The fifth (and hopefully final) game in the Assassin's Creed series takes protagonist Desmond back to the past to stalk the wintry woods of Colonial America as Connor Kenway, a young man of English/Native American ancestry who gets pulled into the ancient struggle between Templars and Assassins at the height of the Revolutionary War. PC gamers with beefy rigs can look forward to putting their machines' graphical capabilities to the test as they roam around a sprawling swath of simulated New England.

Don't get confused by the name of this action-packed racing game; while there was a Need for Speed: Most Wanted game released back in 2005, this version is a completely new game, developed by Criterion Games (the studio that made the excellent Burnout games). As with the last Most Wanted game, players can look forward to selecting a souped-up sports car and competing against other racers and the cops in street races and highway chases to be first across the finish line.

This is the other big first-person military shooter for PC gamers to look forward to this fall, but while Medal of Honor is sticking close to a contemporary setting the sequel to Black Ops is looking towards the future. Players return to the story of Alex Mason as he fights through the Cold War, and then step into the boots of Mason's son as he struggles to survive cyberwar between China and the United States in 2025. Of course, competitive players appreciate the return of the series' signature multiplayer modes, including an eight-player co-op zombie mode.