Author: Game Informer Editorial

Introduction Each year, the Game Informer staff reviews a ton of games, but only a select few earn the highest scores. While you can find our full list of reviews here, we know that some people are just looking for the best of the best, so we’ve gathered our top-scoring reviews of 2024 right here. Whether you’re…

PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Switch, PC, iOS, Android Bloodstained may as well be called “Castlevania: Symphony of the Night 2”. After all, it comes from Symphony’s mastermind and Castlevania luminary Koji Igarashi and carries many of the series’ classic elements while introducing cool new ideas on top. Players explore a gothic castle overflowing with secrets…

We’ve already published our staff-wide list of the best games of 2023, but every editor had a few games they wish could have received some praise. This is where we have the opportunity to shout out some of those games. Below, you’ll see each individual Game Informer editor’s personal top 10 list for 2023. Check out…

This year represented one of the most difficult game of the year discussions we’ve had in some time; 2023 was overflowing with fantastic games. But our opinions are not the only ones (you can read Game Informer’s top 2023 10 list right here). For a few weeks, beginning November 17, we ran a poll online,…

Before the year concluded, discussions were already percolating about whether 2023 was the best year for video game releases ever. It was a challenging year for the industry as a whole, but in terms of artistic output, 2023 is absolutely a contender. Whittling the year’s releases to a mere 10 games was challenging, but we…

The Nintendo Switch has an incredibly strong library of games, with many worth recommending. For our 10 absolute favorite games, however, you can check out the list below. We will update this list as often as games worthy of inclusion release. Please note that while the list below contains 10 entries, we aren’t actually ranking…

Jusant succeeds by being wholly singular. From the jump, you have one goal: climb up. Everything else is in service to that one objective. Perhaps an obvious statement, but this is most apparent – and most interesting – in the game’s mechanics. Developer Donʼt Nod put serious thought into translating the act of mountain climbing…

The Nintendo Switch has an incredibly strong library of games, with many worth recommending. For our 10 absolute favorite games, however, you can check out the list below. We will update this list as often as games worthy of inclusion release. Please note that while the list below contains 10 entries, we aren’t actually ranking…

Introduction It’s no secret that 2023 is off to a raucous start with multiple high-scoring games hitting within the first few months of the year. This list will be your guide to every gaming experience Game Informer considers a must-play in 2023, encompassing the best games you can play on platforms like PlayStation 5, Xbox…

Final Fantasy XVI had an immense amount of hype ahead of its release. It’s a PlayStation 5 exclusive, the first original mainline Final Fantasy entry in over a decade, and the first single-player title from developer Creative Business Unit III, the team behind the critically acclaimed MMORPG Final Fantasy XIV. It also firmly pushed the…