Despite a few minor flaws, and an avalanche of controversy, Pokémon Sword and Shield prove themselves to be excellent games, and stellar new Pokémon adventures.

The Jackbox Party Pack 6 brings with it four new games and the sequel to Trivia Murder Party. It’s more polished than the previous releases on launch, but none of the new games are particularly great.

Beside a few nagging puzzles and backtracking sequences, Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order is an excellent game, both for fans of action-adventure titles and of course, fans of games set in galaxies, far far away.

Between Romancing SaGa 3 and two more English SaGa games on the horizon, it’s a good time to be a devotee of this oddball RPG series. Let me hear your rallying cry, SaGa fans: “There are dozens of us! Dozens!”

The PC release of Red Dead Redemption 2 is without a doubt visually breathtaking to behold, but a wide range of issues at launch sour the experience of revisiting Rockstar’s captivating Western.

Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient is a return to the sound, language, and character connections that made the original so compelling and disturbing.

Need For Speed Heat is a fun racing game that is still held back by a weak, multiplayer, story, and lack of event variety.

A good revitalization for the franchise and one that packs enough charm to forgive its faults.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is one of the most refreshing and tactically immersive entries in the franchise to date, but the current state of some multiplayer components at launch and a deeply disappointing co-op mode drags down an otherwise fantastic FPS.

Death Stranding’s attention to the real may make it difficult to enjoy, but it is undeniably an experience that will both scourge and soothe the heart.

Luigi’s Mansion 3 is a graveyard smash you don't want to miss.

For better or worse, MediEvil is a PS4 game that plays like a PSX game.

The long awaited follow-up from Obsidian knocks it out of the Tossball park.

A passable port for a videogame that is best played elsewhere.

Ring Fit Adventure is one of the best attempts yet to blend fitness with gaming, even if gaming sometimes grabs the reins.

Fallback will have you going back for more as you make your way through its tough but rewarding gauntlet.

The Ninja Saviors – Return of the Warriors’ highly-aggressive play style makes all other beat ‘em ups seem slow by comparison.

Trails of Cold Steel III marches the long-running series ever closer to an explosive climax with satisfying combat, characters, and music.

Ghostbusters: The Video Game is the ultimate fan-game—that is to say, a game for the fans. It captures everything that made the original film great, and puts you in the starring role; really making you feel like a Ghostbuster. With everything that this game does right, it’s a wonder how more Ghostbusters games weren’t made, excluding the terrible Sanctum of Slime, and Ghostbusters (2016) game.

Trine 4: The Nightmare Prince is a wonderful, and most importantly, innovative puzzle game that is great to play either solo or with others.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint is a messy game that half-heartedly tries to do too many things, resulting in a game that lacks a firm identity as to what it wants to be.

Concrete Genie is best summed up as one of those short and sweet types of deals and is best reserved for those who may have young people in their lives.

Indivisible is a fantastic RPG hybrid brought to life through beautiful hand animation, a captivating score and an insanely addictive combat system.

Yooka-Laylee and the Impossible Lair is essentially a spiritual successor to Donkey Kong Country that ends with a difficult Super Mario Maker-like dungeon. It friggin’ rocks.

Deck13’s futuristic limb removal simulator is a solid but generic entry into the Soulslike genre.

Code Vein is some fun anime nonsense is a slickly designed package with some minor failings.

Sayonara Wild Hearts’ is gorgeous and packs an incredible pop soundtrack, but the actual levels the music accompanies never feels as natural as its audiovisual splendor.

Contra: Rogue Corps is a game that is so bad, I can’t recommend anyone buy it for any price.