Rob Keyes
Despite bugs and a few absent features, 'Battlefield 4' lays the groundwork for the most immersive and dynamic multiplayer experience in the series to date.
Killzone: Shadow Fall is the most beautiful next-gen console game on the PlayStation 4, and while it does wonders with its presentation value and impressive new levels of visual fidelity, it doesn't do enough to innovate on its campaign story and gameplay offerings.
'Destiny' is a beautiful and addictive shooter despite its punishing loot system, dated MMO inspirations and incomplete story.
DriveClub is easily accessibly and highly recommendable, even for no other reason than the simple fact that it's the only new racer available on PS4 this year. It's slickly designed and just plain fun to play. There's room for improvement on the car selection, progression and customization, but what's there is a fun racer with some interesting social options that dedicated racers can take advantage of.
What Call of Duty: Black Ops 4 comes with is an easily recommendable launch package.
Nintendo and Ubisoft's partnership to develop Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle for the Switch was a brilliant idea and we want more!
Battlefield 1 offers a mind-blowing, gorgeously rendered, large-scale raw war experience unlike any other shooter on the market.
Titanfall 2 delivers a wonderful and complete package, expanding on the ideas of its predecessor, and deserves recognition for it.
An addictive tactical multiplayer shooter that suffers from over-monetization, occasional technical issues, and a lack of content.
Remedy Entertainment's Quantum Break delivers an epic time-travel tale thanks to brilliant writing and a smart use of live-action sequences.
Frontier Developments proves that hardcore space sims can deliver on home consoles with the Xbox One version of Elite: Dangerous.
If you loved your time in Pandora the first time around, you'll absolutely love Borderlands 2.
At $14.99, Super Time Force is a great buy, and highly replayable as more characters are unlocked. There are badges to be earned for each stage (you can pick exactly what stages/segments of missions to replay) for picking up items and the sort. It's a unique, polished and challenging adventure that's absolutely worth your time. And the best part is, completing a stage and re-watching it in real-time. It looks like co-op multiplayer on crack, but it's all you.
'inFAMOUS: Second Son' is a gorgeous open-world super-powered adventure but one that doesn't innovate on the story or gameplay front.
Watch Dogs is an origin story of sorts for a vigilante killer. Aiden Pearce is to Chicago what Batman is to Gotham, or more a more apt comparison would be to describe Pearce as more of a high-tech Punisher. The story is adequate to pull players through to the end and you can play much of the game approaching situations in your own, non-violent way, but the campaign forces extreme gunplay more than we wanted.
Respawn Entertainment's surprise release is a super polished and innovative battle royale that's easily the best in the genre.
A mindblowingly impressive looking shooter with loads of free DLC (and no loot boxes)!
Sparc, the first 'vsport' game from developer CCP Games is one of the best virtual reality games on the market but hardly anyone is playing it.
This one takes the best of the last few games and drops the bad parts.
It's a game of the year contender.