10 Best New Video Game Franchises Of The Decade (So Far)

10. Overwatch

Overwatch is just a wonderful, wonderful game. Not only does it have some of the best multiplayer combat to have ever featured in an FPS, it's got an incredibly rich history and lore. Never before have I seen a series take to water so effortlessly like I have with Blizzard's biggest cross-platform release yet. It is without doubt the biggest video game success of the year, and one you really have to experience for yourself.

Combat is fast, fluid and layered beyond all comparison. You really will struggle to find a deeper or more balanced shooter than Overwatch, or even one that can instil such euphoric heights when everything comes together and your team sail to victory. It's just that good.

So too is the universe Blizzard have created to accompany the game's release, which, by all accounts, has to be the most inventive mythos created in a title since Mass Effect graced the Xbox 360 in 2007. Even if it does lack a linear narrative, Overwatch's ambiguity only aids in its universal appeal.