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2024 in video games

The video game industry in 2024 was still in midst of large-scale layoffs since 2022, including large cuts from Microsoft Gaming, Electronic Arts, and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Nearly 15,000 jobs were cut this year.

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The video game industry in 2024 was still in midst of large-scale layoffs since 2022, including large cuts from Microsoft Gaming, Electronic Arts, and Sony Interactive Entertainment. Nearly 15,000 jobs were cut this year.

The following titles were 2024's top ten best-selling premium games by region (excluding microtransactions and free-to-play titles) on PC and console platforms, for Japan, the United States, and Europe.

RankJapanUnited StatesEurope
1Super Mario Party JamboreeCall of Duty: Black Ops 6EA Sports FC 25
2Dragon Quest III HD-2D RemakeEA Sports College Football 25Call of Duty: Black Ops 6
3Mario Kart 8 DeluxeHelldivers IIEA Sports FC 24
4Super Mario Bros. WonderDragon Ball: Sparking! ZeroGrand Theft Auto V
5Momotaro Dentetsu World: Chikyuu wa Kibou de Mawatteru!NBA 2K25Hogwarts Legacy
6Animal Crossing: New HorizonsMadden NFL 25Helldivers II
7The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of WisdomCall of Duty: Modern Warfare IIIRed Dead Redemption 2
8Minecraft Education EditionEA Sports FC 25The Crew 2
9Powerful Pro Baseball 2024-2025Elden RingIt Takes Two
10Final Fantasy VII RebirthEA Sports MVP BundleCall of Duty: Modern Warfare III

The following table lists the top-rated games released in 2024 based on Metacritic, which generally considers expansions as separate entities.

TitleDeveloper(s)Publisher(s)ReleasePlatform(s)Average score
Astro BotTeam AsobiSony Interactive EntertainmentSeptember 6, 2024PS594
Elden Ring: Shadow of the ErdtreeFromSoftwareBandai Namco EntertainmentJune 21, 2024PS4, PS5, WIN, XBO, XSX/S94
Metaphor: ReFantazioStudio ZeroSega, AtlusOctober 11, 2024PS4, PS5, WIN, XSX/S94
Final Fantasy VII RebirthSquare EnixFebruary 29, 2024PS592
Caves of QudFreehold GamesKitfox GamesDecember 5, 2024WIN, OSX, LIN91
SatisfactoryCoffee Stain StudiosSeptember 10, 2024WIN91
Slay the Princess — The Pristine CutBlack Tabby GamesSerenity ForgeOctober 24, 2024LIN, OSX, NS, PS4, PS5, WIN, XBO, XSX/S91
UFO 50MossmouthSeptember 18, 2024WIN91
Animal WellShared MemoryBigmodeMay 9, 2024PS5, NS, WIN, XSX/S90
BalatroLocalThunkPlaystackFebruary 20, 2024DROID, iOS, OSX, NS, PS4, PS5, WIN, XBO, XSX/S90
Tekken 8Bandai Namco Studios / ArikaBandai Namco EntertainmentJanuary 26, 2024PS5, WIN, XSX/S90
The Last of Us Part II RemasteredNaughty DogSony Interactive EntertainmentJanuary 19, 2024PS590
Tsukihime: A Piece of Blue Glass MoonType-Moon / HuneXAniplexJune 27, 2024PS4, NS90
Category / Organization42nd Golden Joystick AwardsNovember 21, 2024The Game Awards 2024December 12, 202428th Annual D.I.C.E. AwardsFebruary 13, 202525th Game Developers Choice AwardsMarch 19, 202521st British Academy Games AwardsApril 8, 2025
Black Myth: WukongAstro BotBalatroAstro Bot
Another Crab's Treasure, BalatroBalatroBalatro
Balatro
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—N/aBatman: Arkham Shadow
Black Myth: WukongMetaphor: ReFantazioAstro BotBlack Myth: WukongAstro Bot
Black Myth: WukongNeva
Final Fantasy VII RebirthHelldivers 2Astro BotHelldivers 2
Astro BotSenua's Saga: Hellblade IIHelldivers 2Astro Bot
Cody Christian as Cloud StrifeFinal Fantasy VII RebirthMelina Juergens as SenuaSenua's Saga: Hellblade IIIndiana JonesIndiana Jones and the Great Circle—N/aAlec Newman as Cameron "Caz" McLearyStill Wakes the Deep
Briana White as Aerith GainsboroughFinal Fantasy VII RebirthKaren Dunbar as FinlayStill Wakes the Deep
—N/aAstro BotAstro BotBalatroAstro Bot
Animal Well
Final Fantasy VII RebirthMetaphor: ReFantazioIndiana Jones and the Great CircleMetaphor: ReFantazio
—N/aAstro BotSenua's Saga: Hellblade II
Helldivers 2—N/aHelldivers 2
—N/aBlack Myth: WukongHelldivers 2—N/a
—N/aAstro BotIndiana Jones and the Great Circle
—N/aAstro Bot—N/aAstro Bot
—N/aTekken 8—N/a
—N/aMetaphor: ReFantazio
—N/aEA Sports FC 25MLB The Show 24
F1 24
—N/aFrostpunk 2Balatro
—N/aNeva—N/aLife Is Strange: Double ExposureTales of Kenzera: Zau
—N/a
Amir SatvatTed PriceDon JamesLucas PopeSam LakeYoko Shimomura
DateEventRef.
January 3Thirteen-year-old Willis Gibson became the first person known to "beat" the NES version of Tetris by reaching its killscreen.
January 8–11Unity Technologies announced layoffs affecting 1,800 jobs.
January 8–11Twitch announced layoffs affecting 500 jobs.
January 8–11Discord announced layoffs affecting 170 jobs.
January 22Riot Games laid off about 530 staff.
January 25Microsoft Gaming laid off 1,900 staff, and the president of Blizzard Entertainment, Mike Ybarra, left the company.
January 29Eidos-Montréal laid off about 100 staff as part of the continuing Embracer Group restructuring.
February 7The Walt Disney Company announced a $1.5 billion investment in Epic Games.
February 13–15The 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. Koji Kondo was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame.
February 27Sony Interactive Entertainment laid off 900 employees across various studios.
February 28Electronic Arts laid off 670 staff.
February 28Toys for Bob split from Activision and became independent.
March 8Sega of America laid off 61 employees across its QA and localization departments.
March 8600 Activision QA workers unionized under the Communications Workers of America (CWA), creating the largest video game union in North America.
March 14Embracer Group divested Saber Interactive and a portion of its studios to a private firm for $247 million.
March 18–22The 2024 Game Developers Conference was held in San Francisco.
March 28Relic Entertainment was sold by Sega to an unspecified investor. 240 employees were laid off across multiple Sega Europe studios.
April 9Nintendo discontinued the online services for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U software.
April 16Take-Two Interactive announced plans to reduce its workforce by 5% by December 2024.
April 22Embracer Group announced its intention to transform into three standalone publicly listed entities at Nasdaq Stockholm within the next two years.
April 23Atari SA announced that the Infogrames brand would be revived for acquired and archived titles that do not fit within the Atari brand portfolio. The first game released under the brand was Totally Reliable Delivery Service, acquired by Atari SA from the original publisher tinyBuild.
April 27–29Evo Japan 2024 was held in Tokyo.
May 7Microsoft Gaming closed Arkane Austin and Alpha Dog Games; Roundhouse Studios was merged into Zenimax Online.
May 23Atari SA acquired the Intellivision brand and games catalog.
June 7–10Summer Game Fest 2024 was held at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California.
June 11Sumo Group laid off nearly 250 staff.
June 12Take-Two Interactive closed its acquisition of Gearbox Entertainment from Embracer Group for $460 million.
June 14Microsoft closed Tango Gameworks.
June 28Take-Two Interactive closed Intercept Games.
July 19–21The 2024 Evolution Championship Series was held in Las Vegas, Nevada.
July 24The International Olympic Committee approved the formation of the Olympic Esports Games to launch in 2025 in Saudi Arabia.
July 24500 Blizzard Entertainment employees unionized under the Communications Workers of America.
July 26SAG-AFTRA voice actors began striking over failure to reach agreements with multiple studios over the use of AI voice acting in video games.
July 30The IOC discontinued the Mario & Sonic series after 17 years of partnership with Nintendo and Sega which started in 2007.
July 31Bungie laid off 220 staff.
August 2GameStop shuttered Game Informer after 33 years.
August 7Meta closed Ready at Dawn.
August 11Tango Gameworks was revived by Krafton.
August 21–25Gamescom 2024 was held in Cologne, Germany.
August 28After nearly 20 years of original closure, Argonaut Games was relaunched.
September 18Nintendo and The Pokémon Company filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Palworld developer Pocketpair.
September 26–29Tokyo Game Show 2024 was held at the Makuhari Messe in Chiba, Japan.
October 2The Nintendo Museum opened in Kyoto, Japan.
October 18Keywords Studios acquired Certain Affinity.
October 30Nintendo Music, a music streaming service featuring Nintendo soundtracks, was released.
November 6Take-Two Interactive sold Private Division to an unspecified investor. Roll7 was shut down.
December 12The Game Awards 2024 was held at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles.
December 19Sony and Kadokawa Corporation, the parent company of FromSoftware, Spike Chunsoft and Acquire, agreed to form a strategic business alliance, with Sony becoming the largest shareholder in Kadokawa.

Apple Vision Pro

DateConsoleManufacturerRef.
February 2Apple Vision ProApple
March 8MSI Claw A1MMicro-Star International
March 28Atari 400 MiniRetro Games Ltd.
October 15Meta Quest 3SReality Labs
November 7PlayStation 5 ProSony
November 29Atari 7800+Atari, Plaion

  • Blue Protocol, Bandai Namco Entertainment (WIN, PS5, XSX/S)

  • Codename Kestrel, Remedy Entertainment (WIN)

  • Tom Clancy's The Division Heartland, Ubisoft (WIN, PS4, PS5, XBO, XSX/S)

  • Life by You, Paradox Interactive (WIN)

  • Paragon: The Overprime, Netmarble (WIN, PS5)

  • Project Archipelago, Rebellion Developments (WIN)

  • Project T, Behaviour Interactive (WIN)

  • Project KV, Dynamis One and Studio Alaya

  • Project M and BATTLE CRUSH, NCSoft (WIN, PS5, XSX/S, NS, iOS, DROID)

  • Concord, Firewalk Studios (WIN, PS5)

TitleRelease / premiere dateTypeDistributorFranchiseOriginal gamepublisherRef.
Ark: The Animated SeriesMarch 21, 2024Animated seriesParamount+ArkStudio Wildcard
Blue Archive the AnimationApril 7, 2024Anime television seriesTV Tokyo (Japan)Blue ArchiveNexon
FalloutApril 10, 2024Television seriesAmazon Prime VideoFalloutBethesda Softworks
KnucklesApril 26, 2024Paramount+Sonic the HedgehogSega
Angry Birds Mystery IslandMay 21, 2024Animated seriesAmazon Prime VideoAngry BirdsRovio Entertainment
Dead Cells: ImmortalisJune 19, 2024Animation Digital Network (France)Dead CellsMotion Twin
Sakuna: Of Rice and RuinJuly 6, 2024Anime television seriesTV Tokyo (Japan)SakunaXseed Games
Atri: My Dear MomentsJuly 14, 2024Tokyo MX (Japan)AtriAniplex
BorderlandsAugust 9, 2024Feature filmLionsgate FilmsBorderlands2K
Tomb Raider: The Legend of Lara CroftOctober 10, 2024Animated seriesNetflixTomb RaiderEidos Interactive
Like a Dragon: YakuzaOctober 25, 2024Television seriesAmazon Prime VideoYakuzaSega
Secret LevelDecember 10, 2024Animated seriesVarious
Sonic the Hedgehog 3December 20, 2024Feature filmParamount PicturesSonic the HedgehogSega
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