The best Xbox games of 2024: Indiana Jones, Hellblade 2, and more
2024 was a year of metamorphosis for Xbox. The long-gestating acquisition of Activision Blizzard finally finished toward the end of last year, and in 2024, we saw the fallout of the biggest gaming company acquisition of all time. A year of high peaks and low valleys for Microsoft’s gaming brand followed.
Microsoft laid off thousands of game developers at different points this year. It shut down studios like Arkane Austin, Mighty Dog, and Roundhouse Studios, and sold off Hi-Fi Rush and its developer, Tango Gameworks, after attempting to shut them down. Xbox Game Pass confusingly split into several tiers, getting more expensive for those who want to play new games on the service day one. Xbox Game Studios Publishing’s Ara: History Untold and Towerborne were PC exclusives at launch this year, which alludes to a significant shift in Xbox’s strategy.
Recommended VideosMicrosoft also made the divisive decision to embrace the idea that any device could potentially be an Xbox if its games are playable on it through regular means or cloud gaming. It’s clear that Microsoft’s view of what Xbox is now has gone far beyond the Xbox Series X and Xbox Series S, and that notion has disturbed some of the most hardcore Xbox fans. While all of that is worth considering, don’t let it dissuade you from the fact that Xbox Game Pass had a fantastic year when it came to actual games.
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