Hours of console-based fun await
3rd December 2024
When games are good, they offer a portal away from your problems and the chance to be someone else for a bit. You’re a sword-swishing samurai, a mythical monkey warrior, a nuclear survivor journeying through the fallout zone, a magical street fighter, a master card-player, an intergalactic con artist looking for your next mark. You could, for the right price, be literally anyone.
That’s quite the choice to make, when you think about it. Luckily we’ve spent the entire year button-smashing and rage-quitting our way through every platformer and first-person shooter we could get our controller-moulded hands on – to bring you this, the definitive list of 2024’s best video games. Choose wisely… or maybe just play them all?
Alex Flood, Managing Editor (Entertainment and Partnerships)
Words by: Echo Apsey, Mark Beaumont, Scott McCrae, Jordan Oloman, Ali Shutler, Surej Singh, Sarah Thwaites and Charlie Wacholz
English (US) · 