Remember when you played Age of Empires and thought, "This is nice, but what if it hated me personally?" Well, congratulations, Diplomacy is Not an Option is here to fulfill your masochistic fantasies. It's like They Are Billions had a baby with Dark Souls, and that baby wants you dead.

You know how the gaming industry's currently going through its "flip everything that exists" phase? Well, Garage Flipper is here to prove that not everything needs a renovation simulator. It's like House Flipper had a child with a broken GPU, and neither parent showed up for custody.

Ever wondered what would happen if someone looked at ARMA 3, Rainbow Six, and Ghost Recon, then said "I can make that by myself"? Well, Black One Blood Brothers is your answer, and it's either the most ambitious one-man project in gaming or the most beautiful train wreck you'll ever witness. Possibly both.

Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to Kill Knight, a twin-stick shooter that's about as relaxing as performing brain surgery during an earthquake. This isn't your grandma's arcade game – unless your grandma happens to be a hardcore demon-slaying badass.

Imagine playing the world's most terrifying game of hide and seek, where you can't see your friends, but the boogeyman can see everyone. Welcome to Ominous, the game that answers the question, "What if we made a horror game, but added a dash of existential loneliness?"

Ah, Inn Tycoon, the game that answers the age-old question: "What if we made a management sim, but removed most of the management?" Strap on your lute and don your best "I'd like to speak to the tavern keeper" haircut, because we're diving into the thrilling world of medieval hospitality.

Well, folks, it seems the developers of Russian Roulette: Online decided to play their own version of Russian roulette with game design, and boy, did they lose spectacularly. This game is about as stable as a Jenga tower in an earthquake, and twice as frustrating.

Ah, Forever Skies, the game that answers the age-old question: "What if Subnautica had a baby with a blimp?" Well, we're about to take a wild ride through the skies of a post-apocalyptic Earth that's more toxic than your ex's Twitter feed.

Well, well, well, cat lovers and masochists alike, gather 'round for a tale of whiskers, woe, and what-the-actual-fuck. Copycat, the game that promises to let you live out your feline fantasies, is here to remind you why some dreams should stay in the litter box.

Ah, Slime Rancher 2 - the game that answers the age-old question: "What if Jell-O was sentient and fucking adorable?" Monomi Park's sequel to their smash hit is here to once again make you question your life choices as you spend hours cooing over digital goo-balls.

Ara: History Untold - the game that answers the age-old question: "What if Civilization and Anno had a love child raised by an economist with ADHD?" This 4X strategy game tries to reinvent the wheel, and sometimes it rolls, sometimes it's square, and sometimes it fucking levitates. #GiftedbyXbox

Frostpunk 2 promises to evolve its predecessor's intimate survival sim into a grand political clusterfuck. But much like trying to govern a city of frostbitten malcontents, the results are as messy as they are divisive.

Welcome to the Backrooms, where the wallpaper is yellower than a chain smoker's teeth and the carpet smells like your grandma's attic on steroids. Backrooms: Escape Together is the latest entry in the ever-expanding "get lost in creepy-ass empty spaces" genre, and it's here to answer the age-old question: What if we made a horror game, but made it really fucking pretty?

Akabaka's back with another cosmic fuck-fest, and this time they've cranked the Lovecraftian horror up to eleven. "Sucker for Love: Date to Die For" is less about awkward dates with tentacle monsters and more about running for your goddamn life while trying not to summon the end of the world.

Looks like Sony's got a new pet project, and it's not another generic open-world snoozefest. Fairgame$, the heist game from Jade Raymond's Haven Studios, is apparently making waves inside Sony's ivory towers. But is it the next big thing, or just another case of corporate circle-jerking?

Ubisoft's stock just took a nosedive that would make the Death Star's destruction look like a minor setback. All thanks to Star Wars Outlaws, a game that apparently sold about as well as sand on Tatooine.

Well, holy shit. Firewalk Studios' Concord just speedran its way from launch to shutdown. This cosmic trainwreck of a game is being pulled off digital shelves and sent to the great server farm in the sky after a whopping checks notes three weeks.

Xbox Game Pass is kicking off September with a lineup that's about as coherent as a drunk gamer trying to explain the plot of Kingdom Hearts. From truck driving in space to mythological warfare, this month's offerings are a grab bag of genres that'll either excite you or leave you scratching your head.

Xbox boss Phil Spencer just opened up about his decision-making skills, and holy shit, it's a doozy. Turns out, the man behind the green machine has a track record of passing on some of gaming's biggest franchises. Let's dive into this clusterfuck, shall we?

Well, well, well. Looks like Bungie and NetEase are still trying to milk the Destiny cow on mobile. Surprise, surprise.