Frostpunk. BATTLETECH. Monster Hunter: World. Cuphead. Two Point Hospital. Yakuza 0. The original Shenmue games. Overcooked 2.

All are good games that are absolutely worth your time. And three of these could be yours for free. Here's how.

Battletech, a new turn-based tactics game based on the classic tabletop series, is pretty damn good! It helps that the game looks gorgeous, courtesy of some gorgeous 2D art and chunky mech models.

Battletech is a really good tactics game that combines giant mechs with XCOM. I've spent many hours building experimental robots and taking dangerous jobs to keep my mercenary corps afloat. Kotaku video producer Paul Tamayo was curious about the game, so I ran him through a mission to learn the basics.

Battletech's giant robot brawls can last a long time before one side claims victory. The recently released tactics game embraces a slow, deliberate pace that can lull the player into false comfort. Thanks to an unlikely dice roll, a single critical attack this weekend became one of the most shocking moments I've ever had while playing video games.

Sometimes, love doesn't come easy.

Released on PC last week, Battletech is a new strategy/tactics game by Harebrained Schemes (Shadowrun). In the absolute simplest terms, it's kinda like XCOM, only you're in control of some giant lumbering mechs.

Given how excited everyone was last week for the release of BattleTech yet, I'm hoping that a few of you will have some strong thoughts today.

Battletech's character creator isn't really about how your character looks; it's about who they are, where they're from, and what they believe.

MechWarrior fans, roll out. This week is your time to shine, because BattleTech has arrived. Or will arrive. It's the latest mecha game from Jordan Weisman, who created the MechWarrior franchise.

But there's plenty to enjoy elsewhere: Fractured But Whole drops a brown note on the Switch; Death Road to Canada drops on all major platforms, and the adorable Swords of Ditto hits this week as well.

Next week the latest saga, at least tangentially, in the MechWarrior universe continues with the release of BattleTech. But MechWarrior games have come a long way since the original was released all the way back in 1989.

After the uncannily good press, everyone else will finally decide this week whether they want to spend some quality time with Dad Kratos.

But it's not just Sony who will be hogging the limelight this week: Nintendo's journey into the world of cardboard hits store shelves, Yakuza 6 drops as well, and there's a couple of quirky indies too.

In a new video posted this morning, publishers Paradox Interactive and Harebrained Schemes have confirmed that BattleTech will launch sometime in April.

It's been a while since we've checked in with the turn-based mecha combat of Battletech. But some fresh footage of the campaign was released overnight, so let's check out some missiles and lasers.

It's been a little while since we heard anything about BATTLETECH, the turn-based mecha strategy from the makers of Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun: Hong Kong. But some multiplayer gameplay popped up over the weekend, so let's check it out.

Echoing Mark's thoughts, I've a good feeling that quite a few of the year's best titles will be the ones that we simply haven't heard of. Take the Nintendo Switch: nobody knows what's landing on that this year. And then every year has little indies that pop up out of nowhere, like Stardew Valley last year, or Her Story the year before that.

With that in mind, here's the games that we do know about - and the ones I'm most excited for.

The creators behind the Shadowrun Returns and Shadowrun: Hong Kong series have enjoyed their greatest success on Kickstarter to date, with the campaign for BATTLETECH coming to a close.

It raised a lot of money. A hell of a lot.