Video Games

Watch Dogs: Legion bravely seeks to offer players a fresh experience — even if its attempted innovations don’t completely pay off.

A follow-up to the 2016 reboot one of gaming’s longest running series, Eternal was released in March and doubled down on every decision that elevated its predecessor, Doom, above the standard first-person shooter.

The endurance of archaic random encounters suggests that game design has largely not evolved to complement the sleeker technology.

After the headache-inducing “Star Wars” material of the 2010s, Star Wars: Squadrons is a welcome change of pace.

The first main installment in over a decade of the long-running Crash Bandicoot series, Crash Bandicoot 4: It’s About Time, is a visually stunning 3D platformer that perfectly balances tradition with innovation.

The speedrunning community, according to Hunt, is unique because it thrives on a blend of competition and collaboration.

As far as high fantasy worlds go, Dark Souls III’s brooding, awe-inspiring environments are completely unmatched.

With Cyber Protocol, the narrative provides just enough of a foundation for 100 arcade-style levels of high-speed Pac-Man-inspired maze puzzles, made out of pulsating neon and set to a badass synthwave soundtrack.

Kingdoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning changes so little from the original that it doesn’t justify a second purchase for established fans, and feels dated enough that it will only appeal to the most patient new players.

While some may mistake Marvel’s Avengers for a top-of-the-line action game such as Marvel’s Spider-Man, it is in fact a thinly veiled corporate product.