The best games of 2014 and the most exciting releases for 2015

Ed Power rounds up the best games of 2014 and looks forward to the most exciting upcoming releases

GAMING did not lack for controversy in 2014. There was the Gamergate saga, a toxic online spat that threatened to metastasise into an existential struggle for the soul of the industry. Kevin Spacey terrified the digital bejaysus out of us with his dead-eyed guest spot in Call Of Duty: Advanced Warfare (never had the uncanny valley felt wider, deeper, scarier). Flappy Bird was a reminder the era of the Angry Bird-style viral hit wasn’t quite over. And, oh yes, some vaguely decent games were released too.

Though it was inevitable gaming would eventually have a conversation with itself about sexism, it was a shame it took the form of Gamergate, the clunky affix applied to the deluge of online vitriol directed towards several outspoken female gaming figures.