2025 was another rough year for the business and its unpredictable as it ever was. Still we had loads of incredible games releases and a brand new Nintendo console on top too with the Switch 2 released in June. As always, I tried to not count in remasters, remakes or games in which I was … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2025
I gotta say 2024 has been a rough year for the industry; loads of layoffs, companies going under and good games going largely unappreciated; it’s tougher than ever before. With completing my book and games that I was working on I didn’t even get the chance to finish as many games as I do usually. … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s top 10 games of the year 2024
The yearly tradition continues! So many awesome games came out this year! More than usual, apparently we broke records of number of 90+ metacritic games this year! Same rules apply as always, only games that came out in 2023, no remakes and no games that I was involved with. I tried my best to keep … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 games of the year 2023
The yearly tradition continues! So many awesome games came out this year! I tried my best to keep up and pay as much of them as possible, I liked most of the games I played, but these 15 games stood out against the rest, some are among my favorite games experiences ever! without further ado, … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 games of the year 2022
Making games is pretty hard, making games during a pandemic is a different level of diffcult. It's a miracle games get finished and released at all, all the more impressive when some really awesome games that went through a bulk of their Dev time under crazy circumstances actually launched this year. I played a bunch. … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 games of the year 2021
2020 will be a year that we’ll be talking about for generations to come. What a crazy year it has been. In a year that separated us physically from each other, our loved ones and colleagues, we turned to new ways to connect, to have fun and to stay sane. It was a year that … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 games of the year 2020
2019 is a year where the industry is pivoting. From subscriptions becoming common place, to the death of loot crates to the launch of streaming services to the sunset of the current generation of consoles, the industry is changing yet again and this was the year of preparing for an exciting future. Also a lot … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 games of the year 2019
Many will remember 2018 for being the year of Epic: with explosive growth for Fortnite Battle Royale as it took over the world powering the company to launch it's own PC store that went directly after Steam's money. It was also the year Microsoft bought so many studios as it prepares for the upcoming next … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games Of The Year 2018
2017 was a very eventful year for video games, with major new installments for many top franchises and a couple of new console releases to boot with the Nintendo Switch and the Xbox One X both coming out in 2017. There are games on this list that might surprise people from Japan as they have … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2017
This is the time of the year when I take a step back to reflect on what a crazy ride 2016 has been for the world, for me personally and most importantly for gaming. There were a lot of good games out this year, so many in fact that I had 5 runner ups to my … Continue reading Fawzi Mesmar’s Top 15 Games of the Year 2016
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