao to the queen

July 21, 2026 Sin Vega

An army marching through the snow in Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros.

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Game Of Thrones: War For Westeros delayed to 2027, as PlaySide take more time before playing their turn to ensure the RTS hits a "high level of quality"

Whitewalking into next year

July 20, 2026 Mark Warren

A birds-eye view of a medieval castle in Bergfried.

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Build a medieval castle piece by piece and then defend it from enemy knights in the city builder and RTS Bergfried

For the king!

July 4, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

A tank driving through sprays of grit in an active battlefield with projectiles streaking all over, from Company of Heroes 3: Final Stand.

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Relic announce a new Company of Heroes RTS, a wave defence roguelite for strategy buffs who don't have time to fight a whole World War

Company of Heroes 3 gets a standalone spin-off

July 3, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A marketing image of the world map for Total War: Medieval 3 showing the locations of the starting factions.

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Creative Assembly confirm Total War: Medieval 3's starting factions, pegging out a complex world of schemers and killers, feudal giants and emerging empires

A vicious snub for the Papal States

June 26, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A hexagonal map from Folk Emerging, showing a tribe positioned by a sacred mountain above the seaside.

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Folk Emerging is a 4X strategy sim entirely set inside the first few turns of a Civilization game, and I think it has huge potential

Unsettling the genre

June 24, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

An older male king with a bleeding face and a short beard in a teaser video for Total War: Medieval 3.

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"Characters will come and go": Total War: Medieval 3 won't have skill trees because Creative Assembly want you to think in terms of dynasties

They also want to avoid lategame busywork

June 24, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A collage of promo images for Talaka, Ghostless, and Bravo, Gaspar!.

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Drums, cash grants, and bubbling capybaras: How Latin America's game dev creatives are outgrowing outsourcing

"It's better than it ever was"

June 11, 2026 James Archer

Title art for Muramasa: Revenant Blades, showing the game's warriors posed in colourful outfits brandishing their blades.

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We're finally getting a Vanillaware game on PC - Muramasa: Revenant Blades, an expanded 4K edition of the gorgeous Japanese action RPG

Please do 13 Sentinels next

June 10, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A rabbit wielding a sword is fighting three medieval knights in Johan.

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Johan is like if Sekiro were about a medieval manuscript of a rabbit came to life that's on a quest for revenge

Shadows hop twice

May 19, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

A woman walks near a building in Palestine in Dreams on a Pillow.

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Palestinian pseudo-stealth game Dreams on a Pillow paints a difficult, poetic picture in its first look at gameplay

Crowdfunding continues too

May 16, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

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Solve a murder mystery by flying people around on your giant crane in the Disco Elysium and Chinese folktale inspired The Crane Rider's Tale

Big bird

April 28, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

A group of smiling WW1 soldiers standing by sandbags in a grassy forested area under a cloudy blue sky, from Dig In.

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The War to End all Wars is a colony sim now, with an Acceptable Losses gauge

Pattering out a hasty news piece

April 28, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell

A monk hard at work in Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts

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This week in PC games: sci-fi shooter Pragmata, 2.5D platformer Replaced, and the most wishlisted game on Steam compete with illuminated manuscripts

Also dwarves

April 13, 2026 Julian Benson

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Galaxies Spring Showcase: How to watch and what to expect

Over 50 games and seven world premieres

April 9, 2026 IGNE

A man and a woman wearing early 20th century clothing stands in a gloomy, purple cave in key art for Call of the Elder Gods.

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The Myst lifts over Call of the Elder Gods, granting it a May release date

A lovely bit of craftsmanship here

April 7, 2026 Oisin Kuhnke

The round table of Legends of the Round Table. It has a big map in the centre and a bunch of knights standing around it, offering their swords in a show of the most righteous chivalry you ever did see.

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Legends of the Round Table is an obsessively chivalric turn-based RPG with the atmosphere of an actual jousting tournament

Lutebox mechanics

April 2, 2026 Edwin Evans-Thirlwell