Category:Games released in 2014

4K monitors and televisions start getting less expensive, which results in many people entering into the magical world of 4K. Eventually, movies and games would start to take advantage of it. A few unusual games such as Goat Simulator, Octodad: Dadliest Catch, and Five Nights at Freddy's come out in the year, all unexpectedly gaining viral popularity. Nintendo launches the first waves of their toys-to-life line, amiibo (all lowercase), to coincide with the release of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U. It leads to a sudden craze when certain amiibo figures turn out to be playing hard-to-get. The Yo-kai Watch series becomes a cultural icon in Japan, getting a localization in the following year.

Unfortunately, this is the year when Wi-Fi services for Nintendo DS/Wii games would be discontinued, thanks to the shutdown of GameSpy.