Guns, blood, explosions and complete mayhem doesn’t come close to summing up this monster of a war game, which is surely looking be the game of the year. The previous game broke a number of sales records, and this baby looks to do no less. It’s the first game in the franchise to combine different war eras into one story: Modern and Vietnam. In the modern battles, cool new things include sneaking around and shooting people with a crossbow sniper, or skim the ozone layer in a stealth aircraft to recon and direct your spec ops unit. The second story cuts to ‘Nam in 1968, where you can gun down villages from the safety of your chopper while chewing gum and listening to the Stones. Bloody masterpiece!

The first game was more badass than Jessie Ventura holding two chain guns and a stogie, yet this one proves to be even grittier. As Darth Vader’s secret apprentice, you were successful in destroying the Jedi’s, but now Darth has no use for you, and orders your execution. Instead of reporting to HR, you must escape the grasp of the empire the loudest way possible. That includes using you Jedi powers to crush enemy vehicles into scrap metal, trick storm troopers into leaping off ledges, and cleaving machines in twine with some duel light-saber action. It’s bigger, badder and meaner – making the last game look like a picnic. 

Yeah, the last True Crime games were more forgettable than that thing we forgot about earlier. But the game makers hit a home run here. You are Wei Shen, a Bruce Lee clone trapped in a world of drugs, violence, corruption and gangs – better known as downtown Hong Kong. As an undercover cop, explore a GTA-like open world, with cars to steal, bikes to race, and crims to beat down with slow-mo, matrix-style Kung Fu combat. You can ride around and blow-up shit, or take the story route and delve into the good cop/bad cop plot. Like a really awesome Bruce Lee film without subtitles. 

That right – it’s back! A small piece of poo found its way into the open when we discovered the popular Nintendo 64 original had returned. This time it’s upgraded to the Wii, and the single player graphics are revolutionary! (Well – for the Wii anyway). Gone is the lemon tea-drinking Pierce Brosnan character, as the more sinister Daniel Craig takes over. The story is completely new, so you wont be replaying the same movie plot. Everyone’s fave splitscreen multiplayer mode also makes a comeback - as well as online - as you control famous Bond baddies like Jaws, Scaramanga, and bowler hat tossing Oddjob… Anyone got some tissue paper? 

You’ll be knee-sliding into your living room with the latest chug-fest from the guitar-plucking genre, which promises everything - barring head-bangin’ bikini babes - for your perfect in-house rock party! That’s good ‘cos this time, the awesomeness has been powered-up with a rock fantasy theme. Start a quest mode and earn star powers by rockin’ out, and if you grind away hard enough, you’ll literally morph into a hideous man-beast! The game comes with brand new (and much cooler) heavy metal-style guitars to shred on, drumkit tracks, over 90 new songs, featuring bands like Soundgarden, Metallica and Muse. Rock on! 

Fantasy geeks will instantly be lured by the sight of elf booty. But the rest of you should raise your eyebrows repeatedly until your intrigue gives you RSI. Be prepared - this fantasy game is action-packed excellence. Play as either a chiselled, broadsword-wielding human, or a bounding-breasted elf archer, and help each other cut through waves of uglies once seen in Lord of the Rings. It feels like the fantasy gamers’ answer to Gears of War. 

Ever wondered what happened to the guys who made Doom and Quake? We found ‘em (hoorah!) working on this huge project, which looks a lil’ like Borderlands. An asteroid has hit the earth and turned the world into a pile of useless shit. You survived, but the rest of the world turned into red zombie men who want to eat you. Your best chance of survival requires collecting the useless shit, and combining them to build scrap weapons - Macguyver-style! Build deadly toys, like moving spider turrets, or remote control car bombs. Sweet. 

Luck just doesn’t like Isaac Clark. Three years after escaping a space vessel full of twisted, psychotic creatures - he’s now stuck on a larger space station filled with – you guessed it – bigger, badder monsters. Oh the humanity! Worse still, some of them have grown to gargantuan size and spew acid. Fortunately, you’re now a veteran in the art of life removal – with new moves like tearing off limbs off creatures and using it to stab. You also found new guns like the harpoon javelin, which impales pesky deformities against the wall. Enemies still have a tendency to suddenly appear behind you, so laying the towel down before you begin playing is highly recommended. 

Would have to be the most underrated game of the show. Dubai has been hit by a series of unusual sandstorms and blanketed the city in a high-tide of sand. As a result, the general population got a load of sand in their butt cracks, and in their anger, turned to anarchy and looting. Normally no big deal for the US, but when your man, General John Conrad also disappears, it’s time to kickass and chew bubble gum (copyright: Duke). You lead a small rescue squad (which you can command) deep into a city of total anarchy, and try to uncover the truth behind the sandstorms in this gritty, tactical shooter. 

Assassins don hoodies because it not only disguises them, but it makes them look awesome. Looking at the same white hoodie on the promo poster is also why we first thought this game was gonna be identical to the previous ones, but oh, we were very wrong. Your targets this time are rich dudes from 16th-century Rome, but there’s too many of them, which is quite a conundrum. You must find random civilians, train and recruit them to your brotherhood of assassins. Then, with a simple blow of the whistle, have them drop from above and cut the throat of a guard. Or call for a hail of arrows to help wipe out an unsuspecting troop. They are always watching, and they are on your side. 

For those who like adrenaline-pumping shooters to the sound of fast-paced, techno j-pop – look no further. Those meddling Russians have captured your space ship, so naturally you wanna reclaim it. The bad news is that there’s all sortsa flying bug-type robots defending the joint. The good news is that you’re wearing the AR Suit which allows you to rocket boost in a similar way to Iron Man. You can also “morph” experimental weapons into your hands just by scanning them on the ground. Its feels like a Japanese nightclub raided by drug police. 

The previous few games crashed and burned as if Stephen Hawking forgot the safety brake on a train platform, so no doubt we were pleased to see a turn in the right direction here. Play career modes of either a cop or a racer, and earn bounty points to upgrade your vehicles. Both modes have different rad abilities, like calling in for heli support as a cop, or jamming radar signal as a racer. It’s all open-world racing and there’s more cars to choose from than at a Volvo overstock warehouse. 

There’s a time when pummelling the community with a baseball bat becomes universally accepted… when the world turns into zombies. Fortunately that time is now. So check in to the nearest shop and use whatever items help you smash zombies good, from sunglasses racks to bicycles. It’s much like the original zombie-hacking game, but with the annoying things (like tiny text and separated save points) removed and fixed to perfection. Word of warning: addiction to this button-masher may leave you more brain dead than the zombies you’re pulverizing. 

This epic sequel features huge warzones, giant tentacle mutants and lambent berserkers – easily recognized as the enormous glowing beasts who turn you into fine red powder on-touch. 

Snake has dropped the gun and taken to the blade! Dice your enemies into carefully crafted flesh-sculptures, as you hack ‘n slash through way-too-slow-to-react terrorists! 

Sequel to one of the best games ever, focusing on the post-apocalyptic life in Las Vegas. Yep, some casino hookers and Elvis impersonators survived. 

It’s like a 1950’s version of Men in Black. XCOM is a top secret agency who take care of all things “extra-terrestrial”. Chose a job and use your experimental weapons to terminate all things alien. 

Creepy little girls scare Zoo Man, even if they have been overused in horror films. So be prepared to face Alma again – this time with the ghostly form of your once-dead brother as your co-op sidekick! 

Korea got a little cocky with the nuclear testing and decided to launch an attack on the US (what could possibly go wrong…). Now you’re fighting a war on your own homefront, through all sorts of torn up residential streets and commercial areas.