Last year may have been one of the best years in comic books thanks to a tsunami of quality that hit the scene. If you were feeling fatigued by all of the regular tight and capes action from the big two, you didn’t need to look too far to find some reading material from established players and new kids on …

Sony’s current generation of console gaming is beginning to wind down ahead of the launch of the PlayStation 5 later this year. The latest financial quarterly results are in for the October to December spending spree period, and they make for some interesting reading overall.

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

There are still those who are willing to get up at the crack of dusk and boot up their console to find him for you. People who’ll risk digital life and limb to let you know if Xur is selling a treasure or rubbish. I just so happen to be one of those people. Maybe you’re stuck at work and can only log in later tonight. In that case: Where is Xur?

Here we are, the end of the year. Hundreds of games in the bag, with only a mere handful left to be instant stocking stuffers. Who’d have thought we’d end up with this list of gems? Not me! And yet here we sit, ready to look at the best of the best. The cream of the crop, the gold standard for gaming in 2019. We’ve got a number of winners in various genres, plenty of nominees but much like the best Highlander film would say, there can be only one.

That console you’ve got in your living room? Its more than just a gateway to new gaming experiences, online adventures and a hub for sharing content. It’s also a box that can serve a certain other need that usually revolve around a little of the ol’ five-knuckle shuffle. With consoles having a web browser, a lot of pocket pinball players opt to get their sultry kicks through that piece of hardware.

If video games are escapism, then role-playing games are the endpoint of that idea. These are the games that truly do allow us to inhabit the bodies of characters and grow them according to our own whims and desires. Role-playing games also happen to come in a variety of flavours to suit any palette, whether they be meaty mechanical beasts that we can tinker with or more subtle character-driven experiences that task the player with finding a path that suits their specific tastes of engagement. These, are the best RPGs of 2019.