Capturing more than 12,000 of the nearly 30,000 votes cast in our Game of the Year poll, this cross-platform game…
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Last week we unveiled our final picks for the Game of the Year nominees.
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As the year wraps up, so does everyone's take on what they think are the best games of 2010.
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Taking nearly half of the more than 16,000 votes in our Game of the Year poll, this Playstation 3 exclusive garners K…
We've had our say, announcing which three games we think should be named game of the year for 2009. Now it's your…
There aren't many ways that the multimillion-selling Assassin's Creed II can be seen as an underdog, but in a…
The brilliantly immersive Demon's Souls, unfortunately known better for its brutal difficulty than its rebellious…
Tucked in this Playboy profile of a con man who ripped off the Pentagon is this tantalizing nugget: A company…
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This year we decided to try something different with our Game of the Year awards: The GOTYS. We came up with…