Shooter
Apex Legends

Is this new battle royale title a Fortnite killer? Maybe. But regardless of the answer, there’s a lot of killing …

Strategy
Wargroove

This old-school strategy contest packs engaging, turn-by-turn challenges without any of the modern war-game mess.

Action/Adventure
Kingdom Hearts III

You’ll find Disney charm and color here, to be sure … as well as some darker things.

Puzzle
Vane

Vane is visually impressive, immersive puzzle game. But will it make you soar or just leave you … puzzled?

Arcade/Platform
Battle Princess Madelyn

This retro game features battling princess and shambling ghouls. Do you want them lurching through your living room?

Shooter
Just Cause 4

Sure, the protagonist here is heroic. But can we really praise a game that strives to make graphic bloodletting seem …

Arcade/Platform
Spyro Reignited Trilogy

Activision gives the classic Spyro games a facelift, breathing new fire into this dragony franchise’s old gameplay.

Action/Adventure, Combat, Puzzle
Darksiders III

Sin is given flesh in this slashing apocalyptic game. But biblical answers ain’t in the script. (Or the same county.)

Horror/Suspense
Bendy and the Ink Machine

This runaway indie hit is cute on the outside but far less cuddly than it initially appears once you get …

Action/Adventure
Fallout 76

Fallout 76 takes its bloody post-apocalyptic story online, creating new problems for an already problematic franchise.

Action/Adventure
Red Dead Redemption 2

A hundred hours wandering through this M-rated digital Wild West will leave behind plenty o’ scars.

Action/Adventure
SoulCalibur VI

This fighting game offers accessible combat, interesting quests and … enough T-rated content to make parents think twice.

Combat
Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

No story mode and a Fortnite-like multiplayer options change the CoD landscape … and not for the better.

Action/Adventure, Role-Playing
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey

It may be a new day and a new Odyssey, but it’s, frankly, the same problematic Assassin’s Creed.

Shooter
Strange Brigade

This T-rated shooter seems cinematically charming at first. But its creativity soon gives way to a dark, tedious, grinding game.