This is a tough category to predict early, because both critical and commercial hits are harder to see coming, release dates aren’t shared that far in advance, and there’s always the potential for a game with zero pedigree and little hype to break through. It’s more than possible that something unheralded will come out and upend the apple cart. Still, it’s worth running down the strongest contenders that have come out to date and some of the hottest upcoming prospects.