Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The past year was a massive one for gaming, as new series emerged, highly anticipated sequels finally dropped and indie favorites found their spotlight. Here's a look at UPI's Top 5 games for 2025 -- that titles that kept us glued to our screens.
5. 'Dispatch' (PlayStation 5, Steam)
The revival of episodic adventure games is here with Dispatch, a superhero workplace dramedy developed and published by AdHoc Studio. The eight-episode game has players step into the role of a former superhero who now dispatches missions to a group of former villains.
Dispatch channels the soul of classic TellTale titles like The Walking Dead and The Wolf Among Us, delivering choice-driven storytelling. As a dispatcher, you'll decide which hero tackles which crime across a comic book version of Los Angeles.
There is a stacked voice cast, including Aaron Paul, Jeffrey Wright, Laura Bailey and Erin Yvette plus a collection of content creators. It's been so long since the glory days of TellTale that Dispatch feels like a welcome return to the genre. Beautiful graphics, smooth performance and meaningful choices make this exactly what episodic games should be. Here's hoping AdHoc Studio keeps them coming.
