Threes is the best puzzle game of 2014.
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Apple’s best of 2014 includes Threes, indies, XCOM, and Hitman

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Apple just gave a bunch of game publishers an early Christmas present.

The iOS company gave out its awards for best apps and games of 2014 today. At the top of its games list is Threes, the math-focused puzzle game from indie game studio Sirvo. It debuted in February for Apple mobile devices and later received a port to Android and Xbox One. Apple’s list will help give these games a boost, as it will help them stand out from a million other titles on the App Store in the $25 billion mobile gaming market.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.