Jason D'Aprile
Cruis'n Blast is an absurd, bombastic, and fun trip through the Wayback Machine to the days of quarter-munching arcade racers.
A multiplayer action fest that takes a vastly different approach than Alien: Isolation.
A remastered edition of the 2006 sequel, Virtua Fighter 5 Ultimate Showdown is still a quintessential example of true 3D fighting.
The bugs are back, but this time you have friends. Lots of friends. This graphic overhaul of the classic shooter series aims at more casual players but still delivers plenty of action.
Asha in Monster Land revamps a Sega classic with gorgeous new graphics and plenty of old-school design, for better or worse.
A decidedly niche retro fix for fans of the beloved if underappreciated Neo Geo Pocket Color.
The spirit of Sega's legendary Crazy Taxi returns in Taxi Chaos, a game that manages to capture the shallow fun of the coin-op classic.
Override 2: Super Mech League offers intense giant-robot battles and a few headaches along the way.
Worms Rumble takes the long-running turn-based series into the world of real-time online action for the first time.
Aquanox: Deep Descent continues a journey into the depths of the sea started in 1996 and proves blowing things up underwater is more fun than the Bends.
West of Dead has plenty of great gunplay and a fascinating setting, but be prepared to die over and over and put up with an unrelentingly unfriendly continue system.
There's an absurd amount of classic Shmup love here, even if these collections are a little too light on extras.
Minecraft Dungeons offers a very Diablo-like dungeon-crawling experience without the gore and grimdark atmosphere.
Trials of Mana is a graphically overhauled remake of a SNES classic, but it doesn't quite do enough to reach mythic status.
If you don't mind shelling out yet more money for the new figures, Superchargers is probably the best Skylanders game yet.
As long as you don't think too hard when playing Just Cause 3, there's still plenty to like. After three iterations, however, it's really time for the series to grow up a bit more and expand the nature of the world and its leading man. Just Cause 3 can be a ton of fun, but the lack of just a little more depth causes its appeal to burn out far quicker than it should.
A magical setting and engaging gameplay make Mulaka a worthwhile adventure.
Metro developers 4A Games deliver one of the best action games available on Oculus Rift.
The Mummy Demastered is an attractive side-scrolling action game from WayForward that tries to makes the most of a gloomy license.
Knack returns in a surprisingly fun sequel that makes great use of its shape-shifting hero.