Like an old friend come back to life. Ace Combat 7 feels like a neat and tidy resurrection, bringing back everything you missed from flight simulator games, while consequently reminding you why the industry lost interest in them.
Have you wanted to play Valkyria Chronicles again? Without actually playing the exact same Valkyria Chronicles again? But still have it exactly the same? But still different?
A spectacular throwback to the era when wrestling games were must-own. Add live – or even quarterly – updates to 2K20 and it'll be a first-ballot Hall of Famer.
The Champions League expands FIFA's exhaustive selection of licences – but thanks to lessons learned last year there's plenty to love out on the pitch, too.
Do you want to feel like a detective? Do other games keep giving you ‘all-seeing vision'? Do you wish you could actually solve problems on your own (more-or-less)? Look no further.
Frostpunk is a bleak and challenging colony builder/survival title that will either give you more respect for your boss, or have you rallying your co-workers to oust them.
Yakuza 6 delivers the series' signature poignant story, and is probably the best Yakuza has been narrative and production-wise. However, the game's trademark diversions have been trimmed back.
An accessible yet thoroughly entertaining competitive fighter, Dragon Ball FighterZ is a game for low-levels and super-elites alike.
Payback is good – assuming you're talking about the 1999 film.
So far, Before the Storm is maturing nicely.
Exceptional when it all works, but for the third year running launch-day gremlins prohibit an even greater score.
The best footballing package available, with myriad improvements – yet still unlikely to convert fans of the opposition.
Whichever side of the footballing gulf you plant your neon footwear, there's no question that EA's behemoth delivers bang for its megabucks.
Ben received a digital copy of Project CARS 2 from Bandai Namco for review.
Another remake, but a damn good one. The perfect place to begin if you've never played Yakuza before.
Ben received a digital copy of Life is Strange: Before the Storm from Square Enix for review.
An emotional inferno, worth your suffering.
Ben received a digital copy of Rime from the developer for review.
Ben received a digital copy of Little Nightmares from Bandai Namco for review.
Masterfully balances the needs of old and new players alike – but online teething problems are a curveball Sony has to overcome for the game to truly prosper.