Real time strategy that mixes magic with relaxation and a deep system of ideas that you can learn at your leisure? That’s the kind of game that I could easily spend an afternoon with as I spend hours searching and taming magical islands.

I may be imagining this, but couch co-op seems to be on the rise again. While it’s definitely still sitting in the hospital recovering from the devastating wound online multiplayer inflicted upon it, it seems to be trying to open its eyes again and asking for a glass of water from the nurse who’s just so happy to see it coming to. There’s something special about couch co-op that can’t be captured by a long distance internet connection.

The Far Cry series is a bit of an oddity in the gaming industry where the regularly released "numbered" titles pop up every few years and then the developers are set free to create weird and exciting new game between core series entries. Normally these games have nothing in common with the actual main game, but with Far Cry: New Dawn Ubisoft has decided to link the two... kind of.

For those out of the loop, Capcom recently dropped (and is soon to retract) a 1-shot demo for their upcoming reimagining of the classic title, Resident Evil 2. Players are given thirty minutes to navigate the iconic Raccoon City police station’s various twists and turns – facing droves of stubborn undead and uncovering secrets as they go – in a …

Fallout 76 feels far more familiar than you might expect, but charges you with adapting to its new rules and co-operative play in a big way.

It’s the end of the world, and everything is looking very…Disney? After the bombs have fallen, humanity has been sent hurtling back to square one and the planet happens to be infested with homicidal maniacs, chances are that you might not want to venture outside for long. In Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden, that’s a job that better left to a new breed of scavenger.

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.

While still admirably fun to play, PES 2019 is clearly struggling to innovate in meanginful ways year on year, while having its content stripped back.