10
Until Dawn (PS4)
The dream (nightmare?) of a fully interactive horror flick is finally realised with Sony's cabin-set slasher. Paying tribute to classic popcorn fodder, Until Dawn has plenty for fans to geek out on with schlock that's as fun to watch as it is to play.
9
Everybody's Gone to the Rapture (PS4)
If you prefer your horror with a well-stroked chin, the period quaintness of the 80s-set Rapture will put the Wyndham up players. Occasional whiffs of pretension aside, this bookish sci-fi yarn is the perfect antidote to Hollywood hokum as players experience Armageddon, Shropshire-style.
8
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood (Multi)
Forget Call of Duty, for solo blasting with all the trimmings, Old Blood brought the venerable Nazi-blaster into the next generation where Hitler's finest are jack-booting it across the Earth and beyond. With its ration-era price tag, Old Blood is a master race lesson in Saturday matinee blasting.
7
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask (3DS)
15 years after it first released on the N64, the black sheep of the Zelda family got the remake treatment with added 3D hoo-ha as players Groundhog the same three days. Being vintage Nintendo, Majora plays like some wonderful repeating dream.
6
Mad Max (Multi)
Stuffing players into the grubby hobnails of Mr Rockatansky as they take to the wastelands to reclaim their beloved ride, Mad Max is a hard-drivin', dust-fartin' beast of a game.
5
Falllout IV (Multi)
The long awaited return to Fallout's atomic wastelands plays out like Pleasantville meets Hiroshima with its 50s Americana vibe as players travel the atomic sandbox in search of post-nuclear bric-a-brac. A sprawling role-player game with nary a dwarf in sight, Fallout IV will devour your life.
4
Assassin's Creed: Syndicate (Multi)
After last year's bug-riddled Unity, Syndicate played it safe for a back-to-basics Creed stuffed with classic stab n' loot gameplay that plays out like an oldey-timey Guy Richie movie.
3
Super Mario Maker (Wii U)
To celebrate three decades of fungi-fuelled princess-rescuing, Nintendo finally gave us the keys to the Mushroom Kingdom, letting fans shake their Mario Maker using genuine assets from the iconic series. The touch-screen interface is a joy to use as Mario and an Expendables-esque gang of ageing pixel stars star in infinite levels of handmade nostalgia.
2
Bloodborne (PS4)
A dark romp that ain't for the lily-livered, there's much galumphing through cathedrals and crumbling ruins in this gorgeous looking medieval torture device designed to shift PS4s.
1
Splatoon (Wii U)
Nintendo finally found their trigger finger this year in what, for me, was 2015's most polished and enjoyable game. The first all-new IP to emerge from the Japanese giant in 15 years is a sugary gateway drug for tomorrow's Call of Duty fans. A kaleidoscopic, sublimely playable blaster, Splatoon features four-player squid-squads armed to the cuttlebones with paint guns for bloodless calamari carnage that's stuffed to the gills with inventiveness.
