This has been the year of the indies and it has been no bad thing. Sure there were a few blockbuster titles – not as many as 2023 – but it meant that the quirkier, more surprising, off-the-wall titles had a chance to shine.
From Balatro to Animal Well, we’ve had a lot of low-poly goodness (and some fiendishly addictive gameplay); and of course there were still a few mega-titles such as Black Ops 6 and Fifa, sorry EA Sports FC, which have refined their whoppingly successful formats still further and offered gamers fresh takes on old favourites.
