• Tim Biggs

Looking and sounding like a coloured Fleischer animation from the 1930s, but playing more like a tough '80s run-and-gun, Cuphead is an inventive, surprising game centred on a number of boss battles that need to be studied and replayed to overcome.

• Tim Biggs

To celebrate the launch of racing simulation game Forza Motorsport 7, Xbox Australia is today taking the wraps off limited edition "gamewear" that "offers gamers unparalleled coziness and functionality as they hit the virtual track".

• Tim Biggs

Purely on the strength and number of classic games it includes the Nintendo Classic Mini: Super Nintendo Entertainment System offers an incredible value proposition.

• Tim Biggs

There are few better things in video games than a satisfying upgrade loop. A new axe that chops trees twice as fast as your old axe — or a jetpack that makes you realise you've only experienced a fraction of the game world despite hours of exploration — can be incredibly rewarding, and it's this sensation that Steamworld Dig 2 does better than most.

• Matt Bungard

EA's ultra-popular football simulator is back for another season, with FIFA 18 consolidating the strengths of last year's big innovations.

• Tim Biggs

It was around the time I was flinging my pirate hat in order to possess a huge piece of meat that I realised Super Mario Odyssey is a bit weird, even by Super Mario standards.

• Tim Biggs

Intergalactic bounty hunter Samus Aran is back and, while it's debatable whether she's better than ever, she's certainly doing what she does better than anybody else.

• Tim Biggs

Nidhogg 2 turned heads for all the wrong reasons when it was revealed this time last year, with the gracefully minimalist pixel graphics of the original sword-fighting party favourite replaced by a gross and chunky style that looks like something from a '90s cartoon.

• Matt Bungard

It's difficult to re-invent the wheel on a yearly basis when it comes to sports games, but Ultimate Team and a cinematic story mode keeps Madden fresh.

• Tim Biggs

It's not every day Nintendo hands the keys to its most famous and bankable franchise to an outside publisher, but when the result is as wacky and fun as Ubisoft's Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, it's enough to make you wish the Japanese gaming giant did it more often.

• Tim Biggs

Nathan Drake's exploits may have come to a close but the series continues with a smaller-scale adventure that looks and plays a lot like last year's excellent, beautiful blockbuster, but offers a brand new story and a refreshing change of perspective.

• Mark Serrels

Some fans thought a new trailer for an Australian-themed map in the game Overwatch might be considered insensitive to indigenous communities, but the game's director was more concerned about another cultural error.

• Tim Biggs

This is a game that will thrill long-time fans and introduce new ones to what Sonic is like at its very best.

• Matt Day

Melbourne is preparing for global eSports phenomenon to arrive. Matt Day takes a look inside the often eccentric $1.2 billion global industry.

• Tim Biggs

The black sheep of Nintendo's most overlooked franchise is being brought up to snuff in a new remake, ahead of a resurrection of the series in earnest.

• Tim Biggs

A collectible card game based on the fabled role-playing series that brought us Skyrim and Oblivion, Elder Scrolls: Legends is a deep and absorbing game of chance and strategy.

• Tim Biggs

Despite never letting you interact with another human, Tacoma is an almost unrivalled success when it comes to emotional storytelling and facilitating a true feeling of empathy for characters in games.

• Tim Biggs

Keeping everything that made the original game great while expanding on modes, fashion, weapons and features, Splatoon 2 is a powerfully addictive family-friendly shooter.

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• Tim Biggs

A new trademark application filed by Nintendo in Europe has prompted speculation that a miniature Nintendo 64 is on the way. But what games would it include?