Between the two distinct story eras of Assassin’s Creed, there is a bridge that needs to be built. Assassin’s Creed Valhalla, plans to don a high visibility vest and get busy with some story-based construction.

Mortal Kombat 11 is a hell of a bookend on which to end the saga of Earthrealm, so why go back to that pivotal point? What story did NetherRealm still have to tell, in those closing moments? A pivotal epilogue with which to bookend the saga, by the sound of things.

Sucker Punch’s Ghost of Tsushima has been in the works for a while now, but it looks like it may just encompass the sum total of Sony’s first-party efforts over the last couple of years: Gigantic sandboxes, gorgeous scenery and enough action to keep you invested for months. We’ve had a few trailers during the course of its development, we’ve seen some of the story powering this slice of feudal Japan and we’ve had a mere taste of the gameplay so far.

More Mortal Kombat story and fisticuffs? Yeah, we're down for that.

The era of the PlayStation 4 exclusive draws to an end this year, as Sony prepares to bring the curtain down with steel and honour. It seems only fitting then that Sucker Punch, the studio responsible for one of Sony’s earliest exclusive hits InFAMOUS: Second Son, should get the nod to end the party with a bang because Ghost of Tsushima is looking tight.

Master the lethal art of the samurai in this brutal masocore action role-playing game… for death is coming. Journey to 1555 feudal Japan, a country gripped in the misery and madness of endless warfare. A place where monsters and evil spirits infest a land of natural beauty and menacing peril, where everyone from the smallest child to the bravest warrior lives in constant fear of the spiritual beings known as yokai Play as a mute rogue living as a hired mercenary and renowned yokai hunter.

Moxxi’s recruiting you to seize control of a derelict space station built by the infamous Handsome Jack back when he was still President of the Hyperion corporation. The Handsome Jackpot is quite possibly the gaudiest gambling spot in the galaxy, with neon signs, slot machines, and gold statues all over the place. It’s also crawling with multiple models of deadly Hyperion Loader Bots, as well as lunatic looters who’ve been trapped on board ever since Jack’s death.

It’s the end of the world, as we know it. A massive black hole has opened up in the sky, collapsing all of reality into a singularity from which there is no escape. Millions of rabid gamers currently observe the endless void, as something begins to change on the other side. How did Fortnite get to this point though?