It's likely that the games you are playing now are simply more demanding. Unless you know the original temps for a specific game or benchmark it's going to be difficult to know for sure.
It's also possible that your thermal paste has become less effective. Usually that won't happen in just a year but you could try repasting to see if that helps.
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