Hello! Welcome back to our new series, What to Play This Month, a roundup of the best games from the past month, the things we’re most excited to play (or otherwise look out for) that are releasing in the month ahead, a quick rundown of the other things coming up, and a few back-catalogue picks that might make a nice compliment for it all – because why stick to playing the brand new stuff?
As a reminder, the goal for us with this series is simple enough: there are more games releasing than ever, so we’re aiming to do a little curation of the month ahead to help you cut through the noise.
Let’s dive in! Here’s What To Play This July.
The best games from last month
Street Fighter 6
Availability: Out now on PC, PS5 and Xbox Series X/S.
Street Fighter 6 PC – DF Tech Review – Good But Could Have Been Great Watch on YouTube
The venerable fighting game series makes a triumphant return, with simplified control options and a range of loveably silly modes on top of its brilliant online action. Here’s what we said in our Street Figher 6 review:
Amnesia: The Bunker
Availability: Out now on on PC, coming soon to PS4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
One of the more inventive takes on survival horror in recent times, Amnesia: The Bunker is sumptuously dark. Here’s what we said in our Amnesia: The Bunker review:
Planet of Lana
Availability: Out now on PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, Game Pass.
Planet of Lana is a poised and rather beautiful side-scrolling platformer set during an alien invasion. Puzzles, pets, and a lovely sense of progress mark this out as something special. What we said in our Planet of Lana review:
Diablo 4
Availability: Out now on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S.
Blizzard’s action RPG is grim and majestic, and still being tweaked and balanced, with latest changes lowering the grind, but this month – likely towards the end of it – we’ll get a first look at Season 1. Requiring a new character, this feels like an invitation for the hardcore only. Will it be worth the grind? What we said in our Diablo 4 review: