Summer Games Fest - Forgettable. Only stand-out games were the Borderlands Spinoff, Metal Slug Tactics from dotemu and Elden Ring which . . idk I guess I’ll try it. Dark Souls et al have never really interested me.

Ubisoft - Snorefest. Sequels and DLC and idk a new xtreme sports game.

Devolver - YES, as usual. The new retro shooter from the Gato Roboto team looked great. Trek to Yomi looked a bit too much like “Ghost of 2d-shima” but it’s not like Suckerpunch is the only studio allowed to try and ape Kurosawa’s aesthetic in a videogame. Devolver Tumble Time also looked better than it has any right being. And as usual the presentation was the best part.

I played a whole mess of great games in 2020. But what 2020 game was best 2020 game?!!? Toss up between Ghost of Tsushima and Hades. Control was also pretty great, but it wasn’t a 2020 game, just a game I played in 2020, same with Witcher 3. (Though, Witcher 3 wouldn’t have ranked. Control probably would have.)

Honorable mentions to DRG and Cyberpunk for being hilariously broken games I’m still enjoying the hell out of. Still working my way through Cyberpunk, though, but it’ll be the first thing I write about in January.