Hello, I'm Joe and I'm your friendly neighbourhood strategy editor. One of the great things about being in charge of an entire genre's worth of content is that I get to reflect on the year in videogames through a very specific lens. Who cares about Cyberpunk or Hades - have you heard about what happened in strategy gaming this year?
It's a genre that's getting more mainstream as time passes, though it still has to struggle against perceptions of being niche, against passionate legacy communities who can't agree on what they want, and against various trends that arise within the industry which either aren't compatible with the genre, or distract developers as they try to capture some of the lucrative magic seen elsewhere.
But by and large, things are good and are only getting better for strategy gaming. While the global pandemic has affected our corner of gaming as well, there was still plenty to highlight this year and the highs of 2020 represent some of the best strategy games have to offer.
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