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1 week ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
The hardest part about a sequel is that you lose the element of surprise. People already know what the game is like from the first title, so few people expect drastic changes to the formula. They expect some improvements over what didn't work mechanically, and anything new feels like a bonus, but if you can replicate just about everything else, that's good enough for most people.
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1 week ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
Decrepit mansions, creepy residents stalking you, a child at a big disadvantage, and a childhood toy that's the key to getting you out alive: If you're a fan of horror or horror adjacent games, then you've likely seen one or more of these things countless times. Seeing them all combined in Out of Sight feels somewhat ordinary, but the game still tries to do something novel that makes it worthy of attention. We got our hands on the final preview build to see what the game offers to genre fans.
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2 weeks ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
La Quimera was supposed to be released on Steam on April 25, 2025. Instead of the game, players saw a note from the developers stating that the game was delayed at the last minute. No reason was given for the postponement, and no new date was given for a future release.
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2 weeks ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
Milestone specializes in racing games, but if you wanted to drill down, the developer focuses on motorcycles. It is a niche genre of racing, but if there's a game that primarily features motorcycles, there's a strong chance that Milestone is behind it. One of those games is Monster Energy Supercross, and after six consecutive annual releases of the series, the team took a break to do a big revamp.
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3 weeks ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
When Microsoft started publishing its first-party titles to the PlayStation, the question was how long it would take before it published something from its big franchises. This isn't to knock the releases, as games like Grounded are always welcome, and Sea of Thieves brought something unique to the platform (Skull and Bones notwithstanding), but those aren't normally the kinds of games that people think of when the Xbox is brought up.
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3 weeks ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
Fatal Fury arrived in November of 1991, six months after the debut of Street Fighter II, a game that changed the fighting game genre in terms of approach and overall popularity. Unlike many of the other games that tried to capitalize on Capcom's runaway hit, Fatal Fury became a success and spawned a number of sequels and spin-offs. The most prominent of these is The King of Fighters series, which is still going strong with 15 official entries and counting.
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4 weeks ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds can be considered something of a cult hit. It would explain why it's been ported to so many systems over a 12-year time span, giving it more longevity than the original fighting game that inspired it. After such a long time, the new publishers of the series thought that it was fitting to give this title a complete makeover with Phantom Breaker: Battle Grounds Ultimate.
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1 month ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
Most critics disliked the Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 Ti. The performance of the card fluctuated greatly when compared to the previous generation 3060 and 3070 cards, but it came in at a much higher price. To add to the confusion, there were two variants that differed only in VRAM capacity but had a $100 gulf between them.
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1 month ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
In 2013, Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine was released; the heist game focused on jobs that are silly capers rather than serious simulations. It was a fine solo experience, but it really shone in multiplayer — both online and in local co-op — a space that was starting to come to life on the PC. Twelve years have passed, and we finally have a sequel, which is simply named Monaco 2. Plenty has changed between the games, but there's also a lot that has remained the same, in a good way.
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1 month ago | 
worthplaying.com | Cody Medellin
The Outer Wilds was one of the more captivating puzzle titles of the last few years, and while there are many elements that helped the game reach this status, one of the top elements was its pacing. The story had plenty of depth and surprises, but the process of unveiling those things was slow and measured, making the journey feel unique and enlightening, no matter how many times you repeated it.
