Metro GameCentral

A new series best, that mixes fantastic graphics with impressively accessible gameplay, that you can play like a straight action game or a more open-ended simulator.

A prequel that looks and feels far too similar to the 20-year-old original and while it’s a vastly more entertaining experience in co-op, it still feels worryingly old-fashioned and overfamiliar.

A charming photography-based game about helping people, imbued with a genuine sense of whimsy that’s hard to resist, if you’re in the mood for it.

A gritty, funny, and often beautiful action role-players whose 4K visuals, improved combat, and countless refinements help it live up to decade old memories – even if it comes with many of the same bugs.

An enjoyable low-tech road trip simulator, with an excellent script and soundtrack, whose lightly sketched but surprisingly fun characters make up for slightly simplistic gameplay mechanics.

A purposefully shallow co-op dungeon crawler that would be discounted immediately if not for the Minecraft connection, which remains superficial and uninspired.

A transport focused tycoon game with numerous enhancements to its UI and simulation, that’s user friendly by genre standards but potentially headache inducing for more casual players.

A brave but foolhardy pivot from ranged to melee combat turns the Control sequel into a repetitive slog, brightened only by some impressively surreal visuals.

A fun and varied first person puzzle game whose time loop sci-fi setting complements challenges that are well integrated into its colourful environments.

It doesn’t move the series forward in any meaningful way, but this is still a highly effective survival horror that proves the franchise isn’t over the hill yet.