#4 TOP 10 VIDEO GAMES OF 2017-2018

Arms - One of the Nintendo Switch's first releases, Arms is a boxing game that uses both button and motion controls. Fighters have boxing gloves and long, spring arms and duke it out in a ring. It looks novel, as far as fighting games go, and exactly the sort of quirky little game that Nintendo would come up with.

Red Dead Redemption 2 - The long-awaited sequel to Red Dead Redemption is finally coming to PS4 and Xbox One. We don't know much about it yet, but we do know it's going to be amazing. Another big open-world Western from the makers of Grand Theft Auto, I just hope that this time around there's less cattle-herding.

South Park: The Fractured But Whole - I loved the buggy, hilarious South Park: The Stick of Truth RPG. It was everything great about South Park in a ludicrous, and hugely entertaining, video game. This one looks like more of the same, and I mean that in a good way.

Splatoon 2 - Speaking of "more of the same" that's pretty much what Splatoon 2 looks like, though it won't utilize a second screen in the same way the Wii U version did. Splatoon is Nintendo's latest shooter franchise, and pits teams of players against one another in paint shootouts. It's a very Nintendo sort of shooter, and the sequel looks like fun.

Super Mario Odyssey - This weird-looking open-world Mario game is the first Mario title coming to the Nintendo Switch. All I have to say is that New Donk City looks like an excellent and super strange new location for our favorite plumber to explore.

Assassins's Creed Origins -As the title suggests, Ubisoft is heading back to the beginning with this tale of the assassins’ guild founders, fighting their way through ancient Egypt. The lead protagonist is Bayek (or “By ‘eck” if you’re from Yorkshire), a warrior who acts as a guardian to his people – while stabbing enemies. The developer is promising an overhaul of the familiar Assassin’s Creed systems, with a drone-like hawk to scout new areas rather than the old tower system, and new boss battles.

Anthem
The latest adventure from Bioware Edmonton, the studio behind the Mass Effect and Dragon Age titles, is a co-op online shooter, pitching elite troops named Freelancers out of a safe city and on to an inhospitable planet – to shoot monsters. Players don customisable space suits with various abilities, and missions have narrative arcs with cinematics and conversations.

Beyond Good and Evil 2
Fans have been waiting years for a follow-up to the 2003 sci-fi action adventure from Ubisoft luminary Michel Ancel. Now, here comes a prequel, in which players are able to work together to help fight for the rights of animal-human hybrids. Interstellar travel, seamless online play and swearing are all in abundance.

The Crew 2
The online open-world driving game returns offering the ability to race in practically any vehicle, from airplanes to motor boats. There is 2,000 square miles of varied American land to zoom across, from the Rocky Mountains to New York City, while a huge variety of competitions lie out there in the unknown to discover. The original was a loved by petrolheads – can a second outing tempt the rest of us?

Monster Hunter World
The most welcome surprise at the Sony conference was this PlayStation 4 entry in the multimillion-selling action role-playing adventure series. Unlike previous titles it looks like players start out the quest alone, sneaking up on and debilitating an array of monsters in a freely explorable landscape that abandons the arena approach of old. A drop-in multiplayer system lets players adventure with three friends or call out for help from strangers during key encounters.