According to the industry analysts who looked at every platform that games had been released on in the last decade (Even Ouya, probably), Activision’s blockbuster series dominated the charts and claimed seven of the top ten spots overall.

In a quick top ten, raise a glass and salute the work of audio wizards who came up with the following bits of sound so good, we can’t help but smile every time we hear them.

On the eve of a new generation of consoles, the biggest names in the industry are keeping their cards close to their chest, focusing on existing games and preparing to wow audiences the year after instead. That doesn’t mean that E3 2019 was a wash. In fact, it still had some great moments and reveals, all of which deserve to be celebrated. Here’s a look at ten of our favourites.

There’s no perfect character in Mortal Kombat 11, but Liu Kang is currently close to godlike in the current metagame.

Who would have thought that the battle for the Iron Throne would have ever been so brutal? Game of Thrones may be famous for its lush setting, stellar acting and an incredible eye for detail, but it’s also a series that has earned a certain infamy for taking all of those elements and wrapping them up in a layer of brutality that is simply shocking.

It may have been a buffet year of endless hit games, but 2018 was also a year where disappointment was regularly served up on a plate. We’re not talking bad games here, but rather those games that failed to live up their own hype or even the most tempered of fan expectations. Whether they were unpolished, woefully lacking in features or simply just a chore to play, here’s a look at 2018’s biggest disappointments.

South Africa is spending a LOT of money on video games. How much exactly? Boet, we're in the top 50 out of a hundred other countries that don't have buggered currencies.

So which of Destiny 2’s guns are the best then after that hefty update? In no particular order, these are the ten best guns in Destiny 2’s post-Warmind world.