2019 in video games

In the video game industry during 2019, both Sony and Microsoft announced their intent to reveal their next-generation consoles in 2020, while Nintendo introduced a smaller Nintendo Switch Lite, and Google announced its streaming game platform Stadia. The controversy over loot boxes as a potential gambling route continued into 2019, with some governments like Belgium and the Netherlands banning games with them under their gambling laws, while the United Kingdom acknowledging their current laws prevent enforcing these as if they were games of chance. The first video cards to support real-time ray tracing were put onto the consumer market, including the first set of games that would take advantage of the new technology. The Epic Games Store continued its growth in challenging the largest digital PC game distribution service Steam, leading to concern and debate about Epic Games' methods to seek games for its service. Dota Auto Chess, a community-created mod for Dota 2, introduced a new subgenre of strategy games called auto battlers, which saw several games in the genre released throughout the year.[1] Blizzard Entertainment faced criticism due to their involvement in the Blitzchung controversy, which began after they had banned a Hearthstone player for making comments during a tournament regarding the 2019–20 Hong Kong protests.

Series with new installments in 2019 include Ace Combat, Age of Wonders, Bloodstained, Borderlands, Bubsy, Call of Duty, Contra, Crackdown, Crash Bandicoot, Dead or Alive, Devil May Cry, Digimon, Dr. Mario, Earth Defense Force, Far Cry, Final Fantasy, Fire Emblem, Gears of War, God Eater, Kingdom Hearts, Kirby, Luigi's Mansion, Mario & Sonic, Marvel: Ultimate Alliance, MediEvil, Metro, MLB The Show, Mortal Kombat, Need for Speed, No More Heroes, Onimusha, Persona, Pokémon, Rage, Resident Evil, Rivals of Aether, Science Adventure, Shantae, Shenmue, Sonic the Hedgehog, Star Wars, Super Mario, Terminator, Tetris, The Legend of Zelda, Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon, Tom Clancy's The Division, Total War, Trials, Tropico, Umihara Kawase, Vampire: The Masquerade, Wolfenstein, WWE 2K, Yooka-Laylee, Yoshi, and Yu-Gi-Oh!.

Financial performance

SuperData Research estimated that the video game industry grew 4% in 2019, reaching $120.1 billion in global revenues. SuperData stated the market was dominated by mobile games which made up $64.4 billion, with personal computer games at $29.6 billion and console games at $15.4 billion.[2]

App Annie, which tracks all mobile app sales, estimated that mobile games accounted for 72% of the $120 billion spent on the various app stores in 2019, or $86 billion, with the potential to exceed $100 billion by 2020. Mobile game expenditures made up 56% of all video game-related revenues in 2019.[3]

Highest-grossing games

The following were 2019's top ten highest-grossing video games in terms of worldwide digital revenue (including digital purchases, microtransactions, free-to-play and pay-to-play) across all platforms (including mobile, PC and console platforms). The top ten highest-grossing digital games of the year were all free-to-play games, each grossing more than $1 billion worldwide in 2019.[2] Six of the top ten highest-grossing games, including the top five titles, are published and/or owned by Chinese conglomerate Tencent.

Rank Game Revenue Publisher(s) Genre(s) Business model Ref.
1 Fortnite $3,709,000,000 Epic Games (Tencent) Battle royale, Survival Free-to-play [4]
2 PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds (PUBG) $1,788,000,000 Bluehole / Tencent Battle royale Free-to-play / buy-to-play [a]
3 Dungeon Fighter Online $1,600,000,000 Nexon / Tencent Beat 'em up Free-to-play [2]
4 Honor of Kings / Arena of Valor $1,600,000,000 Tencent MOBA
5 League of Legends $1,500,000,000 Riot Games / Tencent
6 Candy Crush Saga $1,500,000,000 King (Activision Blizzard) Puzzle
7 Pokémon Go $1,400,000,000 Niantic / Nintendo / The Pokémon Company AR
8 Crossfire $1,400,000,000 Smilegate / Tencent FPS
9 Fate/Grand Order $1,200,000,000 Aniplex (Sony Music Entertainment Japan) RPG
10 Last Shelter: Survival $1,100,000,000 Long Tech Simulation

Best-selling games by country

The following were 2019's top ten best-selling video games by country, in terms of software units sold (excluding microtransactions and free-to-play titles) on PC and console platforms, for the United States, Japan, and United Kingdom.

Rank Japan[6][b] United Kingdom[7][c] United States[8]
1 Pokémon Sword / Shield FIFA 20 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
2 Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Call of Duty: Modern Warfare NBA 2K20
3 Kingdom Hearts III Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Madden NFL 20
4 Super Mario Maker 2 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order Borderlands 3
5 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Pokémon Sword / Shield Mortal Kombat 11
6 New Super Mario Bros. U Deluxe Red Dead Redemption 2 Kingdom Hearts III
7 Monster Hunter World: Iceborne Master Edition FIFA 19 Tom Clancy's The Division 2
8 Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled Pokémon Sword / Shield
9 Minecraft: Nintendo Switch Edition Grand Theft Auto V Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
10 Luigi's Mansion 3 Tom Clancy's The Division 2 Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order

Top-rated games

Critically acclaimed games

Metacritic is an aggregator of video game journalism reviews. It generally considers expansions and re-releases as separate entities.

Releases scoring higher than 90/100 in 2019[9]
Title Developer(s) Publisher(s) Release Platform(s) MC score
Divinity: Original Sin II – Definitive Edition Larian Studios September 4, 2019 NS 93
Red Dead Redemption 2 Rockstar Games November 5, 2019 WIN 93
Beat Saber Beat Games May 21, 2019 WIN 93
Resident Evil 2 Capcom January 25, 2019 XBO 93
Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition Square Enix September 27, 2019 NS 91
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice FromSoftware Activision March 22, 2019 XBO 91
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Square Enix July 2, 2019 PS4 91
Disco Elysium ZA/UM October 15, 2019 WIN 91
Nier: Automata – Game of the Yorha Edition PlatinumGames Square Enix February 26, 2019 PS4 91
Resident Evil 2 Capcom January 25, 2019 PS4 91
Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers Square Enix July 2, 2019 WIN 90
Monster Hunter: World – Iceborne Capcom September 6, 2019 XBO 90
Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition Moon Studios Microsoft Studios September 27, 2019 NS 90
Tetris Effect Monstars, Resonair Enhance Games July 23, 2019 WIN 90
Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice FromSoftware Activision March 22, 2019 PS4 90

Major awards

Category/Organization 37th Golden Joystick Awards
November 16, 2019[10]		 The Game Awards 2019
December 12, 2019		 23rd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards
February 13, 2020		 20th Game Developers Choice Awards
March 18, 2020		 16th British Academy Games Awards
April 2, 2020
Game of the Year Resident Evil 2 Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Untitled Goose Game Outer Wilds
Independent / Debut[i] Indie Outer Wilds Disco Elysium Untitled Goose Game Disco Elysium
Debut Disco Elysium
Mobile/Portable BTS World Call of Duty: Mobile Sayonara Wild Hearts What the Golf? Call of Duty: Mobile
VR/AR Beat Saber Pistol Whip Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Series N/a
Artistic Achievement[i] Animation Devil May Cry 5 Control Luigi's Mansion 3 Control Luigi's Mansion 3
Art Direction Control Sayonara Wild Hearts
Audio[i] Music Resident Evil 2 Death Stranding Control Control Disco Elysium
Sound Design Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Death Stranding Ape Out
Character or Performance[i] Leading Role Logan Marshall-Green as David Smith
Telling Lies		 Mads Mikkelsen as Cliff Unger
Death Stranding		 The Goose
Untitled Goose Game		 N/a Gonzalo Martin as Sean Diaz
Life Is Strange 2
Supporting Role Martti Suosalo as Ahti the Janitor
Control
Game Direction
or Design[i]		 Game Design N/a Death Stranding Baba Is You Baba Is You Outer Wilds
Game Direction Control
Narrative Days Gone Disco Elysium
Technical Achievement N/a Death Stranding Control Death Stranding
Multiplayer/Online Apex Legends N/a Apex Legends
Action N/a Devil May Cry 5 Control N/a
Adventure N/a Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Family N/a Luigi's Mansion 3 Super Mario Maker 2 N/a Untitled Goose Game
Fighting N/a Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Mortal Kombat 11 N/a
Role-Playing N/a Disco Elysium The Outer Worlds
Sports/Racing Sports N/a Crash Team Racing Nitro-Fueled FIFA 20
Racing Mario Kart Tour
Strategy/Simulation N/a Fire Emblem: Three Houses
Social Impact N/a Gris N/a Kind Words
Special Award Lifetime Achievement N/a Hall of Fame Ambassador Award Pioneer Award BAFTA Fellowship
Yu Suzuki Connie Booth Kate Edwards Roberta Williams Hideo Kojima
  1. ^ a b c d e Some award presentations combine these categories.

Major events

Date Event Ref.
January 10 Bungie terminated its publishing deal with Activision, maintaining rights to the Destiny series.
January 30 Nintendo ceases service operations of the Wii Shop Channel app for the Nintendo Wii. [11]
February 4 Respawn Entertainment and Electronic Arts surprise-released Apex Legends, a battle royale game that within a week gained 25 million players and challenged the dominance of Fortnite Battle Royale. [12]
February 11–13 Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences hosted the 2019 D.I.C.E. Summit and 22nd Annual D.I.C.E. Awards at the Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bonnie Ross was inducted into the AIAS Hall of Fame. [13][14]
February 12 Activision Blizzard announced that despite a record quarter, it would be laying off about 8% or 775 positions, primarily from non-development sectors. [15]
February 13 THQ Nordic acquired Warhorse Studios. [16]
March 18–22 The 2019 Game Developers Conference was held in San Francisco.
March 19 Google revealed Stadia, a game streaming service.
March 26 Electronic Arts announced it would be cutting about 350 jobs or about 4% of its workforce. [17]
March 28–31 PAX East was held in Boston.
March 31 Dies irae and Silverio developer Light suspended activity as its parent company Greenwood dissolved. [18][19]
April 13–14 The inaugural Twitchcon Europe was held in Berlin.
April 15 Reggie Fils-Aimé retired as president and CEO of Nintendo of America and was replaced by Doug Bowser. [20]
May 1 Epic Games acquired Rocket League developer Psyonix. [21]
May 7 Microsoft released the "All-Digital" version of the Xbox One S console, which lacks an optical drive for a lower price point. [22]
May 10 Sega acquired Two Point Studios, the creator of Two Point Hospital. [23]
June 9 Xbox Game Studios announced their acquisition of Double Fine, the developers of the Psychonauts series. [24]
Microsoft announced their next-generation Xbox console, Project Scarlett.
June 11–13 E3 2019 was held in Los Angeles, California.
June 18 Kaz Hirai retired from Sony Corporation after serving the company for 35 years, most recently as CEO and chairman for 6 years. [25]
June 19 Popular streamer and YouTuber Etika disappeared; his body was discovered in the East River five days later in an act of suicide by drowning. [26][27][28]
July 12 Chiyomaru Studio acquired Science Adventure developer Mages. [29]
July 26–28 The inaugural Fortnite World Cup was held at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York City.
August 16–18 The Pokémon World Championships was held at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C., United States. [30]
August 19 Worldwide Studios announced the acquisition of Insomniac Games for $229 million. The deal was completed on November 15. [31][32][33]
August 20–24 Gamescom 2019 was held in Cologne, Germany. [34]
August 20–25 The International 2019, the ninth iteration of the annual Dota 2 global esports tournament, was held in Shanghai. [35]
August 28 LCG Entertainment acquired the remaining assets of Telltale Games and relaunched it as a new company. [36]
August 31 – September 3 PAX West was held in Seattle.
September 5 Nintendo Switch Online adds Super Nintendo Entertainment System titles to its library of emulated games. [37]
September 12–15 Tokyo Game Show was held in Chiba, Japan. [38]
September 17 Valve lost a lawsuit in France, requiring the company to allow users to resell games on Steam required by Directives from the European Union. [39][40]
September 19 Apple Arcade, a game subscription service by Apple Inc., launched. [41]
September 27–29 TwitchCon was held at San Diego, California
September 29 The San Francisco Shock won the 2019 Overwatch League Grand Finals over the Vancouver Titans
September 30 Shawn Layden announced his departure as CEO of Worldwide Studios. [42]
October 1 Japanese developer AlphaDream filed for bankruptcy. [43]
October 6–11 Blizzard Entertainment dealt with fallout from issuing bans related to pro-Hong Kong speech at the Hearthstone Grandmasters event.
October 11–13 PAX Australia was held in Melbourne.
October 25 The defunct developer Light was revived to finish their Silverio series in a collaboration with Ares Co. and Nexton. [19]
October 29 Electronic Arts announced they would begin to publish games again on Valve's Steam service. They had originally stopped in 2011. [44]
November 1–2 BlizzCon was held at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.
November 7 Sony Interactive Entertainment announced that Hermen Hulst would become the new head of Worldwide Studios, while Shuhei Yoshida became the "Head of Independent Developer Initiative" at PlayStation. [45]
November 13 Human Head Studios closed down while transitioning its employees to the newly formed Roundhouse Studios under Bethesda Softworks. [46]
November 27 Facebook acquired Beat Games. [47]
November 28 Codemasters acquired Slightly Mad Studios for $30 million. [48]
December 6 Starbreeze Studios completed a year-long restructuring process. [49]
December 12 The Game Awards 2019 were held at Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.
Microsoft unveiled the design and name of their next-generation Xbox console previously known as Project Scarlett, the Xbox Series X, set for a late 2020 release.
December 19 Stadia Games and Entertainment acquired Typhoon Studios. [50]

Notable deaths

Hardware releases

The list of game-related hardware released in 2019 in North America.

Date Console Developer Ref.
March 25 Mega Sg Analogue [57]
May 7 Xbox One S All-Digital Edition Microsoft [58]
May 21 Oculus Rift S Lenovo, Oculus VR [59]
May 21 Oculus Quest Oculus VR [59]
June 28 Valve Index Valve Corporation [60]
August Nintendo Switch (HAC-001(-01) model) Nintendo [61]
September 19 Sega Genesis Mini Sega, M2 [62]
September 20 Nintendo Switch Lite Nintendo [63]
October 10 Atari Flashback X AtGames [64]
October 25 Capcom Home Arcade Capcom [65]
November 7 HoloLens 2 Microsoft [66]
November 11 NEOGEO Arcade Stick Pro SNK [67]
November 19 Stadia Google [68]
December 5 THEC64 Retro Games [69]

Games released in 2019

Main article: List of video games released in 2019


Video game-based film and television releases

Title Date Type Distributor(s) Franchise Original game publisher(s) Ref.
Dead Pixels March 28, 2019 Television series E4 N/a N/a [70]
Detective Pikachu May 10, 2019 Feature film Warner Bros. Pictures (worldwide)
Toho (Japan) 		Pokémon Nintendo
The Pokémon Company 		[71]
Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV June 21, 2019 Comedy film Gaga Corporation Final Fantasy Square Enix [72]
Pokémon: Mewtwo Strikes Back—Evolution July 12, 2019[d] Anime film Toho (Japan)
Netflix (international) 		Pokémon Nintendo
The Pokémon Company 		[74]
Dragon Quest: Your Story August 2, 2019[e] CGI animated film Dragon Quest Square Enix [76]
The Angry Birds Movie 2 August 13, 2019 CGI animated film Sony Pictures Releasing Angry Birds Rovio Entertainment [77]
The King's Avatar: For the Glory August 16, 2019 Chinese animated film Wanda Media (China)
Amazon Prime Video (international) 		N/a N/a [78]
NiNoKuni August 23, 2019 Anime film Warner Bros. Ni no Kuni Bandai Namco Entertainment [79]
Doom: Annihilation October 1, 2019 Feature film Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Doom Bethesda Softworks [80]
Pokémon Journeys: The Series November 17, 2019[f] Anime television series TV Tokyo (Japan)
Netflix (United States) 		Pokémon Nintendo
The Pokémon Company 		[83][81]
Jumanji: The Next Level December 13, 2019 Feature film Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group Jumanji N/a [84]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds digital revenue:
  2. ^ Not including PC sales
  3. ^ Physical sales only
  4. ^ The anime film made its VOD debut on Netflix worldwide as a "Netflix Original" in February 2020, except for Japan and Korea.[73]
  5. ^ The CG animated film made its VOD debut on Netflix as a "Netflix Original" in February 2020.[75]
  6. ^ The series debuted on Netflix in June 2020, and released consequent batches of episodes every 3 months till March 2021.[81][82]

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