Games you can play this week – battles and beasts

If you’re looking to spark up a monstrous war, become a hero, or just save New York with pizza in-hand, this week’s game releases will deliver on all those things, and a little more.

Total War: Warhammer (PC)

24 May 2016

Total War: Warhammer delivers some much-needed strategy to gamers who’ve been seeking for something a little more than shooting terrorists in the face.

Total War: Warhammer combines an addictive turn-based campaign of epic empire-building with explosive, colossal, real-time battles, all set in the vivid and incredible world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles.

The game features four wholly different races: the Empire, the Dwarfs, the Vampire Counts and the Greenskins, each with their own unique characters, battlefield units and play style.

Overwatch (PC, Xbox One, PlayStation 4)

24 May 2016

From Blizzard, the guys who brought us Warcraft and Diablo, comes Overwatch – a first-person multiplayer shooter that injects elements of heroes into the formula.

Before you begin a game of Overwatch, you’ll need to choose a hero to play. Maybe controlling a cannon-toting, genetically-engineered ape from the moon appeals to you. Or, you might prefer zipping around as a teleporting, time-traveling freedom fighter.

Whoever you choose, players will need to use their hero’s abilities to defeat their opponents, protect their teammates and move around maps — they’re the key to winning a match.