Brad Shoemaker
Resogun might be the best PlayStation 4 exclusive so far. It's certainly a must-download for new owners of the console.
Ryse leans too heavily on its merely decent combat, but at least it looks really, really nice doing so.
The third outing of Capcom's other, more ridiculous zombie franchise ably walks the line between approachability and the series' trademark off-the-wall quirk.
If you want a shooter that gives you more activities--and guns--than you know what to do with, Destiny 2 is your game.
Ground Zeroes makes up for its initial brevity with plentiful side content, a gorgeous look, and the most dynamic, satisfying stealth gameplay Metal Gear has seen in some time.
This perfectly competent open-world game gets a heck of a lot more interesting when it throws an endless host of savage, dynamic AI enemies into the mix.
Insomniac gets back to what it does best with this smirking, fast-moving romp through a gleefully silly open world.
Dimensions recaptures enough of Geometry Wars' thrills to stand as the best new dual-joystick shooter in quite a while.
Rocksteady's gorgeous-looking third Arkham game refines its open-world format a bit and lets you drive a whole hell of a lot of Batmobile.
Metal Gear Solid V practically redefines the notion of what open-world gameplay can be.
Destiny's biggest expansion to date makes the game a whole lot more enjoyable and easier to recommend.
A bolder, more capable Lara Croft returns for an adventure that's more varied and fun than Tomb Raider has seen in years.
The intricate puzzles and tantalizing secrets of this starkly gorgeous, mystical island are enough to lose yourself in for dozens of hours.
This oddball shooter sequel piles on more of everything from the first game, which is exactly what that game needed.
It's hard to imagine a better Doom game in 2016 than this exhilarating, darkly witty new take on id's classic.
Playdead's followup to Limbo expands on and improves all of that game's ideas so thoroughly, there's no question why it took six years to get here.
Drifting over the polygonal landscape looking for crystals is still a peaceful good time, if you can overlook a few flaws.
ReCore starts with an intriguing world and a great mix of platforming and RPG elements, but it all falls apart well before the end.
Andromeda largely feels like a shoddily assembled facsimile of the previous Mass Effect games.
This intense exploration of a young woman's personal anguish is a triumph of interactive storytelling.