The Best Video Games 2024

1. Ubisoft Rayman Legends (PS4)

The Glade of Dreams is in trouble once again! During a 100-year nap, the nightmares multiplied and spread, creating new monsters even more terrifying than before. These creatures are the stuff of legend: dragons, giant toads, sea monsters, and even evil luchadores. With the help of Murfy, Rayman and Globox awake and must now help fight these nightmares and save the Teensies. Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings. As they look more closely, they notice each painting seems to tell the story of a mythical world. While focusing on a painting that shows a medieval land, they are suddenly sucked into the painting, entering the world, and the adventure begins. The gang must run, jump and fight their way through each world to save the day and discover the secrets of every legendary painting.

Key Features and Benefits: 3D boss battles The bosses have a big advantage over Rayman's gang - an extra dimension! Dragons and other epic creatures can attack from all angles, so you will have to be on top of your game to defeat them. Challenges Connect with your friends through a variety of challenges that will test your skill and speed. Check the leader boards to see where you rank around the world. Rayman rocks Jump to the beat of a drum, punch to the bass line, even zip-line during a guitar sustain. Timing and rhythm are the key to beat these maps set to music. See if you have what it takes to be a platforming hero. UbiArt engine advancements The engine has expanded its abilities to include 3D gameplay elements, a lighting design, and a rendering system which take Rayman's award - winning graphics to the next level. 'Everyone 10

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Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag Sony PlayStation 4

Key Features and Benefits: The golden age of pirates Assassin's Creed 4 Black Flag begins in 1715, when pirates established a lawless republic in the Caribbean and ruled the land and seas. These outlaws paralyzed navies, halted international trade, and plundered vast fortunes. They threatened the power structures that ruled Europe, inspired the imaginations of millions, and left a legacy that still endures. The Caribbean at the dawn of the 18th century Discover the fullest Assassin's Creed world ever created. Stand among legendary pirates such as Blackbeard, Calico Jack and Benjamin Hornigold, as you establish a lawless republic in the Bahamas and relive the truly explosive events that defined the Golden Age of Pirates. From Kingston to Nassau, explore 50 unique locations where you can live the life of a pirate. Captain and customize your own ship, search for lost treasure, hunt rare animals and loot underwater shipwrecks. Edward Kenway Into this world sails a young, cocky, and fearsome captain named Edward Kenway. His skill with a sword and disdain for authority earn him the respect of pirate legends like Blackbeard, but thrust him into an ancient conflict that threatens to destroy everything the pirates have built.

3. Watch Dogs (Xbox One)

Watch Dogs Microsoft Xbox One

Key Features and Benefits: The ultimate open world Create your own FPS action and adventure. Customize your weapons, your skills and your approach to each mission, whether you favor intense run-and-gun action, stealthy close-up takedowns, or long range sniping. Hack the city Watch Dogs takes place in a fully simulated living city where, using your smartphone, you have real-time control over the city's infrastructure. Trap your enemy in a 30-car pileup by manipulating the traffic lights. Stop a train, and then board it to evade the authorities. Narrowly escape capture by quickly raising a drawbridge. Anything connected to the city's ctOS can become your weapon. Street justice Living in inner city Chicago where violence is best answered by violence, you have the skills to take the fight to the streets. Take down enemies by delivering devastating blows with your baton, or experience a shoot-out like never before with a physics simulation that rivals anything in the shooter category. Overall, you will have access to more than 30 traditional weapons. Complete control Disrupt, the all-new game engine dedicated to Watch Dogs, uses advanced processing and graphics to deliver a stunning visual and an incredibly realistic experience. Disrupt gives you the power to affect the story, the city and the life of the population with your choices creating a ripple effect throughout the city. Dynamic navigation Watch Dogs gives you the ability to not only use the city's ctOS to your advantage, but the streets as well. In real-world Chicago, cut through one of the buildings or climb to the rooftops to catch your target.

4. Yakuza 0 Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Feel the world of danger and adventure inside yakuza crime underworld

Dive into the seedy underground of organized crime in Sega's Yakuza 0 standard edition for the PlayStation 4. Set in 1988 Japan, this third-person action adventure game puts you in the middle of a gang war between two mob families. Sega's Yakuza 0 is an open-world crime spree where you fight your way through the story at your own pace.

5. Sonic Forces Standard Edition, Sega, PlayStation 4, [Physical], 63218

In SONIC FORCES, the evil Dr. Eggman has conquered much of the world with help from a powerful and mysterious new villain named Infinite. Now, you must assist Sonic and build an army to reclaim the world as they fight against chaos and destruction. Defeat enemies with blazing speed as Modern Sonic, catapult past perilous platforms as Classic Sonic, and create your very own Custom Hero Character equipped with a variety of powerful gadgets. Experience fast-paced action with these three unique gameplay styles, explore iconic stages, plus, fight across unique added content with Shadow as a playable character!

Sonic Forces Standard Edition, Sega, PlayStation 4, [Physical], 63218 Manufacturer: Sega Games ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+

6. Yakuza 6: The Song of Life "Essence of Art Edition" - PlayStation 4

Family, brotherhood, clans, blood and rage, all this is the world of the Japanese Yakuza

Sacrifice is everything in Yakuza 6, and it's down to you to find out what has gone on during Kiryu's three-year absence. Haruka has gone missing, and as a former Yakuza member, you have to draw on your knowledge and contacts to discover the truth in the ever-thrilling world of Yakuza 6.

7. Rayman Legends Standard Edition - Xbox One

Rayman, named a platformer of the year and a winner of multiple artistic and musical achievements, is back with a brand-new adventure

Rayman, Globox, and the Teensies are off wandering through an enchanted forest when they discover a mysterious tent filled with a series of captivating paintings. As they look more closely, they notice each painting seems to tell the story of a mythical world. While focusing on a painting that shows a medieval land, they are suddenly sucked into the painting, entering the world, and the adventure begins. The gang must run, jump and fight their way through each world to save the day and discover the secrets of every legendary painting.

8. Watch Dogs - PlayStation 4

Watch Dogs - PlayStation 4

Key Features and Benefits: The ultimate open world Create your own FPS action and adventure. Customize your weapons, your skills and your approach to each mission, whether you favor intense run-and-gun action, stealthy close-up takedowns, or long range sniping. Hack the city Watch Dogs takes place in a fully simulated living city where, using your smartphone, you have real-time control over the city's infrastructure. Trap your enemy in a 30-car pileup by manipulating the traffic lights. Stop a train, and then board it to evade the authorities. Narrowly escape capture by quickly raising a drawbridge. Anything connected to the city's ctOS can become your weapon. Street justice Living in inner city Chicago where violence is best answered by violence, you have the skills to take the fight to the streets. Take down enemies by delivering devastating blows with your baton, or experience a shoot-out like never before with a physics simulation that rivals anything in the shooter category. Overall, you will have access to more than 30 traditional weapons. Complete control Disrupt, the all-new game engine dedicated to Watch Dogs, uses advanced processing and graphics to deliver a stunning visual and an incredibly realistic experience. Disrupt gives you the power to affect the story, the city and the life of the population with your choices creating a ripple effect throughout the city. Dynamic navigation Watch Dogs gives you the ability to not only use the city's ctOS to your advantage, but the streets as well. In real-world Chicago, cut through one of the buildings or climb to the rooftops to catch your target.

9. Shining Resonance Refrain Standard Edition - PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5

Liberate the soul of the dragon that resides in you

Find the dragon within when you play Shining Resonance Refrain. This game version is available with preorder purchases, and it comes with a metal slip case. Choose Refrain Mode to enable characters not previously playable, or play as a dragon to use powerful attacks during battles. Shining Resonance Refrain follows the story of Yuma as he seeks to save Astoria Kingdom and restore peace to the land.

10. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire 2012 Edition - Xbox 360

Meet the Beatles in a whole new way

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: 2012 Edition - Xbox 360