The top 10 games of 2024 recall a brighter age when it seemed like anything was possible in our virtual worlds.

How do you create an Indiana Jones game that can stand shoulder to shoulder with other genre masterpieces like Uncharted 2 while still bringing something new to the genre? Developer MachineGames came up with a brilliant solution. The team leaned hard into the lore and the films, capturing the essence of the famed archaeologist’s adventures.

Sony debuted the PlayStation on Dec. 3, 1994. Within just a few years, three of the platform’s games defined the blockbuster video game experience. Technical wizardry - for gamers, a sort of 2007 iPhone moment every few years - came to define Sony’s remarkable 30-year run in video games.

Is a civil, functioning democracy as much a fantasy as a world of magic, elves and fairies? This is the troubling question that drives this year’s smartest, most exciting video game, Metaphor: ReFantazio, from the developer Atlus and famed Persona director Katsura Hashino.

The PS5 Pro, which comes with a generous 2 terabytes of storage, promises higher fidelity visuals, and it meets that promise. The problem occurs when you realize the fidelity can’t get much higher.

Trauma and its resulting effects continue to play center stage in the remake of Silent Hill 2. Players won’t finish without feeling unmoored.

Over the years, you could depend on Call of Duty to deliver a fast-paced campaign that wrapped up in about eight hours. Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 is very different – delightfully so.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 provides a game that feels more fleshed out and focused from the original while leveraging the rich mythos of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.

When game studio Firaxis wanted to include famous Shawnee Tribe leader Tecumseh to its Sid Meier's Civilization series, it went straight to the tribe for advice. And a voice.

The Morrison Game Factory unfolds as an interactive narrative, one in which each challenge unlocks another mini-chapter in a tale of friendship, loneliness and even grief.