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The 15 Best Video Game Surprises Of 2024
- The poker-themed roguelike card game Balatro launched with no extended hype and became one of 2024's best games.
- A spin-off co-op sequel of Elden Rings, a highly-anticipated game, was announced in December and will release in 2025.
- Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, a first-person game in the Indiana Jones franchise, turned out to be a really special game that plays more like Dishonored or Hitman than Call of Duty or Uncharted.
- In April 2024, Sega announced the Year of Shadow, which included a dedicated merch line, in-person events, mobile game crossovers, an animated mini-series, and a new game starring Shadow packaged in with a Sonic Generations remaster.
- Finally, Red Dead Redemption, the legendary open-world game, is available on PC with a solid PC port.
- GOG announced a rebranding to focus on games preservation, starting with a list of 100 games that they promise to maintain indefinitely.
- The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom is one of the last big hurrahs for the Switch, letting players play as the leading lady.
- The Fallout TV show debuted and got 16 Emmy nominations and two wins.
- Microsoft’s Xbox brought games to more platforms, including Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, which will eventually be available on PlayStation 5, Switch, and elsewhere.
- Sony released a game in one of its big first-party franchises, Lego Horizon Adventures, on a competing platform.
- The Game Awards 2024's event was better than the previous years, thanks to a nice mix of big and small trailers and some entertaining moments involving real people.
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