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The label is normally meaningless.

At best, it gives us a sense of a game’s budget.

CD Projekt Red/Kreiesegger via Reddit

Video game budgets have become unsustainable, and thus, the AAA Arms Race has officially begun.

Skull and Bones marked the first AAAA game in history.

CD Projekt Red dares to unleash the world’s first AAAAA game withThe Witcher 4and aCyberpunk sequel.

The Blood of Dawnwalker

Who will pick up the mantle, write the check, and dare to develop an AAAAAA game first?

OurSkull and Bones reviewsaid it was too much of a grind for too little reward.

Legacy: Steel & Sorcery

The Witcher 4 screenshot with Ciri using sword and sorcery to fight an ancient monster

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Ciri in The Witcher 3

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Infinity Nikki trailer screenshot showing a young woman with long, light pink hair standing in a ruffled white blouse, her expression surprised

Days Gone Remastered protagonist Deacon running from hundreds of zombies in the rain

GTA 4

margaret qualley as mama standing in a white tank top in a dark laboratory

Ghost of Tsushima sequel Ghost of Yotei reveal trailer screenshot

Wuthering Waves screenshot of female character with glowing blue eye

Thunderbolts

Borderlands 4 screenshot showcasing four different Vault Hunters taking on enemies with various weapons

Key art for Fortnite OG Chapter 1: Season 1.

Todd Howard

A screenshot shows the Siren Vex standing in Borderlands 4

Borderlands 4

Articulate box, cards, board, and tokens on a wooden table

The cast of Thunderbolts standing in an elevator during the trailer for the upcoming Marvel Phase 5 movie.

Logan Kim as Hershel and Lauren Cohan as Maggie in The Walking Dead: Dead City season 2