2024 has been a 12 months of ups and downs, and whereas that may be stated for yearly, this one exemplified the “it is over and we’re so again” meme — from the incredible 12 months of platformers within the type of Astro Bot, Prince of Persia: The Misplaced Crown and Sonic X Shadow Generations, to fantastic films like Depraved, Alien Romulus and Longlegs. However like I’ve stated earlier than, the 12 months additionally had its lows the place even established franchises like Dune, Like a Dragon, Mario and loads of others had a tough time sticking the touchdown between their a number of releases this 12 months.
And just like the content material we eat, we as people are additionally topic to ups and downs all year long, and we all know everybody has their good and dangerous days. However it is time to acknowledge essentially the most excellent members of our group — the customers that as a rule exemplify the perfect elements of our group. We take pleasure in celebrating them for all they do to create a constructive environment right here at IGN. From customers who remark day by day to those that go to sparingly, we’re grateful on your ardour for and dedication to having spirited conversations along with your fellow group members.
They are saying good issues are available in threes, so to rejoice our third 12 months of fostering a constructive and inclusive surroundings for all members we’re as soon as once more paying tribute to our prime customers based mostly on their accounts and the way they work together with others in the neighborhood.
Final 12 months we celebrated and rewarded 11 upstanding members of our group, with of a portion of them sustaining an ideal remark file. These members had been Midori85, 1track, wuzzgoodhommy, tenken8, ForceStream, CurryLova, Doctor_MG, NDWest14, McGarnicle, TAGibby4, and Actual Frowns. To up the ante this 12 months we will likely be celebrating 15 customers! Test again subsequent week after we unveil the perfect-performing members of the group that topped the remark charts.
The winners will all be receiving a present of IGN Plus as a approach of claiming thanks, so maintain an eye fixed out for our replace early subsequent week, and for our winners an e-mail detailing the right way to redeem your reward.
Now, for many who dwell vicariously by way of their favourite video games, films, TV exhibits, and extra, listed below are the present outcomes for every class that the IGN Community voted on:
Finest Comedian E book/Graphic Novel of 2024
Transformers (32.4% of the votes)
Finest Horror Film of 2024
Alien: Romulus (41.9% of the votes)
Finest Sci-Fi/Fantasy Film of 2024
Dune: Half Two (55.8% of the votes)
Finest Horror Recreation of 2024
Silent Hill 2 (82.0% of the votes)
Finest Anime of 2024
Frieren: Past Journey’s Finish (58.9% of the votes)
Finest RPG of 2024
Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth (45.8% of the votes)
Finest PC Recreation 2024
Balatro (44% of the votes)
Finest Xbox Recreation of 2024
Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle (67.3% of the votes)
Largest PlayStation Recreation of 2024
Closing Fantasy VII: Rebirth (35.9% of the votes)
Finest Nintendo Recreation of 2024
The Legend of Zelda: Echoes of Knowledge (50.2% of the votes)
Finest TV Present of 2024
Agatha All Alongside (27.5% of the votes)
Finest Film of 2024
Dune: Half Two (44.3% of the votes)
Finest Recreation of 2024
Black Delusion: Wukong (17.4% of the votes)
Thanks to everybody who participated in our group-voted awards classes this 12 months. In 9 of the 13 classes, the winners garnered over 40% of the whole votes, so whereas a few of chances are you’ll be susceptible to spirited debates, a big portion of you agreed in your 2024 favorites. We even have blowouts in a couple of classes: Silent Hill at present has over 80% of the votes for Finest Horror Recreation, and Indiana Jones and the Nice Circle has over 67% of the votes for the Finest Xbox Recreation. The closest class you voted on was the Finest Recreation of 2024, which was determined by lower than 1500 votes, cementing Black Delusion: Wukong because the IGN viewers’s favourite over Astro Bot and Closing Fantasy 7: Rebirth, that are tied for second. And whereas Recreation of the 12 months was essentially the most-voted class this 12 months, the Finest TV Present class was simply behind it in whole votes and, regardless of the resentment we frequently hear round current Marvel initiatives, it was Agatha All Alongside that took the win with 27.5% of the votes, beating out widespread exhibits like Shogun, Fallout, and The Penguin. Once more, thanks to everybody who joined in on the enjoyable; we stay up for seeing how 2025 seems.
All year long, we have now additionally been monitoring these on the alternative finish of the spectrum who don’t foster a constructive expertise. We take away essentially the most problematic customers repeatedly to enhance everybody’s general expertise. However we additionally use this time earlier than the top of the 12 months as a possibility to take away those that got extra time to see if their infractions all year long created a sample or had been probably simply somebody having a nasty day or week. So, along with recognizing the customers who uplifted our group, we have now additionally eliminated a number of customers who’ve persistently violated our group pointers. These banned accounts are those that have engaged in hate speech, harassment, or different poisonous behaviors. We all know these actions will not be at all times widespread, however they’re essential in our dedication to making a secure and welcoming house for everybody at IGN. With that being stated we will likely be updating the ToS in 2025, so you should definitely verify them out as soon as these go dwell in early January.
As we proceed to construct upon our group, we are going to proceed to watch and tackle any problematic habits to make sure that our group stays a constructive and inclusive place for everybody. We will create a respectful, supportive, and gratifying group by working collectively. Preserve an eye fixed out in 2025 as we have now much more plans for the group to make sure we’re fostering a welcoming house for everybody and hopefully a couple of surprises.
We recognize our readers who repeatedly make us their dwelling for gaming, leisure, and extra. We’re excited to proceed constructing and bettering collectively within the coming months and years. As soon as once more, thanks to all of you who repeatedly do your greatest to create a constructive expertise on IGN.