5 images Hitman: Absolution (2012) Lives of wealth and privilege are violently interrupted by Agent 47 in another luxuriously detailed use of IO's Glacier technology.
33 images Homeworld Remastered Collection (2015) Gearbox makes good on its acquisition of Relic's orphaned franchise, bringing artwork and technology back to the future.
26 images Injustice 2 (2017) Historic issues with character modelling are banished to the Phantom Zone thanks to headline-grabbing motion capture and exhaustive, lootbox-fuelled customisation.
11 images Injustice: Gods Among Us (2013) Mortal Kombat custodian NetherRealm completes its infusion of 'heroic brutality' into the DC universe.
11 images Kentucky Route Zero (2013) Lynchian magic realism drives this contemplative point-and-click, an inexorable road trip which demands emotional investment over puzzle-solving and survival.
23 images killer 7 (2005) Grasshopper Manufacture made its name with this polarising member of the 'Capcom Five', a hyper-violent and ultra-stylised shoot-em-up noir.
82 images Killer Is Dead (2013) The art of Grasshopper's mad, devious take on James Bond sits halfway between previous games killer 7 and No More Heroes.
9 images The Lego Movie (2014) TT Fusion takes a charming detour from the steadily evolving franchise for this 100% brick-based movie tie-in.
66 images Life Is Strange (2015) Shades of Donnie Darko complement the dreamy, 'lens-whacked' look of Dontnod's episodic curio, where a highschool shutterbug gains time-warping powers.
24 images Little Nightmares (2017) Hardest-working indie studio Tarsier at last finds a vehicle for its warped imagination, ravenous heroine Six trapped in a dark and disturbing seabound fantasy.