by SmashPad Staff1. Astro Bot – PS5
“It’s just that kind of perfect game that helped make 2024 not feel like the disaster it feels like, at least for a while.” – Chris Selogy, Managing Editor, Host of Day 0 Update podcast
In spite of everything that made 2024 a bad year for the industry, we had some many games to play and enjoy that we managed to keep that negativity at bay for at least a little bit of time. I’m sure that 2025 will have its own share of bad news for the companies and developers whose games we hope to enjoy, but let’s see if 2025 can be less of a bummer than 2024 has been. Thank you all for checking our articles, Twitch streams, YouTube videos, and podcasts throughout the year as we hope to make more fun content for another year.