
As a new year begins, we have a whole bunch of 10-year anniversaries to celebrate over the next 12 months (taken from the first full year of the Xbox One generation), including some true classics that we're still enjoying to this day!
Looking through the list, there are some obvious highlights. Titanfall was one of the most important Xbox exclusives of the early Xbox One period, Forza Horizon 2, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Sunset Overdrive were major first-party titles, and there were some massive third-party releases such as Destiny and CoD: Advanced Warfare.
This isn't the full selection of Xbox games from 2014 by any means, but here are some of the biggest:
- Titanfall (March 11, 2014)
- Kinect Sports Rivals (April 8, 2014)
- Wolfenstein: The New Order (May 20, 2014)
- Watch Dogs (May 27, 2014)
- Destiny (September 9, 2014)
- Forza Horizon 2 (September 30, 2014)
- Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor (September 30, 2014)
- Alien: Isolation (October 7, 2014)
- The Evil Within (October 14, 2014)
- Sunset Overdrive (October 28, 2014)
- Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (November 4, 2014)
- Assassin's Creed: Unity (November 11, 2014)
- Halo: The Master Chief Collection (November 11, 2014)
- Dragon Age: Inquisition (November 18, 2014)
- Far Cry 4 (November 18, 2014)
There are other 10-year anniversaries to celebrate this year as well, such as Phil Spencer's decade as Xbox boss, having been appointed to the role back in March of 2014. The Xbox One ended up releasing in over 25 markets that year too, such as in Japan and China, and it even ended up outselling the PS4 in the final two months of that year.
Back to the games though, and there's so much else we could highlight - from The Crew to Tales from the Borderlands. Despite all the negativity that surrounded the Xbox One at the time, the games themselves were really good, and plenty of Xbox 360 titles were continuing to prove popular as well. 10 years, eh... where does the time go?!
What were your favourite Xbox games back in 2014? Tell us in the comments down below!
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Some cracking games on that list.
Looks like another January Super Sale promo article….. all 75-90% off
Sunset Overdrive came out at time in my life that I needed that absurd escape. I loved it so much.
So many of those I have and played on Xbox too. Sunset Overdrive is probably the standout in that list - such a fun addictive game that the trailers/concept doesn't do justice - A truly underrated gem! I enjoyed Titanfall as well but unplayable today - some maps still stand out to me as incredible and nothing like modern games. Destiny took over my life for a while too but lost me 'early' during Destiny 2.
A lot of great names - Wolfenstein was great - old school yet modern too, Alien Isolation was 'interesting' and nailed the aesthetic and the Evil Within was the RE we needed until RE came back...
Some of those feel like generations ago to me now, yet I started gaming quite a few decades before these released... LOL
Titanfall, Sunset Overdrive, and Wolfenstein are all great games that I'm sad to see are either done for good or at the very least pushed aside for quite some time, which is likely the case for Wolfenstein.
I hate seeing Respawn's talent for FPS' with stories, usually good ones, wasted on a Battle Royale.
I hate that Sunset Overdrive is dead. I had hoped now that Insomniac and the IP belonged to Sony we'd see a PS port/remaster and sequel. Not enough people played it and I think they should.
I only recently learned Microsoft still has rights to any ports or sequels, and with the leaks of Insomniac now being turned into a Marvel machine, that's never happening. Such a waste, Insomniac is usually great at everything they do, and they are capable of working in multiple genres more than most studios.
Wolfenstein hurts too. Hopefully Machine Games can go back to Wolfenstein after Indiana Jones. Publishers seem to be focusing on popular licensed properties for easy success at the expense of great studios working on new IP or more worthwhile established ones.
Good year, good times.
Now that I think about it, I didn't actually like nor care to finish almost all of the games on this list, but nostalgia is raisin' them rose-tinted glasses high.
10 years this year since Master Chief Collection was released. 5 years this year since Master Chief Collection was good. 😜
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