This might not be the system seller that Oculus is hoping for, since music games still basically are a niche market. But nonetheless this is a perfect example how known concepts can be enhanced and become more immersive. This is Harmonix’ best rhythm extravaganza since Fantasia: Music Evolved.

Classic dungeon crawling in the likes of The Bard’s Tale with puzzle elements, surprising depth and colorful visuals.

Survival, building, exploration and the best building block sandbox since the invention of LEGO. Minecraft didn’t lose any of its fascination on the PS3.

Tequila Works show how to inject fresh ideas into a theme as worn-out as the zombie apocalypse. The mixture of puzzles and challenging fights works extraordinarily well to make Deadlight one of the most atmospheric XBLA games of the year.

This is the well rounded Pokémon adventure I was longing for. An absolutely worthy gift for the 15th birthday of the series.

If you like your old-school RPG with a big helping of classic dungeons, cartography and party-management than look no further. Under the colorful surface is an experience that is more demanding than anything that Legend of Grimrock can throw at you.

The story is the usual weak point while the visuals are as outdated as ever. But that shouldn’t keep you from playing this gem.

Furious Star Wars action with great cockpit feeling and tense team dogfights.

Lone Survivor is a unique and very intense horror trip into the human psyche.

On every corner you’ll find a new secret or a sparkling metal ornament waiting to be investigated. It is short and offers hardly anything new compared to the predecessor. But is still is very unique – which you can’t say about too many mobile games which mainly consist of match-3 or endless-runner-clones.

A great ending of the bizarre science fiction adventure with a plethora of funny ideas and loads of challenging puzzles.

A very big very little adventure with lightning fast quests, lovable characters and loads of references to roleplaying games.

Realistic, yet extremely playable and enhanced with strategic depth: In the current shooter landscape Squad is one-of-a-kind.

Very good entertainment with a faceted battle system. It looks and feels great on PlayStation 5.

Intense battles in which heroes and cannon fodder soldiers have to work together to achieve victory. Expect a surprisingly long and entertaining campaign plus brutal multiplayer skirmishes, which are in desperate need of more content.

The Arrival pushed me to the edge of sanity. With its clever combination of unsettling pictures and disturbing sounds this is one of the most intense horror experiences available today.

Inspired by games like Journey or Limbo, Lone Sails draws you in on Switch with charming music and an expressive art design. An emotional trip through an apocalypse void of humans.

Borderlands 4 motivates with tons of loot and tight gunplay – it is and remains one of the best loot shooters ever. Now that the story and endgame has returned to most of its old strengths, you can easily spend dozens of hours here before boredom sets in. Only the open world wasn't really necessary.

There’s no other sports game that comes even close to the drama and direction the revamped career is offering. Plus you’ll get a plethora of on- and offline modes. But when it comes to core mechanics the differences to last years’ version are only subtle.

The development team behind Ara: History Untold succeeds in competing with the established titles of the genre with new ideas and creative gameplay, cleverly packing complex economic systems and production processes into a graphically sophisticated and lively framework while retaining the roots of its genre predecessors.

An exciting, interactive gangster thriller with an idiosyncratic look and great speakers.

An improvement over its predecessor in every way. The intriguing story could be told in a more captivating style though.

This is what a nice clean conversion should look like. Visually it is not as crisp as its Xbox One counterpart, but the core delivers the same high octane mixture of acrobatic wallruns and mech-action.

Quotation forthcoming.

Tense as well as emotional journey into the past with interesting characters and lively dialogue.

Flat Heroes is “good old” platform action filled with ideas, challenge and high playability.

If Dear Esther is a dark audiobook, Proteus is an interactive painting. Small things combine to build a living world.

With Warlords of Draenor, Blizzard is back on track.