A star rating of 5 out of 5. 2026 is a big year for Capcom, and while Resident Evil Requiem was always going to be a tremendous hit, it would be a lie to say that I had particularly high hopes for Pragmata. I am delighted to have been proven tremendously wrong. Pragmata tells the story of Hugh, a spacefarer who becomes trapped on an abandoned lunar research station, and Diana, the android child he finds there. On the hunt for an escape back to Earth, Hugh and Diana are forced to contend with the station’s hostile rogue AI, IDUS, who sends waves of militarised robots to eliminate them. In terms of gameplay, Pragmata takes clear inspiration from survival horror, encouraging precise aim and strategic combat, such as kneecapping bots to knock them down. It firmly sets itself apart, however, via its central gimmick of hacking. All of the enemies you face have armour that makes them almost invulnerable. But, it’s through Diana that players can complete a real-time grid-based puzzle to hack these enemies, …