We’re halfway through 2024 now, and this year has carried over two significant trends for the video game industry from 2023 into 2024: a lot of excellent games are coming out, and, unfortunately, the people who make them are suffering. We’ve gotten some fantastic new games like Final Fantasy VII Rebirth and the surprise hit Balatro to keep us playing for hours on end. We’re also seeing major updates to beloved games like Destiny 2 and Elden Ring give us a reason to go back to old favorites.
On the flip side, developers are still struggling as mass layoffs have affected thousands of jobs in the first half of the year. At the very least, we can pay tribute to some of the great games these talented developers have put out. We’ll continue to update this list accordingly, just like we did our best games of 2023 collection.
Here are some of the best games of 2024 so far. Destiny 2 has been, if I’m being honest here, a fixation of mine for the last several years. The entire franchise has been since it debuted, so when Bungie announced that it was actually concluding the story I’d been playing since high school, expectations naturally skyrocketed.
Bungie has been rocked by layoffs and controversies that have worried and continue to worry me about its wellbeing and future, but The Final Shape has alleviated some of those concerns. I won’t sit here and call it perfect, but it sure is a triumph. It moves away from this mode of storytelling Destiny often engages in, which p.