We live in an age where some games just keep on going, with post-launch roadmaps advertising months or years of future content. Hate ’em or love ’em, live-service games are here to stay (that’s kind of their whole shtick). In 2021, five live-service games stood out above the rest, implementing substantial improvements to their existing formula or finding new ways to tell ever-expanding stories. Here are GameSpot’s best live-service games of 2021.
