With 2017 done and dusted, it’s time to look forward to what 2018 has to offer. Will there be more loot boxes, controversies that explode in our faces and at least one instance of a game being broken on launch. Probably! But it’ll also be a year filled with all manner of new games, titles which can scratch specific itches and prove that the video game industry is the single greatest entertainment medium alive today. Here’s a look at ten games that we’re hot under the collar for in the year ahead.

If there’s any single of the Soulsborne games that people would love to play in this new generation, it’d be Demon’s Souls. Unfortunately, that’s not happening – but people would probably be almost as keen to jump back into Hidetaka Miyazaki and FROM Software’s Dark Souls again.

The gloriously gruelling turn-based RPG, Darkest Dungeon, is finally coming to Nintendo Switch next week. And it's bringing all the dripping dread you could possibly hope for.

With the Overwatch World League kicking off, 312 new team skins have been made available for fans to show off their support. If you don't know which ones to grab for yourself though, then maybe you should have a look at all of them to help you decide.

Monster Hunter World is out this month if you happen to own a console, but it's going to be the better half of a year's wait for PC players. And the reasons around that aren't entirely surprising.

Fortnite’s Battle Royale may have shamelessly copied…well, just about everything about PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (which itself is a video game version of Battle Royale), but it’s managed to become a fun game in its own right. Thanks to its whimsical, cartoon aesthetic and its building mechanics, Fortnite’s a little less tense, and a little more immediately fun. It’s also both free and more polished – so it’s no surprise that it’s almost as popular as Battlegrounds. Here's what's in its latest patch

The much anticipated Overwatch World League kicked off early this morning, 2 am South African time, and already looks like it's going to be a massive success. With fantastic matches, great production and killer viewing figures.

Boycott? What boycott? Star Wars Battlefront 2 was the best-selling game onthe PlayStation store in December, after selling 1.3m units at retail in its first week.