After having sat on the shelf for years, The Current War is finally here to tell of the battle between Edison and Westinghouse. But was it worth the wait?

If 2012’s Fire Emblem: Awakening was the series showing off the potential for greatness that it was capable of, then Fire Emblem: Three Houses is that potential fully realised. A grand saga of love, loss and war, Fire Emblem: Three Houses is monumental in ambition and easily capable of allowing you to write an epic story with your own actions.

When you play a game, you want several things: You want escapism, you want excitement and you want to have a good time. Some games do just that with tried and trusted mechanics, while others take those ideas and try to add some exotic flavour to the mix. Some fail, some succeed and some games create lasting memories that create new benchmarks in the entire industry. Here are ten such games, which are unbelievably satisfying thanks to one key gameplay factor.

Here’s a look at what I thought was going to happen this year…and what has actually happened so far.

It’s not easy covering the San Diego Comic-Con, and I don’t just mean that because the show is a gargantuan hive of activity that is overflowing with cosplayers, panels and enough merch to make your wallet scream. No pals, what’s tough about covering all the news coming out of the premiere pop culture show of the year is that I’m not there, dammit.

Many years later, and what has changed in Gears 5and its new arcade mode multiplayer mode? Not much, but just enough.

What is it with toothy beasties knifing through bodies of water that evokes such primal fear in us - and yet keeps us wanting more?

It’s been very nearly ten years since the release of the last Marvel Ultimate Alliance game. Back then, Marvel properties weren’t nearly as popular as they are now. Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk movies had just released, but the unified Marvel Cinematic Universe was just a plan – and Robert Downey Jr’s Tony Stark had yet to become the …