Who needs a sword when you can charge into battle with the full power of AMERICA at your side?

For as long as people have realised that Quake 3 Arena is more fun to play with a steering wheel and pedal setup, modders have been looking for unusual peripherals with which to play the most challenging games. Dark Souls is usually the flavour of choice for these experiments, with savvy technicians rejiggering everything from Guitar Hero instruments to Dance Dance Revolution mats to add an extra layer of challenge to From Software’s final Dark Souls masterpiece.

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.

You want to soak up everything that a pricy game has to offer. You want every nook and cranny explored, you want a tour through alien worlds without the need to get your groin groped by handsy airport security when your belt buckle sets the metal detector off. Here’s a look then, at ten games which look, feel and play better when the heads-up-display is turned off.

There’s nothing like a good Role playing game to absolutely lose yourself in. Here are our favourites from the last year.

From Software CEO Hidetaka Miyazaki says the studio is done with Dark Souls, as they kick off development on three new games

Return to the world of Dark Souls III and uncover a terrible secret that lies within the frozen land of Ariandel. Players will find themselves steeped in a brand new environment filled with terrifying new enemies, challenges, and exciting lore to expand the overarching Dark Souls III storyline

Bandai Namco and FROM have pulled the latest Dark Souls 3 patch from Steam after it introduced more issues than it fixed.