Terra Nil

The citybuilder, as first established by Will Wright, was about taking a green Californian field and turning it into a fume-belching industrial hellscape.

The Invincible

This retro-future science-fiction game, based on a novel of the same name, looks like it could be a serious sleeper hit next year.

Teslagrad 2

A decade since the first game, this gorgeous looking platformer puts players in the role of Lumina, a young who has been left 'Teslamancer', stranded after her airship crashed.

Hollow Knight: Silksong

This sequel to the beloved, hand drawn hack and slash platformer is as highly anticipated as it gets.

Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League

As the Gotham Knights fumbled their catch of the DC team-up ball, it's up to the Suicide Squad to pick up and run with this metaphor that should have ended several words ago. Interestingly, this game follows neither the movies (not the well-received James Gunn one, or the one with Jared Leto's 'Ooh, I'm mad, me' Joker), nor the comics. It's going to tell its own story, with its own version of the Squad.

Wild Hearts

Lush environments, fantastical creatures that can be harvested for loot, enormous beasts that are best tackled in a small team... it's easy to compare this to Monster Hunter with good reason.

Diablo 4

Regardless of whether you've been looking forward to this for the last three years or not, we can surely all agree that a game where one of the characters can turn into a bear is worth a second look.

Atlas Fallen

The world of Atlas Fallen is ruled over by a cruel god, who demands that its people harvest and offer up 'essence' to it.

Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn

The success of Dark Souls and Elden Ring flew in the face of received AAA wisdom - proving that big budget games can be difficult, obtuse, and trusting of their players, yet still find a huge audience.

Skull and Bones

Another throwback to an early period in Assassin's Creed's evolution, Skull and Bones has had a much longer and stormier journey than Mirage.

Assassin's Creed Mirage

MIRAGE IS THE BETTER OPTION: A RETURN TO STEALTH, URBAN PARKOUR. AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Resident Evil 4

After the Resident Evil 2 and 3 remakes, the legendary fourth game is getting the same treatment, reimagining the lauded classic as something shinier and faster paced.

Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

The Final Fantasy VII remake saga continues in Rebirth, following a story that, at this point, has diverged significantly from the path of the original game.

Street Fighter 6

Street Fighter is back in its best shape in some time, sporting a big roster and tight yet accessible mechanics that should land with series stalwarts and new fans alike.

Final Fantasy XVI

The latest entry in the never-ending series takes players to a medieval fantasy world where kingdoms use big crystals and the summoning of weird monsters to maintain their power.

Company of Heroes 3

You've all been waiting very patiently for this grand return - about a decade, at last count. The good news is, it looks like Relic have built a game well worth the wait.

Stormgate

This year already looks like it'll be bringing some heavy-hitting RTS games with it.

The Great War: Western Front

There's no shortage of war games waving their proverbial arms in your face and screaming \"look at me, I'm realistic\".

Starfield

The best bits of Bethesda RPGs don't demo well. At least, that's the self-soothing mantral repeated while watching Starfield's lacklustre summer showcase - 15 minutes of impactless shooting and Todd Howard in a leather jacket. A slight variant on Fallout 3's lockpicking system wasn't enough to shake the sense that it was still 2008.

SOUND GARDEN

The great ghost of LOOKING GLASS hovers over Deus Ex, BioShock and Guitar Hero

QA Q&A

SCOTTY LODGE of Hyper Luminal Games shines a light on the QA process

GERALT RELOADED

The big new update for THE WITCHER 3 adds to an RPG that's aged beautifully

BLOWING UP

CALL OF DUTY is still huge - and that could stop Microsoft buying Activision

PRO TOOLS

Adventures in VIDEO AND MUSIC CREATION on gaming PCs

BARRY ISLAND

RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS 2 is a family affair

BEACH-COMBING

Take a mini-break with 3D platformer BEACH ISLAND DELUXE

IRONBORNE

STEELRISING mixes Paris with Yharnam

SUNDAY FUNDAY

SUNDAY GOLD is a point-and-click adventure that penalises clicking on everything

TEAM ORDERS

Fl MANAGER 2022 captures the drama and depth of being a pit boss

SISTER SISTER

DMC meets Dark Souls in grungy action adventure SOULSTICE