2024 in video games
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In the video game industry, 2024 saw job losses extending from 2023, including large cuts from Microsoft Gaming, Electronic Arts, and Sony Interactive Entertainment, and with over 10,000 jobs lost through May. [1][2][3][4]
Top-rated games[edit]
Critically acclaimed titles[edit]
The following table lists the top-rated games released in 2024 based on Metacritic, which generally considers expansions as separate entities.
Title | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Release | Platform(s) | Average score |
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Balatro | LocalThunk | Playstack | February 20, 2024 | XSX | 95 |
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth | Square Enix | February 29, 2024 | PS5 | 92 | |
Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio | Sega | January 26, 2024 | XSX | 92 |
Lorelei and the Laser Eyes | Simogo | Annapurna Interactive | May 16, 2024 | PC | 91 |
Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Studios / Arika[6] | Bandai Namco Entertainment | January 26, 2024 | PC | 91 |
Animal Well | Shared Memory | Bigmode | May 9, 2024 | PC, NS | 90 |
Balatro | LocalThunk | Playstack | February 20, 2024 | PC, PS5, NS | 90 |
The Last of Us Part II Remastered | Naughty Dog | Sony Interactive Entertainment | January 19, 2024 | PS5 | 90 |
Tekken 8 | Bandai Namco Studios / Arika[6] | Bandai Namco Entertainment | January 26, 2024 | PS5 | 90 |
Major events[edit]
Month | Day(s) | Event |
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January | 3 | Thirteen-year-old Willis Gibson became the first person known to "beat" the NES version of Tetris by reaching its killscreen.[7] |
8–11 | Unity Technologies, Twitch, and Discord separately announced layoffs affecting 1,800, 500, and 170 jobs, respectively.[8][9][10] | |
22 | Riot Games laid off about 530 staff.[11] | |
25 | Microsoft Gaming laid off 1,900 staff, and the President of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra, left the company.[12] | |
29 | Eidos-Montréal laid off about 100 staff as part of the continuing Embracer Group restructuring.[13] | |
February | 7 | The Walt Disney Company announced a $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games.[14] |
13–15 | The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosted the 2024 D.I.C.E. Summit and the 27th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada;[15] Koji Kondo inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.[16] | |
27 | Sony Interactive Entertainment laid off 900 employees across various studios.[17] | |
28 | Electronic Arts laid off 670 staff.[3] | |
Toys for Bob split from Activision and became independent.[18] | ||
March | 8 | Sega of America laid off 61 employees across its QA and localization departments.[19] |
600 Activision QA workers unionized under CWA, creating the largest video game union in North America.[20] | ||
14 | Embracer Group divested Saber Interactive and a portion of its studios to a private firm for $249 million.[21][22] | |
18–22 | The 2024 Game Developers Conference was held in San Francisco.[23] | |
27 | Take-Two Interactive announced its intention to acquire Gearbox Software from Embracer Group for $460 million[24] | |
28 | Relic Entertainment was sold by Sega to an unspecified investor. 240 employees were laid off across multiple Sega of Europe studios.[25][26] | |
April | 9 | Nintendo discontinued the online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software.[27] |
16 | Take-Two Interactive announced plans to reduce its workforce by 5% by December 2024.[28] Take-Two also plans to shut down Roll7 and Intercept Games.[29] | |
22 | Embracer Group announced its intention to transform into three standalone publicly listed entities at Nasdaq Stockholm within the next two years.[30] | |
23 | Atari SA announced that the Infogrames brand would be revived for acquired and archived titles that don't fit within the Atari brand portfolio. The first title released under the brand was Totally Reliable Delivery Service, acquired by Atari SA from the original publisher tinyBuild.[31] | |
27–29 | The 2024 EVO Japan was held in Tokyo.[32] | |
May | 7 | Microsoft Gaming closed Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and Alpha Dog Games, and merged Roundhouse Studios into Zenimax Online.[33] |
23 | Atari SA acquires the Intellivision brand and games catalog.[34] | |
June | 7 | The 2024 Summer Game Fest is scheduled to be held at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.[35][36] |
July | 26–28 | The 2024 Evolution Championship Series is scheduled to be held in Las Vegas, Nevada.[37] |
September | 26–29 | The 2024 Tokyo Game Show is scheduled to be held at Chiba, Japan. |
December | 12 | The Game Awards, honoring the best video games of the year, will be held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.[38] |
Notable deaths[edit]
- January 10 – Jennell Jaquays, 67, tabletop and video game designer, with contributions for Dungeons & Dragons and at id Software.[39]
- February 1 – Carl Weathers, 76, actor, best known for portraying Apollo Creed in the Rocky films and providing voice work in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction, Mortal Kombat X and The Artful Escape.
- February 5 – Laralyn McWilliams, 58, game designer, lead designer of Full Spectrum Warrior and creative director of Free Realms.[40]
- February 6 – Yoshitaka Murayama, 55, game designer, creator of the Suikoden series.[41]
- March 1 – Akira Toriyama, 68, manga creator of Dragon Ball, and character designer for games including the Dragon Quest series, Chrono Trigger and Blue Dragon.[42]
- March 10 – Mutsumi Inomata, 63, illustrator, character designer for the Tales series.[43]
- March 27 – Joe Lieberman, 82, U.S. senator who led the congressional investigation of violent video games in 1993.[44]
- March 29 – Louis Gossett Jr., 87, stage and screen actor that voiced the Vortigaunts in Half-Life 2.
- May 5 – Bernard Hill, 79, voice actor that voiced Sir Walter Beck in Fable III, and actor best known for portraying King Théoden in The Lord of the Rings sequel film adaptations of The Two Towers and The Return of the King.[45]
Hardware releases[edit]
Month | Day | Console |
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February | 2 | Apple Vision Pro[46][47] |
March | 28 | Atari 400 Mini[48] |
Game releases[edit]
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January–March[edit]
April–June[edit]
July–September[edit]
October–December[edit]
Month | Day | Title | Platform(s) | Genre(s) | Developer(s) | Publisher(s) | Ref. |
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O C T O B E R | 1 | Master Detective Archives: Rain Code+[b] | Win, PS5, XSX | Adventure | Too Kyo Games | Spike Chunsoft | [382] |
3 | Meiji Tokyo Renka: Full Moon | Win, NS | Visual novel | Mages | Dramatic Create | [383] | |
10 | Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time | NS | Role-playing | Level-5 Comcept | Level-5 | [384][385] | |
11 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Win, PS4, PS5, XSX | Role-playing | Studio Zero | Atlus | [386] | |
24 | Card-en-Ciel | Win, NS, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX | Deck-building, role-playing | Inti Creates | [387] | ||
N O V E M B E R | 12 | Antonblast | Win, Mac, NS | Platform | Summitsphere | [388] | |
15 | Assassin's Creed Shadows | Win, PS5, XSX | Action role-playing | Ubisoft Quebec | Ubisoft | [389] | |
TBA | Uncle Chop's Rocket Shop | Win, NS, PS5, XSX | Puzzle, simulation | Beard Envy | Kasedo Games | [390] |
Unscheduled releases[edit]
Video game-based film and television releases[edit]
Cancelled games[edit]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
- ^ The calendar year is divided into four quarters, often abbreviated Q1 (January to March), Q2 (April to June), Q3 (July to September) and Q4 (October to December).
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