Portal with RTX is the same masterpiece as Portal, accessible only by a small niche of people.

Three Houses is probably the best Fire Emblem in a long, long time. Intelligent Systems tells a poignant, brutal story which takes a few hours to get to the point but ends up delivering in spades.

FIFA 11 is once again the best simulation around with small improvements here and there and the same freedom and perfect control over the players. The offline game modes and the atmosphere inside and outside the matches need many improvements tough.

Casey's Contraptions is a great puzzle game: it's user-friendly on the surface but it's also a big challenge for anyone who aims for the perfect score. It's a bit short on levels, but future updates and user-created stages will do the trick.

A competent port for a legendary game. Nier: Automata for Switch is the best way to live 2B's journey everywhere, knowing all of this can be done only by sacrificing resolution and framerate.

The remastered edition of Quake 2 is how every remastered edition should be: respectful of the original, inexpensive (even free for those who owned the original on Steam and GOG), yet at the same time filled with new content substantial enough to justify the return to the game even for those who know the title inside out. Nightdive Studios, in collaboration with Machinegames and id Software, has truly done an excellent job, confirming itself as one of the most suitable studios for such operations, to the extent that we go so far as to define Quake 2 as one of the best remasters ever. We hope that others take this as an example.

Kingdom Rush is an addictive Tower Defense for iPad, strictly based on strategy. There are no revolutions in the concept, but the full-strategic approach is a new way for the genre.

A classic that arrive on iPhone with a shiny vest and perfectly balanced gameplay. Probably the best shoot'em up to date on the Apple device.

L.A. Noire is another win for Rockstar, an involving and compelling title that will set a new standard for how a story is told, both visually and gameplay wise. The game is not free from criticism, like some repetitive tasks and certain flaws inside the plot, but it easily lives up to the hype.

Okami HD on Switch is perhaps the best version: 1080p and locked 30 fps are balanced by portability and gyroscope controls, adding a new layer to Amaterasu's adventure.

Death Stranding 2: On the Beach is Hideo Kojima to the nth degree, it is a video game so immersed in the language and imagery that the creative is in love with that, at times, it is as if the author had taken over his own work. Configuring itself as a great "Death Stranding 2.0", it chooses to anchor itself to a structure and progression identical to those of the first chapter and then enhance every element of the gameplay, whether it is the design of the open world, the raw amount of options underlying the delivery system or the mechanics of the action combat. It is still an absolute unicum, an experience linked to a unique poetics of its kind that uses music and the power of images to unleash sensations that cannot be found in any other production. In this case, however, the narration, the construction of the world, the imagination and the general structure fail to move organically, opening up several cracks in the story of Sam Porter Bridges.

Horizon Forbidden West comes to PC with one of the best conversions in recent years: an extremely polished and careful work, which does not miss anything on the front of adjustments and support for the various upscaling technologies. All these elements combine to offer an extraordinary visual experience, substantially superior to its PS5 counterpart in terms of resolution at the same frame rate: a show of strength that cannot go unnoticed and will make you fall in love with PC gaming all over again.

Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing on iOS is a perfect porting of the game appeared on bigger consoles like Xbox 360 and PS3. All the contents are there and the controls are perfectly fitted for the iPhone/iPad, making this the best choice for a simil-Mario Kart on iOS.

Monsters Ate my Birthday Cake is a really strong puzzle game that stands out thanks to some great art style.

Nuclear Throne is a frantic and challenging action game. If you love the rogue-like games get this without hesitation.

Honolulu is beautiful, Yokohama feels like home, Dondake Island is irresistible, and Like a Dragon Infinite Wealth is really a step away from being the best game of the Ryu Ga Gotoku Team. However, not all elements are organically integrated into the adventure, the plot initially struggles to find its place and the right pace, and although the combat system has improved, it is still not deep and manageable enough to support the entire duration of the adventure which, in the meantime, with Infinite Wealth, has significantly extended.

Whoever has loved Cuphead has to play Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course: it's more of the same gameplay, but a beautiful one.

Finally the PC version of FIFA 12 features the same quality of its console counterpart, both in terms of graphics and gameplay. So you got some new, cool features: from Tactical Defending to Impact Engine, from a brand new career mode to Online Seasons. Maybe FIFA 12 is not the perfect soccer game, but it's damn close.

Resident Evil Requiem is a creature split in two. Within itself it preserves some of the finest moments the Resident Evil saga has ever put on display: it’s rich in detail, brimming with love for the genre, and outstanding at staging horror, building it room by room, corridor by corridor—zombie by zombie. Like no one else in the world of video games knows how to do it. This talent comes through most fully in the moments featuring Grace Ashcroft. The first half of Requiem is the culmination of a journey that began thirty years ago. On the other hand, when the ball passes to Leon Kennedy, it fails to find the same balance. The second half is sloppy—adequate at best—with action that shatters the equilibrium between tension and release. What is unforgivable is that it forgets everything good it built in the first part. There is very little beneath the dusty surface of nostalgia—only the bitterness of having squandered the chance to deliver a new modern classic, in the usual, futile attempt to please everyone.

For a ridiculous price, Squids Wild West features an interesting story, great amounts of content and a brilliant strategic-action-rpg hybrid gameplay. Definitely one to pick up.

Destiny 2: The Ultimate Form is an expansion that manages to carry on the tradition of the series by adding new content and significant improvements to the classic formula created by Bungie 10 years ago. The storyline is engaging and the gameplay continues to be solid and fun, thanks also to the new Prismatic class and the many fun guns. This is the ultimate form of Destiny 2, if you'll pardon the pun, and now Bungie will have to work hard to continue surprising players and evolving its formula.

Firaxis has made the miracle to revitalize an old series without altering its nature. A great work of art.

Apex Legends is probably the best battle royale out there: a competitive free-to-play shooter with very nice characters, each with different abilities, a huge map and a great gameplay.

Death's Door makes its way to Nintendo's portable console with a solid and competent port.

Norco is a beautiful adventure: graphically it is presented in excellent pixel art, composed with extreme taste.

Monument Valley is a remarkable achievement in both artistic and game design. The only downside is that it's really too short.

Hammer of Thor is a great first entry in the Rimelands series. Thanks to its charming dice combat system and the articulated skill tree, it is without any doubt one of the most enjoyable RPGs on the App Store. However, the game greatly stumbles in its storytelling, boring and full of clichés, while the adventure is too much linear and there are very few secondary missions.

Metal Gear Solid HD Collection is definitely an huge collection, a quality and videogame culture rich one that should not be left out from any videogamer private collection. Series veterans and newcomers now have the opportunity to experience these games in HD.

Both as a stand-alone title and as a D1 port, Split Fiction for Nintendo Switch 2 works flawlessly. Fun, full-bodied and with a philosophy that fits perfectly with a system as accessible as Nintendo's new console. Thanks to plenty of well-executed connectivity options to amplify the experience with a friend, Split Fiction enriches Switch 2's third-party portfolio with quality and ideas, bringing Mio and Zoe's epic journey to the small screen.

Battlefield 3 is what the fans expected, total multiplayer war in huge maps, where tanks, jets and choppers deliver death to the grunts lying on the ground. Unfortunately the rest of the game is not as great as the online mode. The campaign is short and pretty boring, but visually astonishing and the coop is just a simple add-on.

On the iPhone, the game has lost all of its hilarity and satirical message. The gameplay is still very fun, but only the latest levels can offer a real challenge, while the routes are incoherent and not much various.

Being a score-based arcade, Spin Up is best suited for ranking-addicted players, but it's also an original and challenging game which everyone can enjoy.

Complex but not too much, addictive in a good way, Motorsport Manager Mobile 2 is one of the best mobile title of these months, even if you're not very attracted by management or even by the world of race cars.

​Pinball FX3 is Pinball FX2 with some technical refinements, better online and a couple of new mechanics. And it's a good game, blessed by tables backward compatibility, but after seven years we were expecting more.​

League of Legends: Wild Rift is much more than a simple porting.

An incredible experience for those with the right motivations.

The Beatles Rockband is the first rhythm game who'll have the chance to finally take over Karaokes from pubs and living rooms all over the world. No more impossible solos or songs that only Bruce Dickinson or Robert Plant can sing, but only a lot of fun for whomever will feel like grabbing a guitar or a microphone and sing songs almost everybody learned to love over the years. It's only about Beatles and it's a bit short, but if you get in the mood, it will last forever.

While the first episode delivered a great gameplay without worrying about graphics and user interface, DrawRace 2: Racing Evolved comes as a real AAA title, very polished and stylish, with plenty of races and modes (multiplayer included).

Persona 3 Reload fails to fully capitalize on the potential of the original game, leaving too many of its less successful structural elements unchanged, and daring little in terms of reworking dialogues and events. That said, it rests on foundations so strong that it remains largely enjoyable for anyone today, and the work done by Atlus on mechanics and technical aspects has nevertheless managed to significantly modernize the game. That is enough to dive back into its world, because the story of Persona 3 deserves to be relived many times over, especially in such a carefully crafted and polished package.

Infinity Blade II is easily the new benchmark for iOS gaming; a visual masterpiece, and a huge step forward content wise compared to the first chapter. The gameplay is still the same, so don't bother if you didn't like it last year.

Dirt 2 is the best arcade off-road experience to date providing good time both to new and skilled player. DirectX 11 are a nice touch to this solid offer.

Lucas Pope's Return of the Obra Dinn is one of the best detective games on the market.

Vicarious Vision gives old and new players another fantastic remake.

Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker delivers the classic gameplay of the MGS series, love it or hate it, but the experience on PSP becomes even more cumbersome due to the lack of a second analog stick. It's a "hardcore game", no doubt about it, but all the Snake fans out there shouldn't miss it.

Disco Elysium is a masterpiece, but this has long been known. The Final Cut is its definitive version, with new content that does nothing but increase the value of the package.

Horizon is a kind of rough diamond. It has great value but some flaws too, especially regarding the voice acting and the fights against humans. Having said that, Guerrilla has managed to create a believable world full of great moments.

NBA 2K11 is the best basketball game ever. The game have top NBA stars performing like their real life counterparts based on distinct character types, a great gameplay with a strong AI and playing the games is very fun, especially Michael Jordan mode and Manager mode. Visual Concepts have improved everything from 2K10 and today NBA 2K11 is the only alternative to real basketball!

If you're looking for an experience like no other, one that can keep you engaged for a solid fifty hours—easily extendable to two hundred—Kingdom Come: Deliverance II is a must-have in your collection. Its realism remains a breath of fresh air even today, positively impacting both the gameplay and the rich cast of characters. But most importantly, Warhorse has done an excellent job of making its unique gameplay formula more accessible without sacrificing depth.

Stardew Valley is like Harvest Moon, but with a lot more content.

Devil May Cry V Special Edition is far from being the perfect edition. Despite this, the new modes are enjoyable, and Vergil is the real plus one.

The Last of Us Part 1 goes far beyond the sterile debate about the price and the real nature of this remake. The work done by Naughty Dog is majestic and involves every single aspect of the game: from the combat to the artificial intelligence, passing through the enemies and every single menu and interface on the screen. And as if this were not enough, the new technical aspect is stunning, reaching peaks, especially for what concerns the faces and the facial animations, which still today we do not find in other videogame productions.

Quotation forthcoming.

One of the best VR experiences so far.

Mixing the main strengths of Magicka with a new gameplay and look, Wizards of the Square Tablet brings new life in the Magicka franchise.

Alto's Odyssey is not just a more of the same, but a concrete improvement over the first chapter.

War of the Chosen is the perfect expansion that add a ton of new contents to a great game.

Made with touch-based controls in mind, Joe Danger Touch is a completely new game in the series, a different one, and it simply works.

FTL on iPad is the same great experience, with an excellent interface and all the content of the PC version.

It's a quirky and original adventure, with many neat touches and lovely graphics and sounds: it never reaches a true climax, but it will make you smile from beginning to end.

Promenade is the typical project that brings together different suggestions from well-known examples but which turns out to be something much more than the simple sum of the parts. A truly precious 2D platformer for its ability to amaze and entertain.

The portability and the improved cooperative mode make the Vita version of Spelunky absolutely perfect.

Lorelei and the Laser Eyes is simply Lorelei and the Laser Eyes: it's hard to find other words to describe this video game because it shies away from any common genre or comparison term in favor of its strange identity, which embodies the very essence of Simogo's production. Hotel Letztes Jahr is a labyrinth outside of space and time that houses, beyond its approximately one hundred and fifty puzzles, an investigative thriller, a search akin to Arthurian legend, and a profound reflection on art, all framed in an offbeat aesthetic style able to transform it into a true obsession.

Modern Warfare 3 is what the fans expected - fast paced multiplayer action with some new twists and game modes that are a definitely a fresh breeze. But there are also a great campaign and the usual challenging Spec Ops.

The King of Fighters-i 2012 is the best fighting game for iOS devices; mainly thanks to the control system,fully optimized, but the contents are shining as well, with great animations and exciting online features.

It's indeed the best way to play Deus Ex: Human Revolution in case you've missed it, even if some of the new Gamepad features feel a little bit forced in and really don't add anything special to the gameplay.

Tetris Effect: Connected is what Tetris Effect should have been in the first place: a fantastic puzzle mixed with an astonishing audiovisual experience that can now finally be shared with other players.

Assassin's Creed Brotherhood for PC delivers stunning visuals, a huge number of missions to complete, solid gameplay (though it's not challenging at all) and an engaging story. The multiplayer modes are very fun, too. Fans of the previous Assassin's Creed episodes absolutely can't miss this one.

The Old Gods is the icing on the cake of Crusader Kings II: if you love this game, you must simply buy this new expansion. Another great piece from Paradox.

An engrossing and chilling experience, Dark Echo is one of the most interesting games on mobile devices of the last few months.

Super Cat Bros. is a fun albeit hardly unforgettable old-school platformer, which manages to set up a decent free to play formula. 

On mobile platforms, Moonlighter is the same, fascinating hybrid RPG roguelite we've appreciated on consoles and PC.

COCOON is a demonstration of how elegance always passes from simplicity, stemming from a clear idea of what you are. COCOON is not an adventure with strong narrative traction; it does not want to put violent dynamics at the center of the gameplay; it does not push the player to lap his brain for hours on seemingly unsolvable puzzles. COCOON is a work that is reduced to bone and, for this reason, wins; it is an elegant dance between worlds, capable of never being cloying; is an experience that focuses on the purely animal ability to analyze the environment and the available resources to find an efficient solution in any given situation.

Horizon Chase could well be a SEGA's game, if SEGA still were in his golden age. A racing game that combines old school gameplay with modern aesthetics in a convincing package.

Extremely different from Super Mario Kart, this is the first episode that truly rivals it in terms of quality. It has a brilliant track design, amazing graphics and a surprising game balance. Mario Kart 8 is the Super Mario Galaxy of the series: a demonstration that Nintendo can still produce magic.

If Super Mario Maker was published between 2006 and 2008, it would have been revolutionary: now, with Little Big Planet and Super Meat Boy out there, it can't be innovative. Anyway, thanks to the gamepad, the editor is amazing... and the controls are as amazing as ever. Even you are only interested in playing (and not in creating) levels, Super Mario Maker is a great game.

The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth is the perfect version of The Binding of Isaac, with more content, more blood and more mom.

The recent resurgence of classic FPS style clearly responds to a need of old school gameplay, immediacy and challenge. We can find a perfect answer to all of these needs in Dusk, surely one of the most successful gems brought by this new wave.

BioShock 2 is the general improvement of the first title. Everything about the gameplay is better, from the action to the level design. The plot is involving and the player has a continuous sense of progression with new weapons, monsters or plasmids. But there are several problems from the technical aspects to the aquatic sections of the game and above all BioShock 2 is a constant deja-vu. It is wonderful, very wonderful but not wonderful as the first game.

The best space flight simulation ever made.

Edmund McMillen and Tyler Glaiel have delivered a simply outstanding roguelike, an adventure that unabashedly aims to seize the absolute pinnacle of the genre. Over 200 hours of core content, more than 100 bosses, upwards of 200 enemy types, more than 1,200 abilities, and 1,000 pieces of equipment: these are the cold numbers behind Mewgenics, but a boiling blood runs through its veins. By embracing the turn-based tactical RPG formula and distilling an explosive blend of cats and genetics, the authors have crafted a video game of extraordinary depth—a journey that leaves you slack-jawed almost entirely on the strength of its mechanics and pure game design, further elevated by irreverent writing and a completely unhinged soundtrack. There isn’t much else to add, because it is practically the Holy Grail for any fan of tactical RPGs and roguelikes: approach with caution, as it demands a considerable time investment and shows very little concern about kicking you squarely in the ass.

If you're looking for perfection NieR: Automata isn't for you. This is a flawed experience, but also a deeply engrossing one, that will challenge your preconceptions about videogames, and will blow your mind with a brilliant and crazy campaign structure, perfectly matched with continuous gameplay transformations.

Fast, minimal and fun: Super Hexagon is the new Terry Cavanagh triumph.

Stardew Valley is the best Harvest Moon on the market.

A fantastic adventure, well written, interesting and absorbing. Not for everyone, of course, but if you like this kind of products, this is definitely one of the best on the App Store.

Rise of the Tomb Raider: 20 Year Celebration is an outstanding package for the new adventures of Lara Croft.

Sword & Poker 2 is once again a perfect mix between rpg and poker, it delivers also a lot of fun regardless you have played the first chapter or not.

Just grab a good friend and go play this amazing coop adventure.

If you never bought NHL 09, this is indeed the best hockey simulation your money can buy. If you already bought last year's episode, you should consider if buying it or not, since differences between these two versions are just a few.

Quotation forthcoming.

Riptide GP: Renegade is the best episode of the series, thanks to a solid gameplay, a challenging single player career and a well implemented multiplayer.

Ori and the Will of the Wisps delivers a wonderful metroidvania experience, packed with great atmosphere and graphics, wonderful environments and a compelling story.

Pentiment is a unique experience that will win over all gamers who still love living good stories with the rhythm of a pen, like the imaginary one that traces the letters of each dialogue in the game.

Monster Hunter Wilds is, predictably, one of the strongest base chapters ever made in the series, if not perhaps the strongest because of its drive at innovation. Taking many of the best elements of World, Iceborne, Rise, and Sunbreak, without disdaining a wink to the past here and there, Capcom has created a perfectly structured game, capable of pleasing newcomers and veterans alike with its brilliant progression and the extraordinary quality of its gameplay. It is a pity that, once again, the zenith was only grazed, due to content that unravels a little too soon in the endgame and a technical element that is not as flawless as usual. These are, however, all features that will likely be smoothed out considerably in the coming months, and this is nonetheless an incredibly strong and successful game in its totality.

Far cry 3 is a great free roaming FPS, full of missions and side quests to embark on, and above all everything we do is perfectly tied in the overall progression of the protagonist.

Tiger Woods 10 with the motion plus, control wise, is really a leap forward in the genre that every fan of this sport should try. But keep in mind that without the new peripheral, the game is just a nice revision of the previous year version, in pure EA-style.

Mikey Hooks delivers the same gameplay from its predecessor, but adds a new layer to the experience thanks to the grappling hook.

Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania is an excellent DLC that does exactly what it promises: it brings some Castlevania into Dead Cells, but in a smart way that appeals to everyone, although it's mainly designed to satisfy fans of Konami's series.

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart throws the saga into the Next Gen dimension. Fun and frenetic, Rift Apart will surprise everyone, even the most skeptical player.