Death's Door is a must-play Metroidvania that pairs intense combat with bright, hilarious characters.
Full of worthwhile multiplayer content, Battlefield 2042 brings the long-running shooter franchise to new heights.
A rewarding experience from its start, Sifu delivers challenge after challenge, all of which are too exciting to turn down.
Even with its technological hangups, the PC port of Horizon Zero Dawn brings an experience wholly unlike anything else I've ever played.
Cyberpunk 2077 is a deeply conflicting game, one that you'll end up loving but will also hate and feel profoundly disappointed by.
A port to the Switch along with all content up to Road to Boruto makes this release of Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 4 well worth picking up.
Come to Iron Harvest for the mechs, stay for the beautiful, wonderful destruction in this solid and approachable real-time strategy game.
Mafia: Definitive Edition shows the true potential of this long-running series making it the franchise's new high-point.
Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time is the first mainline Crash title in 24 years. In that time, not all that much has changed.
Back 4 Blood is a solid evolution on Left 4 Dead's co-op action that could be further improved with some slight quality-of-life tweaks.
With some major balancing issues that made a majority of its classes unenjoyable, Tainted Grail: Conquest redeems itself by showing that when the game was balanced, it could be a fantastic experience.
While Descenders offers a fun downhill mountain-biking romp, it's constantly held back by the Switch's lackluster hardware.
Fast-paced and gory, Shadow Warrior 3 is a fun FPS that doesn't take many risks.
Streets of Rage 4 is a great continuation of the classic series, though it doesn't do anything revolutionary.
While West of Dead is subdued in many ways, I find it to be an easy recommendation for any fan of roguelike titles.
Experimental and unique, 12 Minutes forgoes some classic gaming standards in favor of a stylized, cinematic approach.
Heartfelt and poignant, the only thing Life is Strange: True Colors trips over is its own words.
While it has its quirks, Weird West is a bit of storytelling spectacle that seems to have been hand-crafted for diehard RPG fans.
Destroy All Humans is an endlessly entertaining alien-superpower playground, but tends to crush under the weight of its own structure.
Call of Duty: Black Ops - Cold War manages to take some interesting steps forward in storytelling for the franchise, but the campaign is still largely a letdown.