It's that time of the year. We've gone through the best games of 2018 according to our staff, genre by genre, though we did not announce the individual winners yet. We'll do so once the community poll, opening now and due to last a week, will also provide us with our community's picks to go along with the staff's.
There's one caveat for the very last category, the one dedicated to the most anticipated games due in 2019. This year is peculiar in that big, universally hyped titles like Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us Part II, Metroid Prime 4, Bayonetta 3, Ghost of Tsushima, Death Stranding, Halo Infinite or Age of Empires IV do not have any firm release window. That is to say, they haven't been confirmed by any of the respective publishers to be coming in 2019, which makes them unlikely to launch this year.
For this reason, we have decided to leave them out of our list. They would have easily garnered the most votes, sure, but chances are gamers might not get to play them in 2019 (though we'd absolutely love to be wrong).
That's why we only listed titles which have been definitively confirmed to target a release this year. Of course, there's always a chance for any of them to slip, but that's par for the course in the industry. The point is they've got a nailed down release window while the aforementioned heavyweights currently do not.
With that out of the way, let the votes begin!
Check our Best of 2018 series: Roleplaying Games, Action Games, Strategy & Simulation Games, Shooter Games, Adventure Games, Platformers, Survival Games, Fighting Games, Multiplayer Games, Sports & Racing Games, Indie Games
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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