Doom (Sony PlayStation 4, 2016)

Gamers head back to Hell as the iconic first-person shooter Doom returns for its first major installment in more than a decade. As always, players make their way through labyrinthine levels, using classic weapons like chainsaws, the super shotgun, and the BFG 9000 to blast and dismember their way through hordes of unspeakable monsters. Gamers regain health and armor by finding pickups scattered throughout levels, not by taking cover and waiting to regenerate, so they are encouraged to push through levels as quickly as possible.

Doom also offers multiplayer fans six different game modes. Team Deathmatch and Clan Arena are classic two-team modes, with Team Deathmatch featuring power-ups, weapon pickups, respawns, and the ability to turn into a powerful demon, and Clan Arena offering a purist mode with no pickups or respawns. Domination finds teams vying for control of three static capture points, while Warpath features only a single, constantly moving capture point. In Soul Harvest teams try to collect the souls of fallen foes, while Freeze Tag finds gamers attempting to encase all opposing soldiers in ice. Creative players can also use the SnapMap feature to design and share custom maps, game rules, and game modes.