With July upon us, we've come to the end of the first half of 2015. The video game scene has been delivered nothing but fantastic title after fantastic title since the start of the year and it doesn't look like the wild ride is about to end at any time soon, with more titles, including Fallout 4 on the way for the PC, Xbox One and PlayStation 4.
We've put together a list of the top ten best games of the first half of 2015 with that in mind, celebrating the games that have come before. You'll want to pick these games up even if your gaming backlog is full to the brim and play them immediately, because you're really missing out on some good times if you don't play them right away.
10. Life is Strange
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 3, Xbox One, Xbox 360
- Release date: Jan 30 2015
Solve puzzles, turn back time, and live the life of a teenage girl in a murder mystery.
9. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate
- Platform: 3DS
- Release date: 13 Feb 2015
Murder monsters with your friends on your trusty 3DS.
8. Dying Light
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, Linux, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Release date: 27 Jan 2015
Players of this zombie-killing free-running post-apocalyptic thriller are in for a wild ride.
7. Mortal Kombat X
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
- Release date: April 7, 2015
Slaughter your friends and offend your family in the latest game in the long-running fighting franchise.
6. Pillars of Eternity
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux
- Release date: 26 March 2015
It's everything fans of Planescape Torment and Baldur's Gate have ever asked for in a modern RPG.
5. Cities Skylines
- Platform: Microsoft Windows,OS X,Linux
- Release date: 10 March 2015
SimCity was junk, but Cities Skylines isn't. Skylines is proof that city builders still have their magic.
4. Batman: Arkham Knight
- Platform: Microsoft Windows,PlayStation 4, Xbox One,OS X, Linux
- Release date: 23 June 2015
This list would be amiss without the inclusion of the last episode in the Arkham trilogy of Batman games. Now you even get to ride the Batmobile.
3. Splatoon
- Platform: Wii U
- Release date: 29 May 2015
First you're a kid, and then you're a squid. This online shooter from Nintendo is a total blast.
2. Bloodborne
- Platform: PS4
- Release date: 24 Mar 2015
One of the scariest games on this list, Bloodborne is Dark Souls reinvented.
1. The Witcher 3
- Platform: Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One
- Release date: 19 May 2015
Easily one of the best games of the decade thus far, The Witcher 3 is a game you absolutely can't miss.
