Forza Horizon 2 is exactly the game that petrol-heads around the world have been waiting for.

A wonderful JRPG, although with twelve years behind it. It's still manages to shine, thanks also to the excellent work of revision by the developers.

I already had good expectations for this narrative RPG but somehow it has managed to exceed them by far. Yes, it draws heavily from Disco Elysium (and from other sources such as the legendary Planescape: Torment), but it's not just a shallow copy of the original, instead it's a game with a strong identity of its own, one that can stand proudly alongside some of the best RPGs of the last decade.

Vampyr sets a new standard for Dontnod's already excellent narrative. Combined with a fine action RPG mechanic, it offers an immersive and difficult-to-forget experience.

Microsoft Flight Simulator lands on Xbox with a great porting that, despite a few flaws and a painful UI, recreates the same, magical simulation experience that PC users has enjoyed in the past year, thanks to a great (but not perfect) controller adaptation of the main mechanics and the same additional contents provided in the last few months on PC by Asobo Studio.

Probably the best sports game of the year and a great achievement for 2K and Visual Concepts. Brilliant.

One of the best arcade racing game series successfully married with the typical online experiences of the current generation.

After two lazy years, Blizzard brings to World of Warcraft a lot of exciting new content with one of the best expansions for the game.

Even though puzzles are a bit on the easy side, narration, world building and mature themes are top notch and make Shardlight a beautiful graphic adventure.

The Last of Us: Part 2 Remastered is the best way to enjoy Naughty Dog's masterpiece, not only for the graphical improvements and the full support for PlayStation 5-exclusive features (DualSense included), but also for the addition of very good extras such as the excellent No Return.

A Crooked Mile is the turning point of The Wolf Among Us: plot and interaction merges together with a perfect flow, and the result is an episode that really moves in the direction given by the player. And it also concludes with a jaw dropping cliffhanger.

Pikmin 4, despite some minor flaws, is the classic video game experience that you would never want to stop playing and remains in many ways the best episode in the series.

A great hack 'n' slash that can stand proudly next to the sacred monsters of the genre.

Hitman GO is a great puzzle game, with a unique visual style and a lot of brilliant contents. It manages to capture the essence of Agent 47, giving a fresh new touch to the series.

Overwatch has the potential to be the most important and influential FPS for this generation. At the moment, it's doubtlessly the game of this summer.

It hasn't got much innovation, that's for sure, but Leo's Fortune is a great platform/puzzle game, with lovely graphics and a lot of depth, especially if you're aiming to the top scores.

A musical love letter addressed to fans of the Final Fantasy series, and one of the best rhythm games around.

Miss the LucasArts adventures of the '90s? Thimbleweed Park is the best way to beat the nostalgia and to play an adventure game that is already a must-play.

One of the best games in the series and a very good reason to own a 3DS. The gameplay has all the depth we can expect from Intelligent Systems, the interface is flawless and everything is wrapped by a stellar presentation.

Undertale is a fresh and original indie adventure: great story, great characters and a wonderful soundtrack.

A game that makes you ask yourself if evil is indeed something that must be fought is a game worth of both respect and remembrance.

Call of Duty Strike Team is the final demonstration touch games grew up: combining FPS and simple touch strategy, it deserves to be installed on your iPad.

System Shock may not be an experience suited to everyone, but it's still a fantastic game, and this remake makes it slightly more accessible thanks to its new graphics, interface, and control schemes while staying true to the original game's vision and complex level design.

The fantasy adventures of Sorcery! come to an end with the fourth and last chapter, which is perhaps the best of the series for writing quality and settings charm.

Life is Strange: Before the Storm is a beautiful, delicate novel about psychological and moral growth.

Apparently chaotic and impossible to control, TxK is in fact a perfectly designed game, immersed in a psychedelic tempest. A great old school shooter, with tight controls and superb level design.

Not only Final Fantasy X/X-2 Remaster is the best collection so far, but it gives you the chance to play in the best possible way one of the finest JRPGs ever made. Every fan should go back to Zanarkand and fight once more with Tidus and Yuna.

The second best Yakuza game ever after Yakuza 3 and a breathtaking mix of mini-games, fighting, mob plots and Japanese craziness.

Supergiant Games' first sequel does not disappoint and actually delivers another memorable and incredibly fun romp through Greek mythology as envisioned by the Californian developers.

Lorelai and the Laser Eyes has the charm of its title: it is a mysterious and polymorphous object, concrete and elusive simultaneously. It relies on the conventions of the genre but it's not afraid to defy them to narrate an intense and melancholic journey along the uncertain trails of memory.

Deus Ex: Mankind Divided doesn’t betray its heritage: it improves on several aspects of the previous chapter in the saga and provides a high quality experience along the whole adventure. However, some of the characters in the game are not as deep as in the previous game, and the underlying menace could be pushed a little more. Overall, one of the best games published in 2016.

One of the best adventure survival ARPGs out there and one of the best vampire games ever: do you need anything else?

Visually stunning, Kingdom Hearts III is all about being cool while delivering us the best conclusion for a long-time series.

Rise and Fall is one of the best expansions in the series and an absolute must for anybody who enjoyed Civ VI. The new systems keep the military players in check and give a more balanced and varied experience.

A great PC version of one of the best PS Vita games. OlliOlli is a wonderful skateboarding game.

Yakuza Kiwami 2 continues to stick to the franchise’s strengths, making Kiryu’s world deeper.

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag is the franchise's best episode since Assassin's Creed II. By mixing the series classic gameplay based on stealth, action and exploration with the new naval features, Ubisoft Montreal created an exciting open world game in which lands and sea are both fully explorable without any kind of interruption.

SUPERHOT is a unique and inventive game, very stylish and with interesting narration. The campaign is a bit on the short side, but there's a lot of potential for replayability.

Deep Rock Galactic is an excellent cooperative shooter, the perfect game to play with your friends.

Colors, sounds, vibrations and that unforgettable gameplay: Tetris Effect is one of the most impressive Tetris games to date.

An excellent conversion for one of the best Civs to date. Great interface, good performances. Too bad for the battery drain, but with two full hours playtime of it's very reasonable and acceptable, considering the quality of the port.

Hollow Knight: Silksong is an audacious sequel that rebuilds rather than extends, pairing a vast, intricately interlinked world with Hornet’s precise, silken movement to turn exploration into a dance. The Emblems + Tools system trims the wild build creativity of Charms for cleaner, tighter combat—coherent, but sometimes limiting when arenas pile up and bosses lean on minions. Punishing yet mostly fair, its early-game severity gives way to a thrilling sense of growth, all wrapped in exquisite art direction. A new benchmark for the genre: cohesive, densely packed, rich, memorable.

This is how DLCs or sequels should be made: by avoiding the "more of the same" formula. No sameness here, it's a great addition, with a lot of humour and unique gameplay. One of the greatest DLCs in recent years.

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is bigger and, for the most part, better than ever. It gives to the audience one of the best experiences ever for single player in a fighting game, but makes a few bad choices for the Online Mode that steals the freedom of choice from the players.

Hohokum is a visually stunning trip into some weird dimension full of flying creatures, relaxing music and good vibes.

OlliOlli World is simply brilliant. It's a hymn to gameplay, joy and the search for the perfect run. Mixing up old school platforming and a very keen skate simulation, Roll7 created a clever, fun and compelling adventure on wheels.

A Link between words is a delightful trap - it starts beautifully revamping the A Link to The Past IP, then it shocks you with some lovely twists and saga firsts. It's a "back to the roots to look to the future" vibe which is hard to resist.

The best possible version of Final Fantasy X and one of the best remastered version of an old generation console game to date: Square Enix did an amazing job to take all Tidus and Yuna’s fans back to Spira.

The ultimate driving experience for the true racing and car lovers. Unmissable even on consoles.

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire take the best from two worlds: the challenging and compelling approach of the original Ruby and Sapphire for GBA, and the new 3D engine and cinematic visuals from X and Y, with new interesting contents and megaevolutions on top.

Dead Space remains one of the best survival horror games ever, and the 15 years that have passed are hardly felt at all in terms of structure, gameplay, combat-system and setting. If all remakes were like this...

Pokémon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire take the best from two worlds: the challenging and compelling approach of the original Ruby and Sapphire for GBA, and the new 3D engine and cinematic visuals from X and Y, with new interesting contents and megaevolutions on top.

Three colors, a solid physics system and a white ball to throw in a distant hole. There’s nothing else in Desert Golfing and yet I can’t stop playing.

A very convincing return for one of Relic's more iconic series that keeps the best features of the previous games while also bringing fresh new ideas that change the way players can play and enjoy Company of Heroes. Will it be the best strategy game of 2023? Only time will tell.

The Taken King is a major expansion, compared to the previous ones. A new portion of universe based on a new philosophy and rich with things to do: campaign, assaults and much more. This is likely what we were expecting from day one.

It took seventeen years, but Manny Calavera is back and he's ready to show everyone why graphic adventures were all the rage back then.

A classic of the survival horror genre re-built for the modern age. This is how a remake should always be done.

It's got a couple of badly designed puzzles, but it's a meaty DLC, and it comes for free!

Don't worry about the free to play model business or the lack of night levels: Plants Versus Zombies 2 is exactly the game you were looking for. New plants and Plant Food add a new level of strategy, as well as the peculiar gameplay of the different worlds. Every single fan of the original game should give a chance to this sequel.

Ni No Kuni is the old classic Japanese kolossal updated to our days. If the industry turned its back to the Japanese RPG genre as a whole and the relevance of Japanese games seems to fade away more and more each day... then the work of Level 5 and Studio Ghibli is to be considered a touching love letter to the land of the rising sun and its videogames culture.

Lots of updates and new content for one of the best competitive beat'em ups on the market. Excellent.

Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is the perfect sequel to an already great opening chapter: bigger and better in almost every way, it refines and improves the previous formula by adding some new weapons and gameplay mechanics, while staying faithful to what made its predecessor stand out as a unique and quite charming game. And also, it features an even more involved story with a richer, more vibrant cast of memorable characters.

Starfield is an incredibly ambitious game that hits almost every target it is aimed at. If you love space, science, and the undeniable spirit for discovery innate in every human being, you will love this game.

Joe Danger Touch is not just a pocket Joe Danger, but the bright, fun, challenging and very rewarding third installment of the series signed by Hello Games, with a new control system that works properly, even when it comes to jumping the shark with the iPad. Worth much more than the two and a half Euros it costs.

So realistic it's almost a professional tool more than a game. Still the best realistic racing experience out there.

Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree is a majestic and profound experience, essentially adding an entirely new game in a vast, detailed, and artistically stunning world. It's the most ambitious and rich DLC created by FromSoftware, an essential expansion for those who loved Elden Ring and want substantial, challenging, and fresh endgame content.

A splendidly surreal experience, with astounding narrative and visual strength that can leave you repeatedly breathless in front of the screen even if it only lasts a couple of ours, tops. You don't very often see this quality of writing in videogames and you should not miss it, unless you hate these kinds of story focused experiences.

A worthy ending for a fantastic saga. Legacy of The Void is a good example of how a story should be ended.

This is an amazing game, graced by lovely visuals and packed with a lot of action and fun. And there are Vikings too.

Forza Horizon 6 does not reinvent Playground Games’ formula, but it may be one of its happiest and most refined expressions. Its Japan is a stunning, emotionally charged driving fantasy, balancing spectacle, exploration and quiet moments of beauty with a clearer progression and a slightly deeper driving model. Tokyo can feel a bit too clean and artificial at times, but the game remains huge, generous, accessible and constantly joyful.

A wonderful remaster of two masterpieces. This remastered collection of Tiberian Dawn and Red Alert is a love letter to the classics that you need to play whether you are a veteran or a new gamer that wants to try a rejuvenated classic.

A game that is all about the great feeling of riding the dirt bike, overcoming obstacles, never giving up and above all — having fun. A tiny-but-great game.

Super Mario 3D World is in a better shape than ever. A joyful game that only suffers when put face to face with the best 3D Mario platformers. Bowser's Fury is an intriguing experiment, a surprising little adventure that shows some unexpected technical issues.

In this frightening and ruthless Japan, filled with all kind of monstrosity, there’s no room for mistakes. Sure, Nioh 2 is hard, but it also gives one of the deepest combat systems ever seen in a souls-like, and the wildest bunch of enemies to cut down.

If you love Marvel's comics and are looking for an open-world action game full of spectacular moments and combat, then Marvel's Spider-Man 2 is definitely the perfect game for you.

I would not call Twelve Minutes just an experiment, because the result is convincing in every aspect and the perfectible parts are absolutely minor. The experience packaged by Luis Antonio and Annapurna is another excellent example of the possibilities that videogames can offer, both in narrative and interactive terms.

Challenging, smart, entertaining, extremely immersive, never boring, Antichamber is a stunningly beautiful puzzle game and another deep, original indie title, with a lot of character. If you love the genre, you cannot miss it.

An excellent DLC, which takes the original content and reworks it for greater overall cohesion, embellishing everything with mechanics tailored for Ada.

Hyper Light Drifter transports the player into a world made by dreams and nightmares, that are sustained by a superb art direction and fresh gameplay. Heart Machine delivered an excellent and challenging adventure, and also an unmissable gem for the indie games’ fans.

Neo: The World Ends With You is the widely anticipated sequel of a cult Nintendo DS title and one of the best Action RPGs available on current platforms. Building on its predecessor formula, this sequel introduces a wide variety of content that while being faithful to the original game exceeds it in every aspect. Fans should rejoice: Shibuya is back to stay.

The look is not up to what is expected from a 2015 top production, but looking past it you can find a really addictive Open World RPG. Fallout 4 is as good as its predecessor, or even more: a must buy for every fan of the saga out there.

Fuga: Melodies of Steel is a tactical Jrpg with extraordinary emotional power, capable of telling the story of war in a unique and charming scenario.

Oxenfree II does everything you would expect from a sequel and even manages to squeeze in a couple of surprises, but don't expect anything revolutionary from it.

Triangle Strategy is an intense and rewarding experience, perhaps not gritty, but incredibly solid and deep.

Despite a few small clichés and a merely functional technical department, Amnesia: Rebirth manages to be consistent to the end, offering a profound and terrifying experience. If the woodworm insinuated by a videogame manages to escape from its content by undermining the user-container, then it will have performed the most difficult task: to push to reflection through a silent path of transference and identification, to really live outside the fictitious nightmare that created it.

In Disgaea 5 Complete you'll have a mountain of things to do. It has deep gameplay mechanics but it could be better balanced.

BioShock Infinite Burial at Sea - Episode 2 is the perfect ending to a saga that marked a generation and will be long remembered.

Pokémon Ultrasun and Ultra Moon is an enhanced version of its predecessors and it keeps all of their quality. Unfortunately, there are few new and actually noteworthy features. Also, from a technical point of view, it still has some problems. Necrozma's story could have been managed much better: like this, it's almost a copy with a different ending of the one we saw in Sun and Moon.

Pokémon Ultrasun and Ultra Moon is an enhanced version of its predecessors and it keeps all of their quality. Unfortunately, there are few new and actually noteworthy features. Also, from a technical point of view, it still has some problems. Necrozma's story could have been managed much better: like this, it's almost a copy with a different ending of the one we saw in Sun and Moon.

Wargrove is a strategic game made with great passion and considerable knowledge of the subject: a must-have for lovers of the genre, but also an excellent starting point for any newcomers.

It's like a perverse mix between Monument Valley and Lemmings, producing a fun and very good looking puzzle game. The less than perfect controls keep it from reaching excellence.

Behind its wacky (and absolutely adorable) cartoony appearance, with its peculiar colorful appeal, its delightful cast of characters and its rubbery animations that somehow remind you of Splatoon, ARMS has the heart - and the brain - of a pure-bread fighting game. Deep, engaging, fascinating, fast and far from trivial, this beat'em up shows however one huge merit above its many undeniable virtues: it's a new, completely unique take on the genre, one that will be enjoyable for both fans and newcomers. Another hit for the Big N, scored with a surprising boomerang-punch.

An excellent conclusion to an already excellent game. Ship navigation and above all ship combat are lackluster, but the general experience is fun and engrossing. Overall one of the best RPGs out there.

Detroit: Become Human is a great adventure with multiple choices, the highest peak in its genre. Great atmosphere and a story that is all in your hands.

The Last Guardian is an incredible journey with an unforgettable friend... plagued by a poor camera and some frustrating moments.

Balanced, tense and with lots of depth, Smite is not only the best MOBA available on console, yet also one of the finest multiplayer games published in recent times.

A thoroughly great action RPG. On PC it has near perfect fluidity and all the epic feel of the Xbox 360/PS3 edition. A valid alternative to The Witcher 3 or Dark Souls, if one can withstand graphics that are not really on par with today's standards.

A great second half for a great graphic adventure. If you love classic horror you cannot miss it… unless you’re allergic to huge pixels.