Sure, multiplayer-heavy video games, like Fortnite and Call of Duty, tend to monopolize the buzz and attention. But the past few months and years have given us some truly incredible solo experiences, too, like Stardew Valley and Red Dead Redemption 2. If you're getting bored of competitive online gaming, or that's not your cup of tea in the first place, you have plenty of great single-player games to choose from these days. Which games should you get if you're looking to go offline for a while and enjoy some solo time on the couch or during your commute? God of War, Spider-Man, Horizon: Zero Dawn, and Uncharted 4: A Thief's End are all incredible single-player games on the PlayStation 4. Spider-Man and Horizon: Zero Dawn are open-world action games with large maps and dozens of activities to choose from. Uncharted 4 is like an interactive movie, while God of War is a father-son adventure story that trades in the series' trademark button-mashing action for slow, considered, and careful combat.

The console wars are not over, but there are some signs that collaboration may yet win out. While Sony continues to opt out of the "Better Together" Minecraft initiative to bring cross-platform play to all platforms, it looks to be making games for non-Sony devices, including the Nintendo Switch. In a Japanese-language press release, the company just announced a new publishing label named Unties, which comes from the idea of unleashing the talents of game creators. The idea is to find and distribute great indie games, says the press release, and help them find an audience, no matter the device it plays on. The debut title, Tiny Metal, will be a "full-scale strategy simulation game" from developer Area 35.