The more things change, the more they stay the same as the video games of the last decade still had one time-honoured tradition up their sleeves: A good ol’fashioned boss fight! Whether you were slugging away at glorified bullet sponges or trying to outlast juggernauts that were capable of laughing at your mightiest attacks, here’s a look at some of the best and most satisfying boss fights of the decade.

In the most unsurprising news of the day, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild has cleaned house again, this time at the GDC Awards. Cuphead and Gorogoa big winners on the night too.

Who was the best performing publisher of last year, going by the ratings? It would be easy to imagine it was Nintendo, given how well Super Mario Odyssey and the Legend of Zelda were received. In fact, Nintendo’s had a smashing year, and most of its games have been critically acclaimed. It's not them though.

Just like it did last year, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild sweeped up the most prestigious awards at D.I.C.E last night, with Nintendo winning big all around.

Shadow of the Colossus is a reminder what a thrill climbing should be, and stands out in a pack where so many have diluted this simple feature to sheer tedium.

The nominees for this year's DICE Awards are in, and Sony’s Horizon: Zero Dawn leads the way with a staggering ten votes of awesomeness. It’s got some solid competition however: The latest Legend Of Zelda has six nods, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice earned five nominations and PUBG has four awards that it’s a contender for. Here’s the full list of nominees.

Everybody wants a slice of that Battle Royale pie right now that PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds happens to have cornered the market on. Fortnite has shamelessly stolen all the best ideas of PUBG’s pioneering work and found massive success, while even Paladins has hopped on the bandwagon with their own take on the formula. Here’s ten such games which we think would transition to the genre perfectly, if it made good use of the defining elements that are present in the design of a good ol’ battle royale.

From Nintendo rewriting how we play games with the launch of the Nintendo Switch, publishers unleashing risky new projects and an increase in the diversity we see on the screen, 2017 simply felt…special. Here’s a look at the best of the best, that 2017 had to offer.