While it may not overtake its inspiration, Ready or Not offers an unflinching tactical shooter experience with tense missions and brutal circumstances.

Football Manager 2024 builds on its predecessors with a number of granular improvements that come together to elevate the experience in notable ways.

Gearbox's latest is a return to form and a reminder of everything that made its looter shooter so unique, nagging issues aside.

Kingdom Hearts: Melody of Memory has been long time coming. Even with its faults, Square Enix and indieszero deliver a rhythmic fantasia that captures the series' music at its very best.

MLB The Show 22 still has room to improve for the future, but makes more than enough changes to remain a great baseball experience at the end of the day.

Mixtape nails its presentation and story, making it a music-focused adventure that takes you back to simpler times.

Nocturne's PS2 origins are obvious, but players who can get past the intense difficulty curve and barebones plot will find a great RPG that rewards mastery of its combat systems.

Shadow Labyrinth is a very polished and well-balanced experience that is well worth the effort you will put into learning its mechanics.

Monster Hunter Wilds is a fresh start for the franchise, even as it channels a respectable chunk of Monster Hunter World. The endgame could use a lot more, but it's still a top-tier action RPG with some incredible moments.

Senua's PS5 debut brings a lot of nifty improvements over the original release but suffers from the same limitations that held Hellblade II back from true greatness back in 2024.

Miles Morales is a meaningful expansion to 2018’s Spider-Man that, while perhaps not quite as polished, gives Spidey fans more than enough reason to check it out.

Nathan Drake and Chloe Frazer's action-packed adventures are still an absolute blast.

The Saints Row reboot doesn't rewrite the franchise's playbook, but that doesn't detract from the fact that it is a fun-filled playground of carnage and destruction.

Sackboy: A Big Adventure is a delightful platformer that mostly does a great job despite playing a bit too easy most of the time.

Tiny Tina’s Wonderlands doesn’t stray too far from the Borderlands series, but it doesn’t need to when the consistently funny characters and familiar yet satisfying gameplay are this enjoyable from front to back.

Despite major technical issues, Tainted Grail: The Fall of Avalon is an exciting “Scrolls-like” that offers a tightly-scoped RPG experience that shows a ton of potential for the franchise and genre.

The Enhanced Edition isn’t a major overhaul, some original issues like the clunky UI and awkward camera still persist. In return, you get improved visuals and high-resolution textures. But even with its flaws, Neverwinter Nights 2 and its Mask of the Betrayer expansion continue to offer exceptional storytelling that holds up remarkably well. Play it for the nostalgia.

This is a fantastic DLC with a fun story and strong production values, capping off a strong run of post-launch support for Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.

Monster Hunter Rise isn’t as ambitious as its predecessor, but it still manages to build on the franchise in meaningful ways.

Night Springs may not be essential, but it's still an absolute blast.

The King of Fighters XV is a huge upgrade over its predecessor in its visuals and presentation, and its minor tweaks to gameplay make an already stellar franchise even better.

Fuga: Melodies of Steel 2 is a game that will appeal to those looking for an accessible tactical RPG, but it sticks too close to the rulebook of the original for its own good.

Persona 5 Strikers is a worthy follow up to the Phantom Thieves’ original outing.

LEGO Horizon Adventures successfully adapts and abridges Horizon Zero Dawn for a younger audience, delivering a fun, charming, and straightforward experience in a delightful post-apocalyptic world.

The presence of Ace Attorney investigations 2 in this collection alone is reason enough to recommend it - this is one of the better titles in the entire series, available globally without hassle at last. Add on all the bells and whistles, as well the first game also being part of this package, and it's a no-brainer, especially if you are a series fan.

The console release of Gloomhaven continues the trend of making it one of the best board game-to-video game adaptations out there,

Beyond Good and Evil 20th Anniversary Edition is a great way to replay a beloved classic, and an even better one to experience it for the first time.

The grappling gun makes Ada feel much more nimble, and combat encounters much faster, lending a sufficiently different taste to the gameplay experience.