With a new installment of the Smurfs, The Smurfs: Dreams becomes the best game in the franchise. A game to enjoy alone or with a friend and be part of this blue and lively world.

Fe takes a chance on an experience that is far from the classic concept of a videogame and has a clear focus on the player’s feelings. Smart, beautiful and well executed, it achieves its goal and makes us think about our own relationship with the environment.

Dead Island 2 is one of the games I've had most fun with in a very long time. It really knows how to emphasize its very own strengths, offering hundreds of weapons in a very detailed Los Angeles city with multiple well-designed open areas that allow for proper exploration.

Grand Kingdom is one of the best tactical RPG games of the recent years. Its gameplay is amazing and features a fantastic online mode. Besides, in this game you will find lots of extras and secrets that have to be discovered.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole offers a more simple RPG experience compared with its predecessor, but it still maintains its wonderful humor and the funny characters that are essential in this adventure. Great for the all-time fans and the newcomers.

Mario Tennis Fever encapsulates Nintendo’s arcade philosophy in a sports game packed with controlled chaos. The Fury Rackets, as a central gameplay element, add extra layers of interest to mechanics that are accessible yet more complex than they initially appear. Although there is room for improvement, its proposal is more than solid and stands as a notable addition to the Nintendo Switch 2 catalog.

Hypergun is not perfect. However, it actually is the best roguelike shooter we have seen. Thanks to its delightful gameplay and its AAA quality gunplay, the few cons fall behind these outstanding pros.

Little Nightmares is a powerful project that brings a different kind of narrative. It creates lots of feelings with very few resources and, even though its duration is too short, it brings a very positive experience.

Disintegration is what every debut work from a newly founded studio should be: a commitment to creating something new that also respects the most classic mechanics of two well-differentiated genres. But, best of all, Disintegration it's the special feeling that V1 Interactive has discovered something unique: a genre that I didn't know I needed until I played through it.

Watch Dogs: Legion is the proof that a franchise can be redirected in a better direction if its studio makes the right decisions. This third installment of the Ubisoft hacker saga has managed to further highlight the virtues of its predecessors and get rid of those elements that negatively interfere with its design. Watch Dogs: Legion gives rise to an open world whose representation of London will get you captivated by its setting and by a gameplay tighter than ever in the franchise.

Far Cry 6 is a game that does just what it should: gives you a good handful of gameplay mechanics so you can find yourself as a player within the chaotic Yaran revolution. Despite its imperfections, I will remember the game as a place I want to return to; as an open world that respects you as a player and understands that it should be you who decides how to spend your time with it.

Shadow of the Tomb Raider delivers a great new adventure. However, the closure of the trilogy does not stand its ground with enough courage in order to try and provide remarkable new elements, which in the end leaves us with a bittersweet feeling.

Infinity Nikki is like that perfect outfit you didn't know you needed in your gaming closet. It's refreshing, beautiful, and surprisingly deep. In a gaming world dominated by action and conflict, this title reminds us that sometimes, what we really need is a space to be creative, help others, and yes, look fabulous while doing it.

Man of Medan is a perfect game for lovers of interactive adventures. A horror story that although more predictable than we would have liked, offers us a great experience and a lot of choices that can cause it to end with more or less survivors. In addition, the social component that allows us to play with friends online or with up to 5 friends on the same console, are an added weight when enjoying this experience with more people.

NBA 2K19 is the best basketball simulator out there. The depth of its game modes will allow the players to entertain themselves for a massive amount of time. However, microtransactions still remain a strong element, even if they are not as prevalent as in last year’s entry.

Dragon Ball: SPARKING! Zero is the video game that all Budokai Tenkaichi fans wished for. Visually its battles are stunning, and it plays at a pace that can be as frantic as a Dragon Ball battle from the anime. There's also a bunch of characters and game modes that will keep it alive for quite some time, especially the Custom Battle mode. Sadly, the Story Mode is quite lacking. It has some good ideas but they are executed pretty badly. There's clearly some unfulfilled potential there.

With an overwhelming amount of new content, Super Mario Party Jamboree promises to become one of the most ambitious games in the franchise. In addition, it is a title that respectfully modifies the very essence of the saga with the aim of expanding its own limits and offering gameplay experiences never before seen in the series; thus fulfilling what anyone could expect from a Super Mario Party in 2024.

Monster Hunter Stories 2: Wings of Ruin is the perfect combination of Monster Hunter and Pokémon. Although with some minor flaws, it manages to pull off a fresh experience, with some twists that really make it fun and also one of the biggest surprises of 2021 for the Nintendo Switch.

The Plucky Squire is a game that deserves to be played by those who enjoy innovation and imagination in video games, despite its weaknesses. It is a reminder of why indie games are so important to the industry, as they bring freshness and new ideas to an ever-evolving medium.

The Walking Dead: The Final Season is a true gift that really allows for a proper goodbye to Clementine after a journey that went on for many years. A chance to enjoy one last time the legacy given to us by the already extinct Telltale Games.

Super Dragon Ball Heroes: World Mission is a real treat for the longtime fans of Dragon Ball, but it is even more than that. It is a profound strategy game that will take up a good number of hours to master, but in the end it will all be part of a delightful effort.

Dirt Rally takes back all the appeal of the first games of the saga. Having a fully customizable and deep rallying experience, it will call out to all those fans who where lost along the last Dirt games and also everyone who wants a real challenge in a racing game.

Bloober Team has managed to forge a new horror game that, although it turns out to be extremely faithful to the lore of the universe created by the first film, it manages to position itself as a product with a unique personality. Its mechanics, setting and artistic design come together to offer a title that tries to generate fear in the player showing respect to his intelligence and avoiding falling into the most overused topics of the genre.

Dragon Quest VII Reimagined represents a notable restoration effort: it significantly improves the narrative cohesion of the original title, refines its mechanics to streamline the game’s pacing, and preserves the elements that made it one of the most beloved entries in the saga. It may not be the best Dragon Quest, but it is certainly one of the most special, turning this remake into a solid standard-bearer of retroactive nostalgia within the JRPG genre.

Another Code: Recollection is an excellent video game full of improvements and with a ton of mystery, and it will please even those who already played the originals. It has kind of a slow start, but it doesn't take too long for the game to get back on its feet, thus giving a second chance to an IP that had long been forgotten.

Sackboy stars in a fun adventure that, given the nature of the gameplay, at times tends to become repetitive. Nevertheless, we are dealing with a game worthy of such a popular character that the lovers of platform-games will enjoy.

Star Wars Outlaws is another Star Wars story, a different story that delves into the darkest part of the galaxy and more than fulfills its role in entertaining and telling a story. If you are a fan of the saga, you are in luck because you are going to find the most immersive title of the franchise in every sense.

Exploring a world full of Pokémon, vast landscapes, and an impressive number of possibilities for interaction with and with each other is something any fan of the series should dream of. Maybe New Pokémon Snap presents a simple gameplay, but in which it can be deepened to immortalize an infinite number of unique moments and snapshots worthy of belonging to any nature photographer.