20 Most Controversial Games of the 2020s (So Far)

Even though there's much understandable doom and gloom about the state of the games industry right now, the 2020s have still been an absolute embarrassment of riches for video games. 

There are more incredible games than anyone can ever possibly keep up with, and that's certainly something to celebrate.

However, the sheer abundance of games both big and small releasing every single week means that rarely more than a few days go by without a game getting embroiled in some sort of controversy.

Now this can of course mean many things in the gaming realm - launching in a terrible state, containing highly objectionable content, or making contentious changes that piss off the existing player-base.

And now that we're well into the latter half of the 2020s - where does the time go? - what better time to comb back over the decade's most infamously controversial video games?

Whether the hubbub was justified or not, and no matter how good or bad these games ultimately were, each nevertheless had their feet held to the flames as they were grilled by players and press alike...

A remaster compilation of Grand Theft Auto III, Vice City, and San Andreas should've been a can't-miss slam-dunk for Rockstar, and yet this so-called Definitive Edition was an absolute disaster on launch.

The remaster trilogy released packed to the gills with bugs, resulting in some missions being downright broken, while many felt that the technical "improvements" actually made the game look demonstrably worse, notably the greater draw distance and refined lighting erasing the original, grungier aesthetic.

Then there's the fact that even something as basic as rain effects looked absolutely hideous, suggesting that Rockstar got Grove Street Games to throw this dubious remaster together as quickly and cheaply as possible.

The furore wouldn't have been nearly as dramatic if we weren't dealing with Rockstar and three of the most beloved games of the PS2 era - games which many understandably felt deserved a far more reverent treatment than this cynical cash-in.

Though post-release updates did whip the collection into finer shape, it's still embarrassing that Rockstar had such little regard for their own legacy to deem the sloppy launch product fit for sale.

Though in their slight defense, it still sold by the truckload.