The 10 best Xbox One games you can play right now

Reached the end of your Xbox stock? It might be time to stump up for some new games – and we’ve got just the selection right here. After hours upon hours of marauding, drifting, shooting, climbing and collecting, we’ve picked out our 10 favourite Xbox One games that you can play right now. Enjoy.

10) Gears Of War 4

A blood-soaked Xbox One exclusive, Gears Of War 4 is so riotously entertaining because it knows its limits. It doesn’t have any high falutin’ ambitions towards added emotional nuance or drastically altered gameplay: its relentless glorification of ultraviolence, which splatters your screen with red stuff at every given opportunity, isn’t especially clever – but it is big, stupid and fun.

9) Titanfall 2

Bombastic, ridiculously fast paced, but surprisingly full of heart, Titanfall 2’s single play campaign will grab you – but it’s the multiplayer that’ll keep you hooked. One of the biggest shocks, and indeed, greatest achievements of this game is that over the 6-7 hour campaign it manages to make you care about a futuristic, giant mech soldier-suit you can get inside.

8) Fallout 4

Mechanically speaking Fallout 3 got a lot of things right, but its desolate sprawl could feel cold and impersonal. Flash forward seven years and Bethesda has produced a game with warmth and life, as well as one that’s much bigger, weirder and more wonderful than before. This is the Fallout game we’ve all been pining for.

7) Destiny 2

Destiny’s gameplay has always felt immediate, reactive, and ear-rattling, each blast is rewarding, from trigger-pull to enemy-stopping impact, and the sequel is no different. Guardians that loved the first game will be right at home here, with new worlds to explore, new abilities to master and a heap of new gear to grind for. The end-game has been simplified and streamlined, too, which should hopefully keep players coming back week after week.

6) Forza Horizon 3

If the core Forza Motorsport games have felt a bit too dry, then look no further: Forza Horizon 3 serves up thrilling fun, and in incredible amounts, too. It nails that sweet spot of being fun but not silly or obnoxious, and serious but crucially not too serious. Really, it’s tough to ding the game for anything significant at all. It’s the kind of game we can see ourselves playing for 100 hours or more.

5) The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Bigger than Skyrim and with more character, The Witcher 3 is a new RPG benchmark. Those allergic to stats will likely still find there’s a little too much time spent in menus weighing up the +12 damage of one sword with the +15% critical chance of another, but only the most RPG-phobic should avoid it – everyone else will find The Witcher 3 to be one of the finest games of recent memory.

4) Battlefield 1

A World War I shooter that’s epic in every respect, Battlefield 1 is an incendiary FPS that allows you to climb onboard tanks, trucks, planes, trains, zeppelins and more – and somehow doesn’t end up a total mess. This game is respectful of its setting without ever forgetting it’s supposed to be entertaining. And although its War Stories best pull off this high-wire act, Operations are a great way of bringing the same empathy and tension to a multiplayer mode.

3) XCOM 2

Taking the strong foundation of the first game and adding a more involved story, greater variety of missions and maps, XCOM 2 is a refinement and a distillation of everything that people love about the series. If you’re up for a supreme challenge that rewards risks and learning from your mistakes, we can’t think of a better title to sink your teeth into.

2) Forza Motorsport 7

Forza Motorsport 7 boasts a ridiculous commitment to realism and graphical fidelity. For proper petrolheads, this is pretty much gaming nirvana – and even if you don’t know your cars, the beginner-friendly driving assists are a welcome helping hand to get you behind the wheel. The Forza games have always felt like a love letter to all things automotive, but the addition of dynamic weather makes this latest iteration a monument to Mother Nature as well.

1) Overwatch

Overwatch is a game where ratcheting up your kill count will guarantee you victory – and it’s easily the most joyful shooter we’ve played in a long, long time – blending old and new mechanics to make a complex experience that’s easy to enjoy. Who gives a monkeys about a lack of ranked mode and annoying micro-transactions when Quick Play is just so damned jubilant?