This year, we wanted to find those ongoing games that always had something up their sleeves for the fans who kept coming back, the games that refuse to bask in previous triumphs and always offer something new to coincide with the change in seasons and fan attitudes. We think we found a couple of great nominees, as well as one heck of a winner.

In 2018, we wanted to find the best from Japan and beyond, the games where we swapped spreadsheets and printer jams for swords and sorcery. It was a journey that took us across the world (but mostly to Japan go figure), as we delved deep into dungeons and explored tombs of another era. Here’s a look at the treasures that we unearthed, as well as the best RPG that we could lay our hands on this year.

Following its announcement and trailer at this year's Game Awards, Obsidian Entertainment has emerged to quell fan fears over the issues of in-game transactions in their upcoming spiritual successor to Fallout, The Outer Worlds.

It may not be as massive today as was in its heyday, but the strategy game genre is far from dead. On the contrary, it’s a genre that feels better and more alive than ever before, thanks to new technology and ideas resulting in grander conflicts and better storytelling while still asking you to flex your brain muscles and work out strategies on the fly. So requisition some resources, set up your units and prepare to march, as we look back at the best strategy games of 2018.

One of the hottest debated aspects of Battlefield V has been its heavily unforgive time-to-kill combat mechanics, but developer DICE has now revealed its very detailed plans on how this will be addressed. However, some members of the community feel that this may create more problems than it solves.

Life is good in Far Cry new Dawn! And surprisingly authentic, as Ubisoft’s replica of a post-apocalypse landscape has some actual science behind it.

Video games are more than their just their visuals, but there are times where a certain game can deliver a 4K haymaker that’ll knock you out of your shoes. With the gap between virtual and reality visuals becoming narrower every single day, here’s a look at the games which made that graphical gap even smaller in 2018.

Hey Pokémon GO trainers! So, if you haven’t heard yet, Critical Hit has teamed up with the fantastic folks over at Gautrain, who’ve likewise partnered with the National Zoological Garden, to combine our love of video games with their passion for nature. We’re running a massive event from 14 – 28 December, with stands from our awesome friends at Megarom, …