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A new mainline Final Fantasy, ex-Witcher devs doing vampires, Capcom firing on every cylinder and Game Freak going post-apocalyptic. The RPGs of late 2026, ranked by how badly we want them.

Spreadsheet lovers, rejoice: the back half of 2026 is packed with management sims, from Frontier's Planet Zoo 2 to a cyberpunk nightclub empire and a pirate haven with production chains. Ten to watch, ranked by excitement.

Pinhead returns with Doug Bradley, Silent Hill goes to Scotland, and October 2026 has a horror release almost every week. The ten upcoming horror games worth losing sleep over, ranked.

Season 2 kept my Friday-night tea ritual alive for ten weeks, and I loved being back on the road with Frieren, Fern and Stark. But this season is a bridge, not a destination: gentle, lovely, and clearly saving its biggest feelings for what comes next.

Ubisoft's Black Flag remake is a genuinely lovely rebuild of the best pirate game the series ever made, and a case study in souring your own launch with nine day-one DLC packs. The ship is great. The gift shop can walk the plank.

MAPPA returns to the well with Culling Game: Part 1, and the action animation might be the best the series has produced. The trade-off is a season top-loaded with rule explanations that test even seasoned shonen viewers.

Netflix's live-action One Piece stops grading itself on a 'good for what it is' curve and becomes just good television. Season 2 covers five manga arcs in eight episodes, introduces a showstopping Chopper, and sets the stage for an Alabasta season that might be one of the biggest TV events of 2027.

AdHoc Studio's debut delivers one of the best narrative adventures in years. Dispatch blends workplace comedy, superhero drama, and genuine heart into an eight-episode package that'll have you planning your second playthrough before the credits finish rolling.

Driven by a COVID-era home office glow-up, I traded my boring setup for the eye-candy of the Logitech POP Keys. It’s a retro-inspired, emoji-loving mechanical keyboard that looks like a dream but types might requires a bit of force and attention.