What to Play This June

Hello! We have a new series for you! Introducing: What to Play This Month, a roundup of the best games from the past month, the things we’re most excited to play that are releasing in the month ahead, a quick rundown of the other things coming up, a few alternative back-catalogue picks that might make a nice compliment for it all. Expect to see it on the first of every month – or as close to it as possible – from now onwards.

The reasoning behind this one is pretty simple: it feels like more and more games are coming out, and we’d like to help curate those releases for you.

Until now, this has been left to our reviews and other critical writing, where we’ve been continuously hunting for cool-looking games to either review or take a quick look at for a feature – with that writing acting as a recommendation in itself. But that was it.

Now, we’ll still be doing exactly that (and with just as many games as before, don’t worry!) but we’re also going to round them up here, along with any others we’re looking forward to on the horizon as well. This way, you can find our highlights in one place, get an idea of what’s on our radar, and hopefully cut down on time wondering where to start.

So! Let’s have at it: here’s What To Play This June.

The best games from last month

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

Availability: Out now on Nintendo Switch.

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom Review – TEARS OF THE KINGDOM GAMEPLAY Watch on YouTube

Let’s get the obvious one out of the way – Tears of the Kingdom is massive and brilliant. For many it’ll be the only thing they’ll be playing even months from now. Here’s what we said in our Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom review:

Darkest Dungeon 2

Availability: Out now on PC (Steam)

Darkest Dungeon II – Launch Trailer Watch on YouTube

If you’d like some truly oppressive bleakness to pair nicely with the June sunshine, or as a nice refreshing break from all that horrible majestic beauty of Zelda, then boy have we got the game for you. Here’s what we said in our Darkest Dungeon 2 review: