2024 gaming report card: How did PlayStation, Xbox, and Nintendo fare?
Table of Contents After a long and busy 12 months, 2024 is officially in the books. Players have a few weeks to rest before the video game release calendar picks…
We predicted gaming’s 2024 last December. Here’s what we got right (and wrong)
Table of Contents It’s my favorite time of the year at Digital Trends. Every time a year ends, I like play prognosticator and predict what’s going to happen in video…
The best weird little guys of 2024’s video games
Table of Contents We’ve finally finished 2024 — and thank God for that. While it may have been a busy year for new video games, I’m ready to never look…
The best games of 2024 were the ones we didn’t see coming
Exactly one year ago, it felt like we knew what most of 2024’s best games would be. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth, Tekken 8, Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2, and Final…
The Nintendo Switch 2 rumor mill was a comedy of errors in 2024
Table of Contents For a video game console that didn’t even come out in 2024, the Nintendo Switch’s successor left quite an impact. Colloquially known as the Nintendo Switch 2,…
Shadow Generations is a master class in confronting grief and moving on
Table of Contents If you had told me as a kid that there would be a sequel to Shadow the Hedgehog nearly 20 years after its release, I would’ve scoffed…
You need to add these oddball 2024 hidden gems to your backlog
Table of Contents Over the past couple of weeks, we’ve been reflecting on the best video games of 2024. You can read personal stories about Final Fantasy VII Rebirth, check…
The 10 best video games of 2024
Table of Contents Last year, in the midst of a loaded holiday season filled with franchise hits, players were quick to declare 2023 the best year for games since 2017.…
Our favorite indies of 2024: 10 must-play games you shouldn’t miss
Table of Contents If your only view into what’s hot in video games was The Game Awards, you might think that 2024 was lacking in great independent games. Indies struggled…
Why I kept coming back to Final Fantasy XIV in 2024
Table of Contents The MMO genre is overflowing with titles vying for the attention of anyone willing to invest significant portions of their time in a single game. There are…