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Below, we will look at some of the most popular types of video games in Canada right now. Action . Action games have always been popular with video game fans and this is something that we are still seeing in 2020. Action games usually involve some kind of adventure and battle between the player and the enemies or bosses within the games.
- Assassin’s Creed Valhalla
- Gears Tactics
- Immortals Fenyx Rising
- PGA Tour 2K21
- Spiritfarer
- Star Wars: Squadrons
- Unto The End
- Watch Dogs: Legion
Platform: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Google Stadia Developer: Ubisoft Montreal Publisher: Ubisoft ESRB rating: M for Mature Price: $79.99 Metacritic score: 80 (PS4 version) After taking a one-year break following 2018’s Quebec-made Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, the action-adventure franchise is back with Ubisoft Montre...
Platform: Xbox Series X/S, PC Developer: Splash Damage (London, England), The Coalition (Vancouver) Publisher: Xbox ESRB rating: M for Mature Price: $79.99 (also included with Xbox Game Pass) Metacritic score: 80 (PC version) Gears Tactics is notable for a number of reasons. In addition to being one of the few Xbox Series X/S launch titles, the gam...
Platform: Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, PC, Stadia Developer: Ubisoft Quebec Publisher: Ubisoft ESRB rating: T for Teen Price: $79.99 Metacritic score: 82 (Xbox Series X version) After 2018’s Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Ubisoft Quebec returns to Greece with a decidedly more mythological open-world experience. In Immortals, ...
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Google Stadia Developer: HB Studios (Lunenberg, Nova Scotia) Publisher: 2K Games ESRB rating: E for Everyone Price: $79.99 Metacritic score: 76 (PlayStation 4 version) Interestingly, the highest-rated Canadian-made sports game this year wasn’t FIFA or NHL — it was PGA Tour 2K21 from Atlantic C...
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Google Stadia Developer/Publisher: Thunder Lotus (Montreal) ESRB rating: T for Teen Price: $39.99 (included in Xbox Game Pass) Metacritic score: 84 (PC version) Thunder Lotus describes Spiritfarer as a “cozy management game about dying,” and that’s pretty accurate. As the plucky Stella, you sa...
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, PC Developer: EA Motive (Montreal) Publisher: Electronic Arts ESRB rating: T for Teen Price: $54.99 Metacritic score: 79 (PlayStation 4 version) After working on the single-player campaign for 2017’s Star Wars Battlefront II, Montreal-based EA Motive has come out with a Star Wars game all of its own — and this tim...
Platform: PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, Google Stadia Developer: 2 Ton Studios Publisher: Big Sugar ESRB rating: T for Teen Price: $33.49 (also included with Xbox Game Pass) Metacritic score: 83 (PlayStation 4 version) There are many neat qualities to Unto the End, but perhaps the coolest of all is the fact that it was developed by ...
Platform: PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, PC, Google Stadia Developer: Ubisoft Toronto Publisher: Ubisoft ESRB rating: M for Mature Price: $79.99 Metacritic score: 76 (Xbox One version) In near-future London, you must lead hacktivist group DedSec against the authoritarian regime of Albion, which has turned the city into a p...
Oct 28, 2024 · According to the Entertainment Software Association of Canada, 23 million Canadians play video games, representing 61% of the population. Younger Canadians are more likely to play video games with 89% of children and teens (6-17-year-olds) playing video games compared to 61% of the 18-64-year-olds.
Jan 10, 2024 · According to 2022 survey data, action and casual games were the most popular gaming genres in Canada and a growing number of Canadian gamers played online games.
- The value of the global video game industry has increased almost fivefold from 2012 to 2021. Video game statistics for 2021 show that the global market amounts to a mind-blowing US$138 billion.
- Mobile gaming is becoming the biggest contributor to the value of the whole industry. While hardcore gamers frown upon this phenomenon, mobile games are becoming more and more sophisticated.
- People spend around 8.45 hours per week gaming. This is the global average for people who play video games.
- 64% of the Canadian population plaid video games regularly in 2018, video game statistics reveal. This is a significant increase from 2014, when 54% of Canadians reported playing a video game in the past four weeks.
Dec 14, 2020 · No one expected Star Wars: Squadrons, and yet here we are ranking it among the top games of 2020.
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Dec 21, 2020 · In our top 25, voted for by the GamesRadar team, you'll find a mix of indies and big blockbusters, games that showed us what the PS5 and Xbox Series X could do, and games that proved the older...
