It’s also just a really terrific video game. The game was surprise-released on February 4th with no warning, but thanks to a savvy streamer-based marketing campaign where EA just paid a bunch of top streamers to play the game for a few days, it caught on quickly.
Activision, while putting out two of my favorite games in 2019, ranks as one of my least favorite game publishers of the year (see below for Blizzard’s role in sullying its reputation even further later in the year).Īpex Legendsfrom Titanfall 2 developer Respawn Entertainment. We learned later in the year that despite all of this, the company didn’t even pay federal income tax and actually received money back from the government. In February, Activision-Blizzard announced the layoff of 8% of its workforce, or about 775 positions, despite a record quarter. Resident Evil 2 deserves every bit of praise heaped on it by fans and critics alike, and if you didn’t find time to play it-if it’s sitting there in your backlog as we speak-make time. What a tremendous game, taking a classic and making it even better for modern day consoles.įrightening, challenging, at times pretty silly, filled with ridiculous puzzles and tense encounters with zombies, this was the first sign that Capcom was on the rise in 2019 following a resurgent 2018 and the release of Monster Hunter World. (Which isn’t to say Activision was at fault for all of the issues Destiny and Destiny 2 faced, but rather that at least Bungie could shape its, er, destiny however they wanted going forward).īy far the best game released in January was Resident Evil 2 Remake. It was big news, and probably the best possible news for the game and the future of the franchise. The studio was taking on Destiny 2’s future as an independent studio at long last. January’s big notable video game news item was the announcement that Bungie was hopping off the Activision ship.
Let’s take a walk down memory lane, shall we? Q1: January - March
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