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THE WITCHER III:
WILD HUNT
PUBLISHER BANDAI NAMCO
Hearts Of Stone and Blood And Wine have
made an already outstanding RPG
unmissable. One of the most authentic,
entertaining game worlds ever.
DEFINING MOMENT Geralt in a bath tub.
It changed our lives.03
FORZA HORIZON 4
PUBLISHER MICROSOFT STUDIOS
A must-have experience for every Xbox
One owner, not only is the racing excellent
and varied, the open world playground you
drive across is one of the most stunning
places we’ve seen on the console.
DEFINING MOMENT Seeing the seasons
change for the first time.02
DARK SOULS III
PUBLISHER BANDAI NAMCO
Get over the initial difficulty hump
and you’re rewarded with a combat system
that gives you unparalleled opportunities
to express yourself.
DEFINING MOMENT Gratefully stumbling
across a campfire and realising the worst
was yet to come.06
GRAND THEFT AUTO V
PUBLISHER ROCKSTAR GAMES
Brutal and beautiful in equal measures,
GTA V is so rich in size, scope and
spectacle it’s hard to believe it was
originally built for Xbox 360.
DEFINING MOMENT The last heist is a
perfect finale to a game that brought so
many memorable moments.04
ASSASSIN’S CREED
ODYSSEY
PUBLISHER UBISOFT
Bigger and more epic than even Origins,
this Ancient Greece-set RPG will win your
heart whether you play as Kassandra or
Alexios in its vibrant, beautiful world.
DEFINING MOMENT Diving through crystal
waters into a submerged Minoan palace.05
WOLFENSTEIN II:
THE NEW COLOSSUS
PUBLISHER BETHESDA
Forget realism and dive into a
Nazi-controlled America in the 1960s,
complete with robots, the KKK and a
whole bunch of ridiculous weapons.
DEFINING MOMENT Taking down an
enormous, fire-spewing robo-Nazi.07
RED DEAD
REDEMPTION II
PUBLISHER ROCKSTAR GAMES
A stone cold 10/10 classic and the best
looking console game there’s ever been,
with easily the most surprising story in
open-world history. Plays best on X, too.
DEFINING MOMENT That incredible,
unforeseen twist halfway through.01
DISHONORED 2
PUBLISHER ARKANE STUDIOS
This supernatural stealth-’em-up is a
superb action game and a landmark work
of videogame world-building wrapped up
in a sumptuous art style.
DEFINING MOMENT Exploring Karnaca’s
shifting clockwork mansion and finding
your way between the walls.10
CUPHEAD
PUBLISHER STUDIO MDHR
A graphically stunning love poem to
side-scrolling platformers of old, this
boss-focused shooter is a masterpiece of
design and difficulty. You will die.
DEFINING MOMENT Finally beating the
goddamn boss you’ve been fighting for
days and crying tears of unbridled joy.08
FORTNITE
PUBLISHER EPIC GAMES
The biggest game of recent years played
by, um, everyone and their grans.
Fortnite’s Battle Royale is now on Season
6, and it’s still technically on Beta. The PvE
mode, Save The World is brilliant too.
DEFINING MOMENT Getting your first
Victory Royale, and doing a dance.09
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