A great expansion, and a promising sign of things to come. Some minor issues aside, Heart of Thorns is a clever addition to one of the best MMOs around.
Huge, open and beautiful. Sapienza offers up a different sort of challenge to Paris, and is a promising sign for Hitman's future.
Hokkaido is a confident and experimental end to a great season.
Please make more games, Original Fire. Show the rest of the genre how 'sim-meets-arcade' is done.
Effortlessly stylish, perhaps to the detriment of substance. But Superhot isn't one to miss.
Hitman is back. Confident design and a willingness to experiment produces some of the best missions of 47's long career.
A varied, challenging platformer that's adept at forcing improvisation and punishing mistakes.
Essentially more of its predecessor but with a more consistent quality of levels. Which is fine: its predecessor was great.
A little too streamlined in places, but Rise of the Tomb Raider does a lot to improve upon its predecessor.
A bright, fun and surprisingly substantial racing experience that does interesting things with Forza Horizon 3's core design.
The high-point of a consistently strong series, and a great showcase of adventure game design that fits the story's theme.
Satisfying arcade skate-'em-up that's fun from the off, and promises many hours on the hard path to mastery.
Not as consistently intricate or surprising as Dishonored 2, but still a worthy epilogue that adds depth and atmosphere to the series' world.
Not quite on par with Sapienza, Hitman's third episode is nonetheless a detailed, intricate playground for murder.
A captivating story and varied card battles ensure this light-touch RPG remains entertaining throughout its lengthy campaign.
A worthy send-off to Guild Wars 2's Elder Dragon saga, and a reason to be optimistic about the future of the game.
Rambling plot aside, Burial at Sea, Episode 2 is an entertaining stealth-lite shooter with a likeable lead.
No polish or refinement, just lots of giant ants and plenty of ways to kill them. Ridiculously fun at its best, which it frequently is.
A great port of an entertainingly subversive cover shooter. It's short, but the core loop never gets old.
Joyful and surprising, even when you're cracking open an anthropomorphised egg.