Watch Dogs 2 isn’t a revolution, but it’s a clear improvement on the original, which gave us a bland hero with nothing to say. Ubisoft adds a much needed dose of fun to Watch Dogs 2, elevating it above the first game by adding bright, energetic graphics and some engaging characters, whilst also giving it a moral heart.
With some of the most beautiful graphics for any game released this year, a complex open world and a totally redone real-time combat system, Final Fantasy XV is set to become an instant classic in RPGs, and one game you certainly should consider playing over the holidays.
Sword Art Online: Hollow Realization looks good for a game that shares play between the PlayStation 4 and Vita. Although there are some localization and language translation problems, this SAO is still fun for anime and Sword Art fans.
Originally released, and then heavily patched, for the PC, the fun but frustrating Necropolis now makes the jump to PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Does this dungeon crawler have legs?
Those of you who feel burned by No Man’s Sky should check out Everspace instead, an open world space game being developed without unnecessary hype, but with lots of cool things to do. We pilot into Everspace a bit early and find a lot to like, and so much more to come.
Dark Souls fans will get a kick out of the new Ashes of Ariandel DLC, which forces players through a painting and into a pocket dimension where the world of Ariandel awaits. Prepare for some of the most intense Souls action yet!
This week out local Time Waster is lost is a series of Caves while he plays a mobile game that goes by the same name. Can he escape, or does he even want to?
It’s been a little while since Van Helsing, a game originally made for the PC, made a move to consoles. But now that The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing II is available for the Xbox One, all those monsters he hunts better watch out.
Slodak Entertainment brought parts of its previous games, Depths of Peril, Drox Operative and Din’s Curse, together to form the zombie-centered action RPG Zombasite. For those who love this type of game, Zombasite offers a lot to sink your teeth into.
The new Skylanders: Imaginators allows players to create their very own heroes, and if that was all it did, it would still be awesome. But Imaginators is packed with so much more. Both our adult and kid testers have declared that this is the best Skylanders yet.
