Which are the most popular video games to be playing this year? There is no denying that video games are awesome, and extremely popular among all age groups.
So, we have put together a list of the most popular video games right now, so you can get in on the action! There is everything from RPGs to first-person shooters, multiplayer battle royales to fighting games, so you should not have any trouble finding one you like.
- Super Smash Bros
First, on the list, we have an incredibly addictive beat-em-up, that’s great fun to play with your friends or family members.
Smash Bros is known as a cross-over fighting video game because, unlike regular fighting games, it features characters, titles, music, and stages from several different Nintendo and third-party franchises. The general premise of the game, like any fighting game, is to defeat your opponent using a number of different attacks and boot them out of the arena.
Super Smash Bros was developed by Bandai Namco Studios and Sora Ltd., and published by Nintendo. If you love fighting games and have yet to experience the magic of SSB, then definitely give this one a try if you have a Wii U.
- The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action role-playing video game that’s the fifth installment of the popular Elder Scrolls series. Released worldwide in 2011, it’s available to play on Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Playstation 3, Xbox One, and Xbox 360.
Set 200 years after Oblivion; the game’s main story revolves around your character’s quest to find and defeat a pretty bad-ass dragon – Alduin the World-Eater. As you can guess from his name, the dragon is destined to destroy the world, so your character has to do everything in his power to stop him.
It’s an action role-playing game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. To date, its sold over 30 million copies worldwide!
- Call of Duty: Black Ops II
If first-person shooters are your thing, then Call of Duty: Black Ops II is for you. Developed by Treyarch and published by Activision, Call of Duty: Black Ops II has sold over 24 million copies since it was released in 2012.
The game is set in two different time periods, the 1980s and 2025, and switches between the two at different periods throughout the game. In both time periods, your character is in constant pursuit of Raul Menendez, a Nicaraguan cartel leader, and it’s up to you to find him and get the job done. Like most first-person shooters, there’s a lot of shooting, explosions, death, and graphic content
- Spiderman
The 2018 version of Spider-Man is pretty similar to all the other Spider-Man video games that have come before it, however this time, the plot is different and it’s presented in a third-person perspective.
The main storyline is that a super crime lord, Mr. Negative, formulates a plan to seize control of New York City’s criminal underworld, and threatens to release a potentially catastrophic virus.
Obviously, Spider-Man has something to say about that and, as you’re playing as Spider-Man, you’re tasked with taking out Mr.Negative and spoiling his criminal plans. It is well worth a go if you’re into action-adventure games.