CATEGORIES

NECROTIC

Fight over resources and punk fashion accessories in NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE WARS.

GAME-AS-SERVICEABLE

The supes have never looked or sounded as good as they do in MARVEL’S AVENGERS, but their best efforts feel in vain.

CUTTING EDGE

The technological innovations bringing the world of CYBERPUNK 2077 to life.

TWIN SPEAKS

TELL ME WHY is a narrative adventure game that can’t decide what it wants to be

WARHAMMER 40K: SPACE MARINE

I read one Warhammer book and now I’m that guy.

BIRDMAN FLYING

Just like eventually landing that famous 900, TONY HAWK’S PRO SKATER 1 + 2 shines after so many failures.

Gotham Knights

A new Batman game – but without Batman

Choice & Consequence

No decision in world of warcraft matters more than your race and class. Every character, from hardcore raiders to that level 14 undead warlock you started six years ago on a whim but never touched again, is defined by these two traits. And few of the choices you make in the countless hours that unfold after starting a new adventure are ever as meaningful. World of warcraft: shadowlands is going to change that.

RPG QUEST

IT’S ONE THING TO ATTEMPT TO SET OUT TO PLAY EVERY SINGLE GAME IN AN ENTIRE GENRE. BUT TO FINISH EACH ONE IN THE ORDER THEY WERE RELEASED AND THEN TO BLOG DETAILED ACCOUNTS OF THEM IS A QUEST BEYOND. THAT’S WHAT CHESTER BOLINGBROKE, AUTHOR OF CRPG ADDICT, SET OUT TO DO IN FEBRUARY 15, 2010, WHEN HE WROTE THE BLOG’S FIRST POST. OVER TEN YEARS LATER, HE’S STILL GOING.

THE SIGNIFIER

Explore the minds of the dead in this psychological mystery game

TOKYO STORY

Salt, sidequests, and suplexes in the impeccable YAKUZA 0

PORTAL

Subtle mods for a new experience.

GOING CHIRAL

How the twist of a photon can make all the difference

DETHRONED

CRUSADER KINGS III is in charge now.

FULL THROTTLE

LucasArts’ biker adventure still kicks ass.

ALL-TIME HIGH

MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR takes ‘open world’ very literally.

ROBOT WARS

Go on a memorable sci-fi safari as you hunt down robotic big game in HORIZON ZERO DAWN.

MEAT IS MURDER

CARRION is more of a buffet line than a hunting trip.

GO TO HELL

BALDUR’S GATE III is taking us to dark places, and it’s making darkness a mechanic too.

HEROQUEST

I’ll use my broadsword.

STAR WARS: SQUADRONS

Dogfights worthy of the franchise finally return

SOLAIRE'S TRAGIC ENDING

Pour one out for Dark Souls’ real hero.

DIVINITY: ORIGINAL SIN II

Cool modded classes for Larian’s RPG.

ASSASSIN'S CREED VALHALLA

Are longboats and axes enough to stand out from the crowd?

FINAL FANTASY XIV: SHADOWBRINGERS

Now is the perfect time to try Square Enix’s MMO.

ARMED AND READY

Could a major change be coming to the insides of our PCs?

Old School

JRPG favourite Persona ERSONA 4 GOLDEN has aged like a fine malt.

Witchcraft And Wizardry

A fully-fledged wizarding RPG in an intricate, blocky Hogwarts.

THE TOP 100

THE BEST GAMES TO PLAY RIGHT NOW

UNDEAD REDEMPTION

Exploring the Frontiersman’s afterlife in WEST OF DEAD.