This year has been one of transition. As is the case with most new console generations, it takes a year or so to really get going, and this is exactly what this past year has been. While certainly not a bad year for games, there did seem to be a
This has not been a great year to be a fan of AAA games. We’ve had launches plagued by bugginess, disappointments borne of games that didn’t deliver on their promises, and games that looked more fun to play then they were. Luckily, it has been a great year
Being the year after all the Gen 8 consoles hit store shelves and family living rooms around the globe, 2014 has (or maybe had by the time you’re reading this) carried more than a few expectations. Video gaming has infiltrated the modern entertainment conversation as much as comic book
Being the year after all the Gen 8 consoles hit store shelves and family living rooms around the globe, 2014 has (or maybe had by the time you’re reading this) carried more than a few expectations. Video gaming has infiltrated the modern entertainment conversation as much as comic book
This year has been one of transition. As is the case with most new console generations, it takes a year or so to really get going, and this is exactly what this past year has been. While certainly not a bad year for games, there did seem to be a
This has not been a great year to be a fan of AAA games. We’ve had launches plagued by bugginess, disappointments borne of games that didn’t deliver on their promises, and games that looked more fun to play then they were. Luckily, it has been a great year
Perhaps foolishly, I came into 2014 with a great deal of optimism.
The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One were freshly out of their boxes and sitting under my TV, and I was eagerly awaiting what Sony and Microsoft would do to usher in the next generation of games.
To my
2014 was a strange year for video games. The first year of a new console release puts a lot of pressure on big developers, and many of them, most criminally Ubisoft, haven’t delivered.
Luckily this year a lot of smaller studios and indie devs picked up the slack and
2014 was a crazy year for gaming.
It was a year of change, in some ways. New titles forged forward to change up genres. Some reminded us of the past, some pointed us towards a brighter dawn. But it was also a year of regression. Major titles fell prey to
2014 was… Well, it was a lot of things. It was a period of transition, both for video games as well as for my own life. I finally graduated from college. I moved to Seattle. My son was born. When I look back on this year and what has happened
As we bid farewell to 2014, it’s time for Gaming Trend’s Game of the Year coverage to begin.
This year, many of our editors are putting out their personal top ten lists, all culminating in a site-wide top ten list as well as miscellaneous category winners on January
