When I think back on everything Xbox has accomplished in 2024, I'm surprised by how much I've forgotten. Immediately, just three new games come to mind: Senua's Saga: Hellblade 2, Starfield: Shattered Space, and Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.
While these are the highest profile Xbox games of 2024, coming from Microsoft-owned publishers and studios like Bethesda and Ninja Theory, it's far from the full roster when you count the third-party exclusives. Brilliant yet flawed Stalker 2: Heart of Chornobyl launched last month, followed by smaller releases like MMO-like brawler Towerborne and Lightyear Frontier. We also saw Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 become the first COD game launched under a Microsoft-acquired Activision. But Xbox's strong to middling successes of 2024 are unfortunately drowned out by the publisher's reputation.
