"Pokémon Sword and Shield"/Nintendo
"Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield" were two of 2019's biggest games.
- This year was somewhat slow for new video game releases, with multiple publishers working on games for the new consoles coming in 2020.
- 2019 still had its fair share of major releases, though, like "Call of Duty: Modern Warfare" and "Pokémon Sword and Shield."
- Below we've selected our 15 favorite video games from 2019, in the order they were released.
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The video game industry is in a state of flux as Sony and Microsoft plan to launch their next generation consoles next year. But even with the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X on the horizon, 2019 had its fair share of amazing games.
Many of the year's best games came from tried and true franchises, with developers growing ever closer to perfecting the formula behind perennial best-sellers like "Call of Duty" and "Pokémon." Others were total surprises, like Electronic Arts' "Apex Legends" - the hit battle royale game revealed just hours before it launched for free in February, and gained 10 million players in less than a week.
With major studios looking toward the future, 2019 gave indie games plenty of time to shine too. Kickstarted projects like "Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night" and short, thoughtful projects like "Untitled Goose Game" were able to capture the industry's attention.
These were the best games of 2019, in the order they were released.
