Look, as a lot as I’d like to speak about Tears of the Kingdom at size once more, I figured it was an excellent time to level out some previous winners and spotlight some excessive hopes for 2024.

Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is one in every of 4 Nintendo-published GOTY winners

Right here’s hoping 2024 is an efficient one

2023 was tough. The gaming business layoffs have been endless, and E3 lastly succumbed to its wounds. 2024 would be the first 100% confirmed non-E3 yr for the reason that expo began. As somebody who grew up eager to go to E3 (and did!), it’s bizarre. Throughout the previous few years people held out hope that it could come again, and in early 2019, we have been all assuming E3 would occur on schedule. Now we’re burying it.

There’s extra to return, too, and never all of it’s unhealthy. Tons of beforehand delayed video games will now see the sunshine of day in 2024. March, as is turning into the norm, is stacked (Dragon’s Dogma 2, Alone within the Darkish, Princess Peach: Showtime, Rise of the Ronin, Homeworld 3). We additionally doubtless haven’t seen the tip of Embracer Group shenanigans, which may have rippling results all through the sector.

For now, we are able to get pleasure from the remainder of what 2023 has to supply and replicate on the previous. Check out a few of our earlier winners!

Destructoid’s earlier Sport of the Yr winners:

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Managing Editor – Chris has been having fun with Destructoid avidly since 2008. He lastly determined to take the subsequent step in January of 2009 running a blog on the positioning. Now, he is employees!

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