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Sega’s Yakuza games may not be global blockbusters, but the series has steadily transformed from a once-niche Japanese curio to one much better recognised outside its home market. Now known as a more literal translation of its native language title, Ryu Ga Gotoku, latest entry Like a Dragon: Ishin both moves the franchise forward and throws it back in time, swapping 80s organised crime for late 19th century samurai.
Ancient Egypt is the perfect setting for a video game with its pyramid-peppered panoramas, a dark and engrossing mythology and more corrupt leaders than you’ll find in your average governing football body.
Defending the Earth from intergalactic space fighters, hunting down wish-granting dragons, and more spiky hair than a 90s boy band.
Japan has made some rather outrageous video games in the past, from pigeon dating simulators to a mosquito-centred man hunt. It’s no surprise that these games didn’t translate very well in the UK or America…
When working as intended, both are monsters in their respective fields: the Empire’s death machine delivers massive destruction, while EA’s multiplayer epic offers huge amounts of fun. However, where the Death Star had a terrible design flaw that ultimately left it in ruins, Battlefront II boasts something similar: microtransactions.
Space Jam. Kingdom Hearts. Mayweather vs. McGregor. Three examples to show how fantastic crossovers can be. And then we have Alien vs. Predator to show us how bad they can get.
Add a few banana skins into go-karting, or give an Italian plumber insane jumping skills and you’ve got an instant classic. This wacky imagination is the source of Nintendo’s irresistible charm – a charm that’s just as potent today as it was 30 years ago.
Describing The Last of Us as a massive success would be a bit of an understatement. Not only did it sell a bajillion copies, it earned over 200 Game of the Year awards and a Best Game Bafta. And let’s not forget that 2013 also featured a little-known title called Grand Theft Auto 5.
As an Xbox One launch title, Forza Motorsport 5 has a lot resting on its immaculately-polished shoulders.
Fed up of zombies yet? Capcom’s hoping not, because its big launch title for Xbox One is Dead Rising 3, the zombiest of zombie games.