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Some of the best games of the year are surely yet to come, but as 2016 nears its close there's already plenty to celebrate. Here, we’ve selected over 40 of the best games of the year, ordered newest to oldest. It'll be hard to pick just one as our overall game of the year come January—not that it's ever easy or without impassioned conference calls. Omri Petitte, Steven Messner, and the PC Gamer staff contributed to this article.
Updated December 1, 2016. Prev Page 1 of 49 Next Prev Page 1 of 49 Next Killing Floor 2. Release date: Nov 11, 2016 ▪ Developer: Arkane ▪ Despite some technical troubles—which are steadily being patched out—Dishonored 2 is one of our favorite games of the year. It's no secret that we're big fans of systems-driven games at PC Gamer, and we've celebrated Metal Gear Solid 5 and the new Hitman thoroughly for that reason. Dishonored 2 is another for the list, even better than its predecessor and one of the best stealth/action games we've played. Prev Page 3 of 49 Next Prev Page 3 of 49 Next Hitman: The Complete First Season.
Release date: Nov 1, 2016 ▪ Developer: D-Pad Studio ▪ Owlboy's individual platforming and combat systems may not be the best among its peers—games like Shovel Knight and Ori and the Blind Forest—but it's great as a whole, a lovingly-made adventure with meticulous art and a well-told story. 'Owlboy doesn’t trade in carefully orchestrated moments which reveal, with a sledgehammer, what the game means,' wrote Shaun in our review. 'It spreads its hints thinly, allows you a moment to reflect, and then has you smiting blobs mid-air with an endless supply of cannons again. The balance is marvelously handled.' Prev Page 5 of 49 Next Prev Page 5 of 49 Next Titanfall 2.
Release date: Oct 28, 2016 ▪ Developer: Respawn ▪ With the addition of a single-player campaign and no season pass to divide the community, Titanfall 2 sheds two common complaints about the original—and also does what it does fantastically. 'If this were a game from the late nineties or early noughties, we'd likely look back at the mission 'Effect and Cause' as one of the greats of the genre,' wrote Chris in his review. The multiplayer is better than before as well, but there's one worry—Titanfall 2's population could suffer from its proximity to Battlefield 1 and Call of Duty: Infinite Warfare. Let's hope it doesn't. Prev Page 6 of 49 Next Prev Page 6 of 49 Next Battlefield 1. Release date: Sep 27, 2016 ▪ Developer: Playground Games ▪ One of the best racing games on PC, with a huge open world Australian playground (that's also full of irritating personalities) and over 350 gorgeous cars. As it's published by Microsoft Studios, Forza Horizon 3 is only available on the Windows Store—but at least Chris managed a smooth 60 fps, and didn't have many technical issues despite the Universal Windows Platform's rocky start.
Prev Page 10 of 49 Next Prev Page 10 of 49 Next Fractured Space. Release date: Sep 22, 2016 ▪ Developer: Edge Case Games ▪ Fractured Space offers excellent team-based capital ship combat. It started humbly in Early Access full of untextured asteroids, but has grown to become a quality free-to-play competition.
'It’s like getting a few seasons’ worth of TV sci-fi space battles in the space of 20 minutes, without all of the talking and bottle episodes,' wrote Chris. It's definitely worth a try if you like slow, thoughtful tactics. Prev Page 11 of 49 Next Prev Page 11 of 49 Next World of Warcraft: Legion. Release date: Aug 25, 2016 ▪ Developer: Metanet Software ▪ A refined action platformer with tricky, floaty jumps, 1,125 levels and a level editor—so there's no risk of being left wanting. Shaun has played over 300 hours of the original PS4 version, and put another 20 into this new PC release. 'In some ways N++ feels like the end of the action platformer, like an exhaustive final document, a catalogue of its emotional highs and lows,' he wrote in his review. It's safe to say he liked it a bit.