Its improvements might be slightly overshadowed by the more extensive overhaul coming next year, but this latest and last iteration brings the best version of its match engine yet, a superbly refined set-piece creator, and, finally, the ability to transfer your saves.
Eurogamer's review of RoboCop: Rogue City, an entertaining if unadventurous RoboCop experience.
Creative Assembly’s first historical Total War in ages combines classic real-time battles with the most 4x-y campaign yet.
Immortals of Aveum puts a fun twist on FPS conventions, and delivers upon its promise of colorful, exciting magical combat. But the story and worldbuilding are undermined by a cringeworthy script, and the half-baked loot system and metroidvania elements betray a lack of confidence in the central premise.
Eurogamer's review of Turbo Overkill, and absurd, unrelenting and endlessly creative retro shooter.
Remnant 2 is a dependable looter shooter made special by its boundless capacity to surprise.
A bug hunt that takes a more tactical approach to xenomorph blasting.
Eurogamer's review of Warhammer 40k: Boltgun, a stupendously violent shooter.
HROT is a retro shooter that uses nineties style 3D graphics to build an oppressive late Soviet dictatorship afflicted by an unspecified disaster. It offers a masterclass in classic FPS map design, but has a weaker arsenal than other boomer shooters, and becomes less coherent as it progresses.
Dead Island 2 doesn't pretend to be anything other than a daft, messy romp through undead LA, and this carefree, capricious attitude is precisely what makes it fun.
Turn a bunch of generic mercenaries into your absolute best buds.
Ravenbound spreads its roguelite ambitions across an island too big for its own good.
The Settlers: New Allies is a tedious blend management sim and RTS that simply doesn't work
Squanch Games' sci-fi shooter is a yammering mess of mediocrity.
Ixion elegantly balances the dynamic play of a colony simulation with a grand, meticulously directed sci-fi narrative. Its perilous journey through a cold and dangerous universe is vivid and engrossing, although its complex routines occasionally obstruct its storytelling ambitions.
