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While it may be more interesting to look towards the publisher’s future, their present wasn’t anything to shrug off. With games like Pokken and Kirby under their belt, plus the consistent stream of Fire Emblem DLC, Nintendo’s doing pretty well for 2016 so far.
They’re perhaps best known for their visual novel Zero Time Dilemma from not that long ago, but they’re also the folks behind the solid fighter One Piece: Burning Blood and New Danganropa V3.
Finally releasing Remedy’s Quantum Break certainly puts a feather in their cap, but the cross play functionality with Windows 10 for the Xbox One isn’t something to shrug off, either. Microsoft’s committed to making sure that everyone can play their games, and that’s just awesome.
They didn’t just put out the final Witcher 3 DLC. The folks best known for Batman have also brought DC Universe Online to the Xbox One, along with two new Lego games: Marvel’s Avengers and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
Releasing the Bioshock games on PS4 and Xbox One isn’t that far off, which certainly helps 2K this year. But they also released the excellent strategy title XCOM 2, which we’ll never forget about, if only because we lost so many soldiers named after our actual friends.
Pretty much the entire year has been dominated by the release of Overwatch, and with good reason. Blizzard’s created one of the best shooters out there, brimming with character and charm and possessing great gameplay to boot.
In addition to the excellent support to Hitman since its release, Square has been making Final Fantasy XIV one of the best MMOs out there thanks to the company’s huge push.
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Nintendo
While it may be more interesting to look towards the publisher's future, their present wasn't anything to shrug off. With games like Pokken and Kirby under their belt, plus the consistent stream of Fire Emblem DLC, Nintendo's doing pretty well for 2016 so far.
Spike Chunsoft
They're perhaps best known for their visual novel Zero Time Dilemma from not that long ago, but they're also the folks behind the solid fighter One Piece: Burning Blood and New Danganropa V3.
Microsoft
Finally releasing Remedy's Quantum Break certainly puts a feather in their cap, but the cross play functionality with Windows 10 for the Xbox One isn't something to shrug off, either. Microsoft's committed to making sure that everyone can play their games, and that's just awesome.
WB Games
They didn't just put out the final Witcher 3 DLC. The folks best known for Batman have also brought DC Universe Online to the Xbox One, along with two new Lego games: Marvel's Avengers and Star Wars: The Force Awakens.
2K
Releasing the Bioshock games on PS4 and Xbox One isn't that far off, which certainly helps 2K this year. But they also released the excellent strategy title XCOM 2, which we'll never forget about, if only because we lost so many soldiers named after our actual friends.
Square Enix
In addition to the excellent support to Hitman since its release, Square has been making Final Fantasy XIV one of the best MMOs out there thanks to the company's huge push.
Bethesda
Yes, there's been the stream of Fallout 4 DLC that makes the company more than worthy of being on this list. But Doom shows that you can go forward by looking back, and it's just awesome to shoot demons from Hell in the face or slice them up with a chainsaw.
Bandai Namco
Yeah, they've had a lot of anime based games come out over the last six months. But in April, they reminded everyone they do more than Naruto and DBZ games with the release of the final (?) installment in the Dark Souls franchise.
Sony
Sony has put out two amazing games so far this year: Ratchet and Clank and Uncharted 4. While Ratchet is just more of the same made even more excellent, Uncharted 4 marks the end of one of gaming's best franchises.
Blizzard
Pretty much the entire year has been dominated by the release of Overwatch, and with good reason. Blizzard's created one of the best shooters out there, brimming with character and charm and possessing great gameplay to boot.
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Justin was a former Staff Writer for Twinfinite between 2014 and 2017 who specialized in writing lists and covering news across the entire video games industry. Sometimes a writer, always a dork. When he isn't staring in front of a screen for hours, he's probably reading comics or eating Hot Pockets. So many of them.
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Published: Jul 5, 2016 02:55 pm