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3 weeks, 3 days - Stranger Than Heaven is the next game from RGG Studio, makers of the Yakuza / Like A Dragon series, and this time it's taking you through Japan's past across five different decades in five different cities to tell the story of Makoto Daito and the origins of the infamous Tojo Clan. It uses action combat, but nothing like it was in the Yakuza games, because it has a much more in-depth slower-paced fighting system that looks to be challenging. We got to play a brief demo at Summer Game Fest, and these are our thoughts right from the show itself. Stranger Than Heaven launches on January 15, 2027 for PlayStation, Xbox, and PC.

3 weeks, 3 days - Blood Message has drawn comparisons to both God of War and The Last of Us. That's rarified company and, while it’s still too early to say it belongs in that echelon, it definitely borrows elements from both, and from what we’ve seen, does so exceptionally well. But it also has a clear identity of its own, with a setting grounded in real history and drama, and action that feels like every blow counts.