Hot off the rip-roaring success of Pokémon Go, the mobile app that had kids of all ages prowling the streets in search of the cutesy pocket monsters, here is the Switch console's Pokémon Let's Go.
Football Manager 2019 is the most compelling and involving upgrade of the game since, for my money, the superb FM14. While some old niggles remain --press interaction still needs its proper overhaul, for instance-- its commitment to openness and accessibility has not come at the cost of its extraordinary depth. Quite the opposite. We go again.
As you move around the country and the gang's predicament shifts, the complexion of both game and narrative can change to a startling degree. It is nothing if not carefully considered.
As a card-carrying member of the single-player society, it was with some trepidation I dived into Call of Duty:
Assassin's Creed Odyssey is the finest the series has ever been, building on the role-playing roots laid down by Origins. An occasionally scruffy triumph of historical world-building, play and, perhaps most importantly, Grecian character.
Is there a more quintessentially British driving experience than guiding a Land Rover across a roundabout in the Cotswolds, a light drizzle pattering across the windshield as Classic FM lilts from the radio?
Yes, the swinging is sensational.
That the combat is so satisfying is the game's real boon, as without it the structure could lend itself to repetition.
For better or worse, French developer Quantic Dream has forged quite the reputation for its lavish interactive dramas.
One of the most gorgeous, spectacular and impactful blockbusters of the generation
Far Cry 5 may not be the biting allegory on the rise of the "alt-right" in Trump's United States that some envisaged, but it still cuts close to the bone of the culture of God-fearing, gun-toting rural America.
Any issues melt away as you leap whooping from your seat, punching the air after you slay a giant beast while on your last sliver of health. In Monster Hunter: World, those heart-pounding epiphanies happen with thrilling regularity.
LA Noire's VR Case Files proves so entertaining because it understands virtual reality and all the strengths and foibles it entails.
As I flick through the bulging library on my Nintendo Switch trying to decide what to play, it almost seems quaint to think that less than a year ago we were concerned that Nintendo's hybrid-console wouldn't have enough games.
Glorious Egyptian setting makes this the most potent Creed yet
One of the many wonderful things about Super Mario Odyssey is that it does not like to waste any time.
Like the screeching, wavering back tyres after a scuffed exit from a hairpin, it is fair to say that Forza Motorsport has had a slight wobble over the past few entries.
It is the atmosphere that hits you first in FIFA 18.
When you reach a peak in performance, as Pro Evolution Soccer has done over the past few years, there is always the danger of diminishing returns.
Anyone concerned about the absence of Nathan Drake in this latest entry into the Uncharted series needn't have worried.