This year, the festive game that I’ve got my eye on is Just Cause 4. It’s a series that is all about explosions, mayhem and delivering the biggest slap possible to the face of Newtonian physics. And also story apparently!

Red Dead Redemption 2 is an epic tale of outlaw life that seamlessly blends story with action, and exploration with choice - all under the constant threat of danger.

Santa Fortuna is the perfect location to showcase new features and abilities coming to HITMAN 2, including the use of vegetation and foliage to stay out of sight or hide weapons and bodies. This new trailer displays the truly exotic, hyper-detailed setting that will be available for players to explore, with unexpected hazards and unique kill opportunities all around. Agent 47 must use creativity and intelligence to survey the entire village and avoid the Cartel’s iron-fisted rule to eliminate his targets.

There’s no game around that can top 2016’s Hitman when it comes to its unique combo flavour of stealth, atmospheric storytelling through its NPCs and getting creative with the sandbox you find yourself in. In fact, the only game that can possibly out-Hitman IO Interactive’s resident assassin is Hitman 2, a sequel which builds on the foundation of the original by sharpening the best aspects of that episodic game into a fully realised sequel that is sharp enough to slice an atom in half.

I’m going to be dead honest with you here: I have no idea what Left Alive is even about. What I do know, is that it has cover art from Yoji Shinkawa, so my interest is automatically activated and aroused. That’s some damn good art right there. According to Square Enix, Left Alive is an “upcoming survival shooter set in the Front Mission universe”.

Spinning webs, swinging between Skyscrapers and pouncing on mercenaries who are designed to never ever look upwards in the warehouse that they’re patrolling…Man, Marvel’s Spider-Man is a terrific game to play. It’s also a fantastic game to watch, as developer Insomniac haven’t just crafted the definitive Spider-Man simulator, they’ve stuffed it with a story that knows exactly when to make you laugh and when to reach for a box of tissues to wipe the tears from your face.

While Anthem will have post-launch content, you'll only pay extra for digital goodies that are purely cosmetic in nature.

In LEGO DC Super-Villains, the Justice League has disappeared, leaving Earth’s protection to a newcomer group of heroes from a parallel universe, proclaiming themselves as the ‘Justice Syndicate’. Renowned DC Super-Villains from the ‘Legion Of Doom’ discover Earth’s newest heroes may not be the heroes they claim to be. With each player’s completely customizable Super-Villain character in command, this team of misfit lawbreakers must join forces to discover and foil the evil plans the incognito strangers have in store.