Superb video games are on the coronary heart of our mission to deliver the enjoyment and group of gaming to everybody on the planet. Now, extra screens than ever could be an Xbox, and people screens are lit up by the unimaginable portfolio of video games dropped at life by proficient builders world wide. These groups create unforgettable gaming experiences that interact and encourage gamers of all ages. As a thanks to the creators of these video games, and to shine a light-weight on the video games that gamers liked in 2024, at the moment we’re asserting the recipients of the 2024 Xbox Excellence Awards.
With over a thousand video games launching yearly on Xbox consoles, PC and cloud, this could possibly be a case of merely selecting a panel to resolve – however the Excellence Awards are all about how you engaged with Xbox over the past yr. To assemble the checklist, we chosen 4 key classes that are indicators of gamers’ ardour, engagement, and love for these video games. These 4 classes are:
- Retailer Score: Highest-rated content material throughout our shops launched in 2024, with a minimal of 500 scores.
- Participant Engagement: Video games with the very best common hours per participant throughout the first six weeks of launch.
- Every day Energetic Customers: Video games, expansions, or main updates with the very best single-day lively customers in 2024. You might discover video games that weren’t launched in 2024 on this checklist – that’s as a result of they bought a major replace final yr.
- Models Offered: Prime-selling content material throughout Xbox and Microsoft shops.
The ultimate checklist represents a various assortment of titles produced by studios comprised of wherever from tens to hundreds of builders, situated in 15 totally different international locations worldwide. You could find the titles for every class – listed alphabetically – under.
| Retailer Score | Participant Engagement | Every day Energetic Customers | Models Offered |
|---|---|---|---|
| Balatro | Dragon Age: The Veilguard | Apex Legends | 7 Days to Die |
| Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden | Dragon’s Dogma 2 | Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 | Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora |
| Botany Manor | EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 | Useless Island 2 | Name of Responsibility: Black Ops 6 |
| Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Diablo IV: Vessel of Hatred | Dragon Age: The Veilguard |
| Little Kitty, Large Metropolis | F1 Supervisor 2024 | EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 | Dragon Ball: Sparking! Zero |
| Lollipop Chainsaw RePop | Farming Simulator 25 | EA Sports activities FC 25 | Dragon’s Dogma 2 |
| Metaphor: ReFantazio | Closing Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail | Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree | EA Sports activities Faculty Soccer 25 |
| No one Desires to Die | Home Flipper 2 | Fallout 4 | EA Sports activities FC 25 |
| Persona 3 Reload | Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth | Fortnite | EA Sports activities Madden NFL 25 |
| Poppy Playtime: Chapter 1, 2, 3 | Metaphor: ReFantazio | Forza Horizon 5 | Farming Simulator 25 |
| Return to Grace | MLB The Present 24 | Grand Theft Auto On-line | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 |
| Rounds | NBA 2K25 | Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle | MLB The Present 24 |
| Senua’s Saga: Hellblade II | New World: Aeternum | Marvel Rivals | NBA 2K25 |
| Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | NHL 25 | Minecraft | NHL 25 |
| Sonic x Shadow Generations | Path of Exile 2 | MLB The Present 24 | Palworld |
| Nonetheless Wakes the Deep | Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance | Palworld | Phasmophobia |
| The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria | Cranium and Bones | Roblox | Star Wars Outlaws |
| The Outlast Trials | Star Wars Outlaws | Rocket League | The Lord of the Rings: Return to Moria |
| Unicorn Overlord | Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 | S.T.A.L.Okay.E.R. 2 Coronary heart of Chornobyl | Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 |
| Warhammer 40,000: Area Marine 2 | WWE 2K24 | Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six Siege | WWE 2K24 |
Builders and publishers will obtain their trophies shortly, so be looking out to see how they have a good time!
Pondering of becoming a member of the numerous gamers that helped these video games turn out to be award winners? Check out our assortment of video games which have obtained an Xbox Excellence Award for 2024 on the Xbox Retailer.
