Xbox has a new face at the top: Asha Sharma, a former president of Microsoft's AI division who just really wants to get into the gaming sphere. Since her appointment was confirmed yesterday, Sharma has been attempting to bring herself closer to the gaming community and is trying to engage players on meaningful topics.

One such subject was the question of the greatest games of all time, which Sharma asked folks to share in a Feb. 21 post on X. "Top three greatest games ever? Why?" Sharma posted, saying her own favorites were Halo, Valheim, and GoldenEye. She seems quite an old head at heart, and her inquiry got me thinking, too, of what my three favorite games were.

I always disliked these kinds of questions, to be completely honest with you. They put me on the spot and required me to select out of a countless number of experiences the three that struck me the most. And it's fine to select one or two as examples of what a great game is, but quite difficult, if not outright impossible, to choose three that are ultimately "the best" ever.

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Every good game is good in its own way and is appealing to me for very specific reasons. But, if I had to choose at gunpoint, I would say The Witcher 3, Modern Warfare 2, and Warcraft 3. Don't take these picks at face value, though, and I might have a different opinion (actually, I probably will have a different opinion) once this article is done and published, and then I'll moan and complain that I should've picked something else.

But, be it as it may, I love these three games for very particular reasons. Being a fan of classical fantasy, The Witcher 3 spoke to me at a fundamental level, allowing me to indulge myself in a world that is so different from everything else in the fantasy genre. While it does incorporate Tolkienesque elements of elves and dwarves, it mixes in that strong sense of sword and sorcery from the early 20th century, which turns it into a heroic fiction type of story rather than the high epic fantasy that most works in the genre aim to become.

On top of that, The Witcher 3 is a rare Slavic fantasy story, and being Montenegrin myself, I simply have to love it for that reason alone, if not for all the other great things that it does. There's just something about bogs and marshes and witches and Slavo-Germanic fairy tales being brought to life in the most grotesque ways possible that really makes me want to go back and replay it time and again. It's the best game of all time, written almost perfectly, with a world that is unlike anything else in video games.

Now that that yap is over, I can quickly summarize Modern Warfare 2 and Warcraft 3. One is the definitive shooter of my childhood, a game I couldn't play for the longest time because my family couldn't spend much money on a good-enough PC, but one that I stuck with the longest after I finally got a solid machine in 2013. Its story is my favorite of all of the three original MW games, and the multiplayer side is so flashy and satisfying that I find myself going back even today.

And finally, Warcraft 3: the best RTS of all time. A game that spawned so many other games I would come to enjoy (League of Legends, Dota 2), and an RTS experience that understood how storytelling works and that RPG elements can and will synergize perfectly with a strategy formula, so long as the overarching narrative is good.

It revolutionized the RTS scene, and no game has succeeded in doing what it did, with Blizzard itself ditching it in favor of WoW, an epic tale that simply never "hit" the same as the original Warcraft 3.

So, now that you know my picks, what are you choosing? Sharma seems to want to know as much about us as possible, most likely not because she wants to train an AI based on our tastes, but rather to become as familiar with her consumer base as possible.

What are your greatest games of all time? You can name just one, or if you have more than three, please do share it with me (if not Xbox's new chief).

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Happy Year of the Horse, everyone! Horses are a great addition to games because they make traveling across large maps more fun, but each tends to have very specific problems, which make them even more fun. So, here's the definitive ranking of all the best horses in games.

Last place: the horse from Oblivion

No matter how many awful horses they'll come up with for games in the future, this will always be the worst of them all. In truth, I have nothing about the szallionitself. I'm glad Oblivion gave players a faster option than their legs to explore the world, and a less stupid one than the game's instant fast travel method.

My problem with the horse is that it unknowingly became the vessel for one of the worst things to ever hit the world of gaming: microtransactions. Yes, this was the first time a game featured a cosmetic that players would have to pay for, and for a single-player only experience, no less. Players and games media criticized the decision in unison, which was then mostly seen as something dumb, and not necessarily world-ending. Bethesda did not relent, so that was the first domino falling to create the cursed gaming landscape of today.

To the glue factory with it.

5. Roach from The Witcher 3

The Witcher 3 features one of the most alive worlds I've ever seen in a game. Even the bog-filled area of Velen spills life through its beautiful golden light and wind-blown greenery. Dashing through these places at high speed on the back of Roach greatly amplifies the already high immersion. Overall, the game puts Roach to great use, by also turning him into a fully-fledged racehorse in the minigames and a loyal companion in combat.

On a less serious but equally important note, however, Roach truly does feel like he underwent actual witcher training. He can run on two legs—front or rear—do flips, teleport to the top of houses, and never because that's what he was ordered to do. Roach is one of the most glitched-out horses in gaming, and somehow, none of that hurts his ranking, because every surprise he inevitably has in store for players throughout Geralt's adventures only makes Roach more fun.

Roach also carries extra stuff for you, which is really cool, especially when you learn of it before you're already halfway through the second DLC.

4. All horses from Red Dead Redemption 2

If you're looking for realistic horses, look no further. Rockstar went to great lengths to make the horses look and behave as realistically as possible for Red Dead Redemption 2, down to little details they really needn't have bothered with.

They're also less prone to putting their heads right in front of your crosshair just as you're about to shoot, causing them to die immediately, than the horses from the original Red Dead Redemption, so that's another plus.

3. Torrent from Elden Ring

The most immediately striking thing about Torrent from Elden Ring is that he doesn't really look like a traditional horse, but he's so good at his duties that his horsedom is never in question. If anything, Torrent is less of a horse and more of a Horse+. This is the first video game steed to unlock the double jump ability, which alone makes him the most useful companion you can have.

As soon as I learned from the previews that Torrent would have that ability, a terrible fear hit me that it could be buggy and result in even more deaths than normal in a Souls game, but he actually plays like a dream. I still died way more times than I should have for using his double leap ability to clear impossible distances, mind you, but that's totally on me.

2. Agro from Shadow Of The Colossus

I don't even need to say it, but Agro is just majestic. I'd forgive it even if it were prone to absolutely ridiculous glitches, but it isn't. Agro is a necessary extension of the main character in Shadow of the Colossus, and he never falters. Not once did he cause me to die, even when I was making very questionable decisions (only for testing purposes, naturally). On top of making map traversal extremely fun and even soothing, Agro plays an essential role in some of the game's boss battles, somehow never causing the game to stumble or lag for it.

Agro might not feature a look as realistic as that of the horses from Red Dead Redemption 2, but that also means he never makes me look at his balls. Agro is the best.

1. Glitterhoof from Crusader Kings 2

So yeah, I know I just said that Agro is the best horse, but he's the best horse at being a horse. Glitterhoof is the best horse at being a person, and can even be the best world leader.

Because of a hilarious Easter Egg, a leader in Crusader Kings 2 with the lunatic trait may nominate his horse as an official member of his council. Play your cards right, and you will have your horse having horse babies who'll populate his dynasty and hopefully conquer the entire world.

Glitterhoof's history as the horse that went from belonging to a mad Viking to restoring the Roman Empire is the best-documented instance of this Easter Egg coming to glorious fruition, and hopefully, now that you've read this, it won't be the last.

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There are strong indications that The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt will receive a new DLC, reportedly focusing on Zerrikania, with sources from IGN Poland and PPE.pl supporting this anticipation for 2026.

There's one major difference between this game and The Witcher 3.