Article by Matt S.
Overall, 2018 has been an exceptional year for video games. From January right through to the end of December, there has been such an incredible stream of quality releases on all platforms that it has been incredibly difficult to keep up.
Below you'll find a list of all the award winners in our recent game of the year awards. These represent the very finest and most creative games that have been released throughout the year. How many have you played? And, if there are any on the list that you haven't, be sure to add them to "the list". 2019 is shaping up to be every bit as spectacular as 2018 was, but you never know... you might one day find the time for them.
Art Direction
Tetris Effect
We Happy Few
Octopath Traveler
11-11 Memories Retold
Arthouse
The Quiet Man
The Missing
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
The Midnight Sanctuary
Australia/ New Zealand
Florence
Paperbark: Story of a Wombat
Hand of Fate 2
Blockbuster
SoulCalibuur VI
Assassin's Creed Odyssey
11-11 Memories Retold
Fanservice
Soulcalibur VI
Death Mark
Summer Lesson collection
Detective Pikachu
Death Mark
Radiant Historia
Mobile
Project Highrise
Paperbark: Story of a Wombat
Florence
Music
Life is Strange 2
Tetris Effect
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
Narrative
The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker
Death Mark
11-11 Memories Retold
New IP
Haunted Dungeons: Hyakki Castle
Death Mark
Octopath Traveler
PC
Nobunaga's Ambition Taishi
The Missing
Where The Water Tastes Like Wine
PlayStation 4
Yakuza 6
Atelier Lydie & Suelle
The Missing
Nintendo Switch
Octopath Traveler
Taiko no Tatsujin
Valkyria Chronicles 4
VR
Moss
Summer Lesson collection
Hatsune Miku VR
Xbox One
Call of Cthulhu
Life is Strange 2
11-11 Memories Retold
- Matt S.
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