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

7. BroForce

Broforce game
Free Lives Games

As most action video games are blatantly inspired by the corniest action films of the '80s and '90s anyway, it only makes sense that those characters would then get the gaming treatment themselves. Generally speaking, however, they haven't translated well to the small screen. But at least we have BroForce to scratch that '80s action itch for now.

The 2D side-scrolling platformer has pretty much every action hero you could think of, from Ripley to the T-800 to John McClane, Rambo, and more. This blanket nostalgic appeal is enough to separate BroForce from the rest of the competition, but it's irreverent co-op gameplay is exemplary too.

Things can get a wee bit chaotic from time to time, but that's just BroForce in a nutshell: a big, dumb, fun, chaotic mess.

Content Producer/Presenter

WhatCulture's very own resident movie guy, Ewan has been working in the content creation biz for over 10 years now, having started as a freelance contributor to WhatCulture Gaming all the way back in 2015. After graduating with a First-Class Honours in History from Northumbria University in 2017 (where he won a prize for a totally killer dissertation on the Watergate years), Ewan took on the role of Comics Editor at WhatCulture and quickly developed WhatCulture Comics into one of the biggest superhero-focused channels on YouTube. He followed this with a brief hiatus at Screen Rant in 2021, where he worked across the Gaming and Film sections as a writer and editor, before returning to WhatCulture as a Senior Content Producer / Presenter in 2023. He started his own podcast, We Love Dad Movies, in 2022, and has contributed several written pieces to the Eisner-nominated comics website Shelfdust as well. In his current role, Ewan incorporates his love of cinema, comic books, and history into written pieces and video essays for WhatCulture's Film & TV channel, as well as WhatCulture Gaming and WhatCulture Horror, with a particular focus on nineties-era Dad Movies, old school Westerns, and Golden Age Hollywood Noir. John Carpenter is his fave, and he thinks Batman Beyond should never have been cancelled. If that's your vibe, you'll probably like his stuff.