
Their fixation with design and performance remains, but MK11 is more of a nostalgia-inducing romp than a modern classic. Mortal Kombat 11 is in a league of its own because the decades-spanning team at NetherRealm is absolutely nuts. Release date: April 23 ( PS4, XB1, PC, Switch)

It's a feat that is held back by predictability, but it's one that will forever earmark A Plague Tale as a gorgeous rarity in emotive storytelling. Every maze, backdrop, companion, and smattering of alchemy is used to let the world unfold around you - analyzing the links between innocence and resilience, and how hope will find a way to blossom in the horrors of tragedy. Its linearity makes it more of a stealth affair than an action-adventure soap opera, but by choice. It's a grim narrative that's full of ominous sequences and gnarled out rat infestations that swarm around as a main puzzle mechanic, and it uses the emotional pull of every environment and set piece to trace the ups and downs of a teenager who is left to care for her 5-year-old brother. Asobo Studio's A Plague Tale: Innocence tells the story of two orphans, Amicia and Hugo, who are on the run from the Inquisition and the Black Death terrorizing 14th century France.
