Essentially a brief retelling of iconic climaxes from the anime adaptation, Dramatic Finishes allow players to watch moments like this through the lens of the Unreal 4 Engine. There’s no actual major reward for achieving all of these finishes outside of a trophy or an achievement, but they’re still a neat touch for fans of the saga.

Running a game of Dungeons and Dragons for the first time can teach you a lot. Here's what I learned as a first-time Dungeon Master.

The definitive Dragon Ball fighting game, bar none. Dragon Ball FighterZ walks across many a fine line, blending style with substance and accessibility with reverence for the source material. It’s wild, it rocks my dragon and it sets a benchmark for the series that proudly enters the domain of fight game gods.

Here’s a quick look at some of our favourite interactions with the rich and the famous, before we used their digital recreations to commit terrible in-game crimes that made them slightly richer and famouser.

Critics largely celebrated the release of Machine Game’s 2017 sequel to their Wolfenstein reboot. The reviews hearken towards the title’s expert storytelling, meaty gun-play and eclectic cast – all merits The New Colossus certainly holds in varying degrees. Its narrative reaches into some dark and intriguing places, the gameplay often manages to make one feel supremely skilled and virtually every character is a genuine delight. However, a number of vexing decisions – small issues with writing, the anticlimactic pacing, over-reliance on simplistic stealth, and the unnecessary decision to pull control from the player – hold Wolfenstein back from its potential status as the quintessential modern First-Person Shooter.

My relationship with Hearthstone took a steep dive of Cristiano Ronaldo proportions last year. I can’t quite put my finger on it, but following the stellar showing in 2016, where Whispers of the Old Gods (still my favourite piece of content, I think), One Night in Karazhan, and Mean Streets of Gadgetzan launched, everything that followed in Blizzard’s once addictive card game just didn’t seem to hold my attention, not for the long run anyway. That changed when the latest expansion appeared. Blizzard released Kobolds & Catacombs near the end of 2017 - just in time for the festive season

2017 was something of a landmark year for the PlayStation 4’s life cycle. Though the Nintendo Switch gave Sony some ardent competition and deservedly stole back much of the attention, the PS4’s exclusive output was notably excellent. First Party studios like Guerrilla Games and Naughty Dog pumped out great work respectably, while Sony’s Japanese development partners delivered incredible offerings like Yakuza 0, Nioh and Nier: Automata. Some of these titles would see release on PC, but the PlayStation platform nevertheless stood out in terms of the sheer variety of its exclusive content in the console market. Can they do it again?

The beginning of the gaming industry was a modest one. It took decades for gamers to shrug off the stereotypes of being unsociable, basement-dwelling nerds. It took just as long for gaming to be recognised as a serious industry with far reaching significance and potential for positive social impact. Whilst most of the world lagged behind on the power of gaming, gamers themselves understood and believed in its future. Of course it would be hard to predict just how massive gaming would become and the scope of its competitive scene, but nowadays it is hard to argue against its importance globally.