Elden Ring packs its intricately crafted world with more impressive boss fights and secrets than you can shake a greatsword at. This is an essential experience for FromSoftware newcomers and veterans.

The Quarry is a wonderfully atmospheric interactive horror game that you'll want to keep going back to.

Stray is a brilliant adventure that lets you play as a cat in a compelling world with unique characters and well-thought-out puzzles, but its unsatisfactory ending marrs an otherwise great game.

A Plague Tale Requiem is a thrilling sequel, but the gameplay innovations introduced pale in comparison to the huge strides taken when it comes to the game’s narrative and world building.

Metal Hellsinger offers gripping combat that rewards precision and mastery, set to a fantastic soundtrack. But, a poor final level sours what is otherwise one of the best shooters this year.

Gotham Knights is a messy, directionless open world RPG that doesn’t know what it wants to be. Its lack of identity means that, like its heroes, it fails to step out of the shadows and truly shine.

Modern Warfare 2 is an enjoyable first-person shooter, and, with a couple of multiplayer tweaks, it could be the best Call of Duty title we've had in years.