The entire driving force in Destiny 2: Forsaken is revenge. This is an expansion that doesn’t focus on saving the day or preventing the extinction of mankind by disabling a space station super-weapon that can cause entire stars to go supernova. This is a chase, a journey to get your hands around the neck of Prince Uldren and squeeze the life out of his jerkass face once and for all, his true motivations be damned for killing Cayde-6. Kind of unusual, right?

The best selling games on Steam for 2018 so far tell a story, and that story is screaming out about how popular games as a service really are.

Three years later, and Rocket League is stronger than ever. Deceptively simple to pick up and easy to understand, you haven’t lived until you’ve managed to ram a giant ball into the opposing team’s net and have had your efforts showered in slow-motion replays. In video games, three years is an eternity, a period of time where players expect a sequel to pop up. That’s not happening any time soon.

Cyberpunk 2077 focuses on the choices that you can select to make your journey that much more memorable. That’s the real driving force behind Cyberpunk 2077, as CD Projekt Red combines various elements to emphasise the freedom of the future.

This week saw Far Cry 5 patch itself up, dropping in plenty of new weapons and other tools for its Arcade Mode, and the aforementioned photo mode for single-player. Here’s a quick rundown of the tweaks and upgrades that title update 8 has dropped into Far Cry 5

It may be a game tailored toward niche interests, but Rise of Industry has a hell of an eye so far for what makes the genre tick.

Choices in video games, rarely pay off. The consequences attached to going against the grain usually feel lacklustre and insubstantial. Where’s the payoff? I don’t want a character who looks slightly more demonic than usual, I want a reflection of the compromises that I’ve made to be reflected in short-term gains that I’ve gone for. It’s an idea that Dying Light 2 developer Techland is examining deeply with their upcoming undead parkour sequel, as they blend a story of choices with gameplay that complements the decisions that you’ve made.

We Happy Few has taken a happy pill to the ratings board in Australia, and finally convinced them that the game deserves to be released in the land down under.