The Street Fighter franchise has been going strong for 25 years, and Capcom released Street Fighter V for the PC and PS4 earlier this year. Teen Librarian Alanna Graves recently reviewed the game for the School Library Journal’s Teen Librarian Toolbox and found it to be a good one-on-one fighter for fans of the genre:

Last week, I reviewed a fighting game called Pokken Tournament. This week, I’m reviewing Street Fighter V, which if you can’t tell by the title, is another side-scroller fighting game. It’s difficult to compare the games because Pokken Tournament is Pokemon’s first stab at a fighting game, whereas Street Fighter is one of the most popular/classic fighting games. If you want one quote that accurately describes Street Fighter, it’s “The essence of the fist is the core of fighting.” *plays heavy metal music*

Released last year for the PS4, Tearaway Unfolded is a 3D platformer from the creators of LittleBigPlanet that takes place within a papercraft world.

Regina Townsend recently reviewed Tearaway Unfolded for Teen Services Underground, and she was very impressed by the game’s epic story, along with the unique way players interact with the touchpad and microphone on the PS4’s controller:

Tearaway is an epic story, told in three parts, about a message/messenger named Atoi (or Iota if you choose to have a male character). The world of Tearaway is made entirely of paper, and when a hole appears in the sky, the inhabitants are able to see out into our world (literally, if you have the PlayStation Camera). They decide that they must get a message to The You, and send Atoi, an adorable envelope to deliver it. Guided by two playful and at times mischievous characters, The Green Man and The Fortune Teller, Atoi must encounter various obstacles that threaten the colorful world. As The You, you’re able to use every part of the controller to help her along the way. Rubbing a finger along the touchpad can send wind into the world, or flashing the controller’s light can help brighten dark places and fight the Scraps, dangerous pieces of newspaper that want to destroy the world.

Tearaway Unfolded also includes unlockable patterns to teach players how to create many of the game’s papercraft animals. So it would be easy to use it to plan a combo “Play the Game/Fold the Papercraft” program.

Typically, a major “AAA” title like Fallout 4 (PC, PS4, Xbox One) will spend years in development after it’s announced. But Bethesda chose to officially unveil the game during this Summer’s E3 Expo, which was just a few short months ago, so open-world RPG fans didn’t have to wait very long before getting the chance to begin their post-apocalyptic adventure this past November.

Regina Townsend recently reviewed Fallout 4 for Teen Services Underground, and found a lot to like about the game:

So, while I have seemingly found NO time to actually READ more than two books in the past few weeks, what I have found more than enough time for apparently has been playing (and beating) Fallout 4. If you’re unfamiliar, Fallout 4 is the latest installment of the Fallout Series, a post-apocalyptic RPG set in the United States. I could write out the history for you, but why re-invent the wheel when there is a perfectly good wiki to do it for me?

The review warns about the game’s Mature-rated violence, but recommends Fallout 4 for teens (and everyone) due to the interesting moral dilemmas it raises and the choices players are asked to make.