Forza Horizon 4

The doors have been opened, the games inside have been devoured, and now it's time to recycle the cardboard. Below you'll find all of our favourite games from 2018, gathered together in a single post for easy reading.

Tagged with Bestest Bests, feature, Freelancer's favourite games of 2018, The RPS Advent Calendar 2018, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, BattleTech, Celeste, Chuchel, Dragon Ball FighterZ, Far: Lone Sails, Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 2, Into the Breach, Jazztronauts, Monster Hunter: World, Paratopic, Q.U.B.E. 2, Return of the Obra Dinn, Slay the Spire, SpyParty, Subnautica, The Hex, The Red Strings Club, Unavowed, Warhammer: Vermintide 2, Yakuza 0, Yoku's Island Express, Zones.

It is terrifying to be an independent developer right now. Before, small teams might compare themselves to a ‘soulless’ billion dollar industry built on games where Very Large Men shoot other Very Large Men (regardless of the merit of that claim). Now, those same big studios are bringing their absurd levels of manpower and polish to titles that are more empathetic and experimental than ever…

Tagged with feature, Freelancer's favourite games of 2018, Microsoft Studios, Motion Twin, over the moon, Playground Games, Sega, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Dead Cells, Forza Horizon 4, The Fall Part 2: Unbound, Yakuza 0.

I have a question. Is there a reason why absolutely every single racing game of the last decade has an unimaginably stupid story?

Tagged with EA, feature, Ghost Games, Microsoft, open-world racer, Playground Games, Forza Horizon 4, Need for Speed, Need For Speed Payback.

There is a phenomenon of culture that I'm not convinced has a name. Living in the UK, the vast, vast majority of the media I consume is from the US. And nearly always has been. While television was more localised, all my life the films and games (and indeed an awful lot of the TV) I've watched and played has not only come from America,…

Tagged with feature, Playground Games, Forza Horizon 4.

As we stare into the weary, craggy face of the final quarter of 2018, there is still a glimmer of hope. The games are not yet done. They will never be done. And the impending release of them, some close, some a little further away, stirs something within us. The delicate, easily crushed butterfly of excitement. We may catch it yet, to keep in our…

Tagged with Annapurna Interactive, Aurora44, Capybara Games, feature, Gunfire Games, House House, IO Interactive, Microsoft Studios, Playground Games, SCS Software, Turn 10 Studios, Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft Quebec, Vigil Games, Voidpoint, ZA/UM, American Truck Simulator - Oregon, Ashen, Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Below, Darksiders III, Disco Elysium, Forza Horizon 4, Hitman 2, Ion Maiden, Untitled Goose Game.