Tale of a Hero

Rockstar's experiments with the Nintendo DS resulted in Chinatown Wars, the unsung hero of the GTA series.

Lanterns episode 2 gives John Stewart an extremely rare Green Lantern ability, establishing the trainee as a potential prodigy.

This prequel spinoff takes some interesting chances, only some of which pay off.

Putting 'legacy' in the title of your game naturally encourages considerations about what that legacy might be – and that, in turn, invites thoughts about its identity. (And perhaps 'supremacy' and 'ultimatum' if you're a big Jason Bourne fan.) It might sound silly to say of a game with some of the most impressive faces and places you'll see this – or any – year. But to me, A Plague Tale is spiritually double-A, and I absolutely mean that as a compliment. I find myself instinctively rooting for this series: there is still something of a scrappy outsider quality to it, even as

Xbox is ‘not healthy’, but losing all of this talent isn’t the cure.