One of last fall's more prominent game industry jokes was "2014 has been delayed to 2015." Several high-profile AAA games--among them have stolen our imagination and time, both bringing radically different experiences that are so intriguing we can't pull away.

To sum it up: 2015 has been good to us, gamers. There are tons of games to choose from, both AAA and indie, renewed and completely new, bite-sized and all-time-consuming. The latter half of 2015 is already packed with big goodies as we approach the traditional overstuffed pre-holiday lineup, but looking out into 2016, it'll be hard for next year to match the surplus of gaming wealth we've gotten so far.