"While Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 may be the weakest Call of Duty in several years, it is still one of the best shooters to release in 2025, a year that has been more fiercely competitive than anything we have seen in over a decade."
Street Fighter VI introduces much-needed accessibility, diversity, and a touch of contemporary social values to a franchise that has largely remained unaltered since the 1980s.
World Boss has almost no chance of survival, and I wish the developers would pull it from Steam before users waste their hard-earned money on microtransactions for a game that may be dead and buried by year's end.
Deadside is a fun but ultimately unrewarding survival game that lacks the legs to compete with more popular titles in the genre, such as Rust and DayZ.
Paladins has successfully competed with Overwatch for over five years, but its future is uncertain with so many high-quality free-2-play titles on the market right now.
Despite suffering from a multi-season content drought, Halo Infinite has a bright future. By this time next year, it will offer players a significantly more content-rich experience.
Conqueror's Blade is an excellent game, albeit one with dreadful monetisation that makes it less than enjoyable for players who lack the funds or time to compete at the highest levels of play.