It’s been roughly 18 months since IGN last revised its “Top 100 Video Games of All Time” list, but the popular publication has just issued a new update that welcomes a huge number of new games into the club.
That said, it might feel a little familiar at the top, as Super Mario World is once again ranked at #1, which is a holdover from their 2018 list. Thankfully, a closer examination of the rest of the list was produced by IGN themselves in the companion article, “Why We Made the Changes We Made.”
There we discover that Capcom’s remake of Resident Evil 2 (#81) from earlier this year is the most recent game to be added to the list. It was joined by 14 other new additions, including Sony Santa Monica’s 2018 reboot of God of War (#29), Left 4 Dead 2 (#45), Rise of the Tomb Raider (#55), Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory (#61), Red Dead Redemption 2 (#62), Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (#68), Fable II (#76), Fortnite (#77), Monster Hunter: World (#82), Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (#83), Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag (#95), Dishonored (#97), Divinity: Original Sin II (#98), and Borderlands 2 (#99).
This newfound variety was possible thanks to the removal of multiple games from the Mario and Zelda franchises, though several other games were also removed from last year’s Top 100 to make room. Among the games getting the boot were Team Fortress 2, Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Fallout 3, Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty, Galaga, Grim Fandango, Banjo Kazooie, and The Oregon Trail.
IGN’s 2019 update to their “Top 100 Video Games of All Time” list will be added to the Video Game Canon in Version 4.0.