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1. Mortal Kombat X 2. Grand Theft Auto V 3. Battlefield Hardline 4. FIFA 15 5. Minecraft: Playstation Edition Dying Light Minecraft: Xbox Edition Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

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WWE 2K15 AS mid-year triple-A titles go, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is top of the bill.

Offering a non-linear story and the open world environment, this is a fantasy RPG firmly focused on player choice, tactical combat and a rich, living world.

As the final episode in one of the best RPG trilogies, fans of the series will be slavering at the prospect of hooking up with Geralt of Riva, swordsman and monster hunter.

The narrative approach has been carefully re-imagined, ensuring accessibility to newcomers and old-time fans, entering a time of tumultuous conflict, with the Empire attacking the Kingdoms of the North and the Wild Hunt, a cavalcade of ghastly riders, breathing down your neck.

Here, the only way to survive is to fight back and leave none of your enemies standing. That’s no small task in such a gigantic open world, and it’s one that you will simultaneously revel in, as well as fear for its sheer scale.

But with such outstanding real-time combat, deep strategic RPG options and a cast of simply mesmerising miscreants, there’s no doubt this is one monster challenge that you’ll happily accept.