It’s always a rough cop hopping online each day and bracing for the onslaught of bad news, cancelled projects with immense promise, and games industry workers losing their livelihoods in the name of exponential profit growth and cost of living pressures, amongst other reasons.īut, for now, at least, let’s take a moment to celebrate the year that was in gaming. There’s been plenty of discussion around what a hellish year it’s been for the wider games industry, and many of our guest GOTY list writers have taken the opportunity over this last fortnight to discuss the issues of near-constant layoffs of extremely talented folk both globally and in our own backyard who’ve put their blood, sweat, and tears into many of the titles people have been loving over the last twelve months and beyond.
Before I get into my favourite games of 2023, it would be shortsighted to not take a bit of a broader look at the industry.
