In 2014, Santa made his list, checked it twice, and found five developers most worthy of receiving presents. While our Naughty List saw five devs getting coal in their stockings, the ones on the Nice List gave gamers great experiences this year. and if they didn't, they made it up to their fans in such a great way that they found their way on here.
So while you recover from your present-opening hangover, find out what game developers were the nicest this year.
Ubisoft
Ubisoft is like the kid that hits his sister and lies to his parents about it, but turns his behavior around in time for Christmas. There’s always room on Santa’s Nice List. To make up for the Assassin’s Creed Unity blunder, Ubisoft gave everyone who purchased the game the Dead Kings DLC for free. For Season Pass holders, they get one of the following games for free: The Crew, Far Cry 4, Watch Dogs, Assassin’s Creed Black Flag, Rayman Legends, or Just Dance 2015. Good on you Ubisoft.
Telltale Games
Telltale is hot right now. Between The Walking Dead Season 2 and The Wolf Among Us, Telltale Games has had an excellent 2014. While we haven’t played Tales From the Borderlands, the first episode of Game of Thrones: A Telltale Games Series was excellent, with dire consequences and plenty of shocking moments. Telltale Games has done Game of Thrones excellently, and we are in for an amazing Season finishing up in 2015.
BioWare
BioWare’s Dragon Age Inquisition is a Game of the Year candidate, as it should be. They created a huge game full of choices, consequences, a great storyline and intense combat. Dragon Age Inquisition completely redeems the franchise from Dragon Age 2.
Blizzard
While we look forward to the future of Blizzard with Overwatch, this year was a huge success for them. Hearthstone is one of the best games you can find, and one that tons of gamers are playing and loving. Then there’s the new World of Warcraft expansion, Warlords of Draenor, which might be the best to hit the game yet. I know a lot of people that have went back to WoW because of it, and say it’s the best WoW has been since Vanilla. Overall, Blizzard has done some of their best work this year, and should be rewarded handsomely by Santa because of it.
Nintendo
This is what Nintendo has given us this year: Super Smash Bros., Bayonetta 2, Hyrule Warriors, and Mario Kart 8. The first two are serious Game of the Year candidates and have made the Wii U a viable, awesome console to own. Nintendo really stepped up its game this year, and next year looks to be impressive as well. The 3DS continues to have an awesome library of games, with Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, Persona Q, Fantasy Life, Super Smash Bros., and Tomadachi Life all releasing in 2014. When all is said and done, 2014 may be remembered as the year of Nintendo.
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