Bastards!

I'd have to agree with their current selections. Pretty good opinions there too.

Nice to see God of War 2 on the list. But why do we have to wait a week? Why release the others before a full list can be released?

I can see it now.. mario galaxy is number one. bleh.

I have to disagree on Assassin's Creed. Great engine. Great graphics. Now to use that engine on a more thought out game.

Assassin's Creed 2 will probably be good.

#1 & 2 - Some mixture of Bioshock and Halo 3.

Please prove me wrong.

We need to get Crecente to post his top 10 list, and see how it matches up.

#1 is going to be Mario Galaxy, much to my dismay.

It's not that amazing.

@explodingmanMK2: Sir, Bioshock was awesome and I will not tolerate that insult. Halo 3 I don't really give a shit about one way or the other.

I wonder where CoD 4 is gonna land

@SuperCracker: I didn't like the game that much either, after a day or 2 playing it became GTA to me. But I do look forward for the sequel, I bet it will be a lot better in terms of content.

Pfff.... Orange Box HAS to be number one. Now that the US is officialy in a rececion, the economic value will determine everything.

Grrrr. What the heck about Shenmue 3 already?!? Talk about game of the year.........

@MasterOfPastures: "Recession", sorry...

oh!....can't wait to see how this pans out. I do wonder where BS will place, as well as the others.

It's sad Mario Galaxy will probably take the lead.

@Ryumeka: Why? I thought the game was suppose to be great or did I miss something. Beats having another FPS to me anyway.

@Doomstink: Glad you agree about Mario Galaxy being #1!

1: Mario Galaxy
2: Orange Box
3: CoD 4
4/5: Mass Effect or Bioshock

Not sure on the others, but these are my predictions. Oh, and no Halo 3 on the list.

"A subtle and thoughtful storyline doesn't fall prey to the sophomoric technique of upending all reality in a perfect 180 degree..."

Apparently he missed the MAGICAL BALL OF ULTIMATE POWER plot device at Assassin's Creed end.

@SquirtGun: Shenmue 3. .
will I ever find Lan Di and avenge my father?!?!!!!

@logical: I went to therapy over that shit, please don't bring it up, or I need to clear my schedule for the next 3 weeks...

@Irenicus-the one and only: to get more clicks to the site. if your inpatient you'll check back 10 times (1 for each day)

@Bleentastic: I'l wait for Kotaku to keep me updated then :)

Is it possible for them to pick Portal for #1 instead of the whole Orange Box? If so, I think that will definitely be it. Mario Galaxy will prob. be at #2 in that case, and I would have no qualms with that at all.

Cod4 should be 5-6 on that list. It was an awesome game, but it didn't really invent anything new aside from the RPG-ish multiplayer perk experience.

From looking at the judging panel, it's probably going to be something like:
1. Super Mario Galaxy
2. The Orange Box/Portal
3. BioShock
4. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
5. Rock Band

I like that this list is very specific and detailed about how the selection process is done. Each judge picks their "10 favorite games of 2007" and then assigns them points from 5 to 30, with the total of all points equal to 100. So instead of "This game got the most #1 votes, therefore it's #1" it gives a way to acknowledge that there's a tight race for #1 by only having a few points difference between their candidates.

FWIW, here's how I'd pick it.

14 - Mario Galaxy
14 - Bioshock
13 - Mass Effect
12 - COD4
11 - Orange Box
10 - Rock Band
08 - God of War 2
08 - Halo 3
05 - Warhawk
05 - Assassin's Creed

How did Assassin's Creed do better than Uncharted, when the critics' average for Assassin's Creed was well lower than that of Uncharted? I'm a bit confused.

Get Assassins Creed off that list!!!

Did everyone get there checks through the mail already?

if SKATE is on that list, I'll eat my own poop.

Hey Brian is one of the judges. That's awesome man and I got some back info on Kotaku.