The biggest video game anniversaries of 2024

Jan. 25, 2024

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But what about the games that are now firmly in our rearview mirror? We can’t quite believe it’s been 20 years since the arrival of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Half-Life 2, for example, or a full decade since Alien: Isolation and P.T. scared our socks off. Believe it or not, it’s now been a full 30 years since the first Tekken hit our screens; and a quarter of a century since Crazy Taxi took the wheel (and then promptly lost control of it).

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