Christian Donlan
Giddy action and astonishing art design combine in one of the great locations of modern video games.
A quest to find phone signal leads to a glorious game of exploration and reconnection.
Atmosphere rules in this narrative game about a cabbie on the trail of a killer.
A homage to the genre-blending classic ActRaiser that never quite gets off the ground.
A quirky and powerful construction toy that's fun to play with even if you aren't trying to make anything.
Guns and gangsters make for a silly delight in this PSVR caper.
Beneath the bland mascot lurks a decent arcade game.
A brisk free-roaming action game with a clicker-ish heart.
Stylish and punishing, this is a darkly compelling treat.
A card-battling RPG enlivened with wit and character.
Inkle's follow-up to 80 Days is an archaeology adventure like no other.
The spirit of Burnout returns in a game that trades big-budget spectacle for pure speed.
Sokoban and coding collide in this clever puzzler.
One of the great open-world templates fails to come into focus in this well-meaning, if embattled, sequel.
Care, generosity and love have gone into this attempt to recreate some legendary tactics games, but is it enough?
Genres combine with beautiful precision in a game that offers simple pleasures and terrifying depths.
One of gaming's great neglected oldies gets a spiritual successor crafted with care and imagination.
Weather effects and party balloons see a knockabout charmer return in decent form.
Dull adventure game mechanics are enlivened by a brilliant sense of dread, as the Dark Souls director turns his hand to VR.
Tetris gets the Tetsuya Mizuguchi makeover, to dazzling effect.