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Sq. Enix was Metacritic’s No. 1 ranked writer final 12 months, due to 9 ‘good’ video games

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Sq. Enix was Metacritic’s No. 1 ranked writer final 12 months, due to 9 ‘good’ video games


Overview aggregation web site, Metacritic, has named Sq. Enix as its No. 1 sport writer for the 12 months 2025.

Launched in 1999, Metacritic says it curates critiques from solely “the world’s most revered critics.”

In its sixteenth annual Sport Writer Rankings printed on Wednesday, Metacritic revealed that the Ultimate Fantasy writer was ranked above each different firm, primarily based on its factors system.

It’s the primary time Sq. Enix has ranked No. 1 within the annual writer rankings. In accordance with the positioning, Sq. Enix launched 9 video games in 2025, and all had optimistic combination assessment scores (the typical Metascore for the writer was 84).

Sq.’s highest-rated sport was Ultimate Fantasy VII Rebirth’s PC model, with a Metascore of 90. Different notable releases had been Ultimate Fantasy Ways – The Ivalice Chronicles (88), Dragon Quest I & II HD-2D Remake (88), and Octopath Traveler 0 (84).

“Quite a lot of Ultimate Fantasy and Dragon Quest titles scored extremely for the writer final 12 months (and in addition in early 2026), whereas even its “worst” 2025 launch, SaGa Frontier 2 Remastered, earned approval from critics,” Metacritic mentioned.

For the record, publishers had been ranked utilizing a factors system, calculated (as in earlier years) in accordance with 4 components.

Probably the most weight was given to the typical Metascore for every writer’s video games, however the share of scored titles with good critiques (rating of at the least 75), the proportion of scored merchandise with unhealthy critiques (49 or decrease), and the variety of “nice” video games launched (90 or greater) had been additionally taken into consideration.

Solely publishers with 5 or extra distinct titles launched in 2024 had been eligible to be included within the rankings, which don’t take into consideration cell video games.

Lately, Sega (2025), Capcom (2024), Sony (2023), and Microsoft (2022) have topped Metacritic’s Writer Rankings.

The highest 10 publishers are listed beneath, together with their factors rating, common Metascore, and former 12 months’s rating.

  1. Sq. Enix (330.5 factors) – 84 (final 12 months: 6th)
  2. Gamirror Video games (322.4 factors) – 82 (final 12 months: 6th)
  3. Capcom (322.2 factors) – 83 (final 12 months: 2nd)
  4. Thunderful (306.8 factors) – 78 (final 12 months: N/A)
  5. Microsoft (305.7 factors) – 80 (final 12 months: 9th)
  6. Take-Two (304.0 factors) – 79 (final 12 months: 12th)
  7. Sega (303.9 factors) – 80 (final 12 months: 1st)
  8. Digital Arts (302.9 factors) – 79 (final 12 months: 23rd)
  9. Dotemu (302.2 factors) – 81 (final 12 months: N/A)
  10. Uncooked Fury (301.0 factors) – 79 (final 12 months: 8th)