Four dwarves mine an alien planet and shout Rock and Stone; the best co-op shooter.
Spread managed democracy with friendly fire and stratagems; the co-op hit of 2024.
Raid, loot, extract or lose everything; the hardcore shooter.
Counter-Strike with abilities; Riot's tactical shooter.
Five attackers, five defenders, destructible walls; the tactical shooter esport.
Hack San Francisco with DedSec; the sequel that found the fun.
A cult in Montana and Hope County; the Far Cry formula in America.
Bolivia as a cartel sandbox for four players.
Henry at Kuttenberg; the 2025 sequel that doubled everything.
A blacksmith's son in 1403 Bohemia with no magic and real sword fighting; Warhorse's history.
A thousand planets and Constellation; Bethesda in space.
A corporate colony in space; Obsidian's Fallout in the stars.
Obsidian's Kickstarter revival of the Infinity Engine RPG.
Four-player co-op CRPG with elemental surfaces; Larian before Baldur's Gate.
Dimension hopping with no loading; Insomniac shows off the PS5.
A platformer of PlayStation history and the DualSense; the 2024 Game of the Year.
Multiverse witches and kaiju summons; Platinum's trilogy closer.
Kirby swallows a car in a post-apocalyptic mall; the 3D Kirby.
Turf war, Salmon Run and the Splatfests; Nintendo's shooter at its best.
A deserted island, a loan from Tom Nook and the spring of 2020.
A haunted hotel floor by floor with a vacuum cleaner; Next Level Games.
An open-world Mario Kart with 24 racers; the Switch 2 launch title.
Anti-gravity tracks and 48 courses; the best-selling Switch game.
Talking flowers and Wonder effects that turn levels inside out; the 2D Mario reinvented.
Samus hunted by E.M.M.I. robots on ZDR; the 2D Metroid nineteen years late.
Teach at a monastery, pick a house, fight your students five years later.
Eight travellers in HD-2D pixel art; Square's retro look.
Clive Rosfield and Eikon battles in a Game of Thrones Valisthea; the action Final Fantasy.
Out of Midgar into the world map, Gold Saucer and the scene everyone knows.
Midgar expanded to a full game with real-time combat; the first part of the retelling.
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