Best 2021 Live Service Games

Here are GameSpot's best live-service games of 2021.

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.

00:31 - Apex Legends
01:55 - Destiny 2
03:13 - Final Fantasy XIV Online
04:16 - Fortnite
05:55 - Sea of Thieves