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.

DIRT 5

What the track editor says about the series’ identity

A NEW FRONTIER

Arkane’s founder is reworking the immersive sim for WEIRD WEST

Counter-Spike

Fresh ideas and playful abilities prove that VALORANT is way more than a copycat.

“It's really mind-blowing that anywhere I can think of, I can fly to”

Escaping lockdown through MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR

ROBOT WARS

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

“Bounties begin by challenging you to photograph trendy boomboxes”

UMURANGI GENERATION guides your eye to look at a stylish city in a different way

CITY SLICKER

BEYOND A STEEL SKY builds a LINC to the past.

SMOOTH OPERATOR

Creating a team in F1 2020 brings together a decade of evolution.

GO TO HELL

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

CARD GAME

PAPER BEAST is two halves of a fantastic VR experience.

STRAND AND DELIVER

Become a post-apocalyptic postman in DEATH STRANDING.

MEAT IS MURDER

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

AWAY WITH THE FAERIES

FAE TACTICS revives and simplifies the tactics JRPG.

UNDEAD REDEMPTION

Exploring the Frontiersman’s afterlife in WEST OF DEAD.

“Ingenuity isn't enough to beat a deck builder, you need some luck too”

Defeating heaven’s finest in MONSTER TRAIN

THE WAYLANDERS

An ambitious adventure that may have debuted too soon

NO STRAIGHT ROADS

Musical adventures in a world that’s hit rock bottom

“Sending plates and vases tumbling to the floor to smash is always good”

Feline great about needless destruction in CATLATERAL DAMAGE

OLD SCHOOL

JRPG favorite PERSONA 4 GOLDEN has aged like a fine malt.

HUMAN KIND

In this slick, speedy 4X, you’ve got to get famous or die trying

CYBERPUNK 2077

We finally go hands-on with 2020’s most exciting RPG

THE TOP 100

THE BEST GAMES TO PLAY RIGHT NOW

QUICK DRAW

Grab your stetson and sneak your way through the Wild West in DESPERADOS III.

PROJECT CARS 3

So many improvements we could barely fit them all in one article

THE COIN GAME'S ENDLESS ROBOT BIRTHDAY PARTY

My uncle’s pockets are infinitely deep on coin-op island.

SHARK WEAK

Repetitive tasks take a big bite out of the fun in MANEATER.

GRAND THEFT AUTO V

Superheroes fit perfectly into GTA V’s sandbox of carnage.

ESCAPE YOUR WORLD

JOURNEY WITH US THROUGH GAMING'S GREATEST PLACES

SUB-PRIME

Not even CRUCIBLE’s adorable botanist robot can redeem its boring gameplay and poor frame rate.