34 images Super Mario Galaxy (2007) Mario literally planet-hops between levels in Nintendo's restlessly inventive, critically-adored platformer.
27 images Syndicate (2012) Starbreeze's near thankless reboot of Bullfrog's cyberpunk classic still finds a memorable backdrop for its new FPS gunplay.
36 images Tomb Raider (2013) Survival movies old and new, from First Blood to The Descent, provide the framework for Crystal Dynamics' brutal and beautiful reboot.
45 images Watch_Dogs (2014) A Chicago of ubiquitous connected technology is hijacked by a hacker bent on revenge in Ubisoft Montreal's action sandbox.
7 images WipEout HD Omega (2017) Posthumously arriving like the light of a dying star, wipEout blazes across PS4 in glorious 4K resolution, a fitting tribute to Psygnosis/Studio Liverpool.
29 images The Witcher 2: Assassins Of Kings (2011) CD Projekt RED continues the events of Andrzej Sapkowski's Witcher novels across a series of grand, densely populated landscapes.
61 images The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (2015) CD Projekt's trilogy reaches its wildly ambitious climax, shattering expectations set by other RPGs with its visual and narrative scope.
48 images Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014) Machinegames flings the mother of the FPS into the alternate future of the Fatherland, in a game of unexpected class and pathos.
31 images Zeno Clash II (2013) Now just the second 'Hieronymus Bosch of punch-them-in-the-face games', ACE Team's sequel builds a bewitching open world using Unreal Engine 3.