Best of 2010 Awards: Action-Adventure
Action-Adventure: Red Dead Redemption It seems like beating a dead horse, but we keep coming back t
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Shooter: Halo: Reach Bungie's final Halo game is arguably its best, representing all of t
READ MORE >"1.) I'm speaking of console gaming. 2.) Half Life wasn't "cinematic" (HL is my favorite ..."
see all 88 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Role-Playing
Role-Playing: Mass Effect 2 In the far reaches of space, one man (or woman, if you'd prefer) holds
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see all 101 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Racing
Racing: Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit Ribbons of twisty highways offered up the perfect venue for running the world's most desirable high...
READ MORE >"It does own with a good FF wheel. Unfortunately, most people aren't going to be able to play it ..."
see all 22 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Sports
Sports: NBA 2K11 Yearly sports game franchises often get accused of being little more than roster updates coupled with some subtle are often so...
READ MORE >"even the pc version was good this year. holy wow. actually pes was good on pc aswell this year, ..."
see all 12 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: New Face We Hope to See Again
New Face We Hope to See Again: Red Dead Redemption Though it is a spiritual successor to Red Dead Revolver, John Marston is most certainly a new...
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see all 13 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Story
Story: Red Dead Redemption In most cases, Rockstar has a knack for getting us to
READ MORE >"what do you think should have won? I think that for this catagory, they had pretty good selections."
see all 15 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Plays Well With Others
Plays Well With Others (Best Multiplayer): StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Blizzard's latest real-time strategy game, StarCraft II: Wings of...
READ MORE >"You realize it's not out on PC yet, right? So the DRM isn't getting in anyone's way."
see all 14 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Audio-visual Experience
Audio-visual Experience: Red Dead Redemption Among the truly respectable number of great-loo
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see all 30 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Retro Redux
Retro Redux: Pac-Man Championship Edition DX Pac-Man Championship Edition DX is something akin to pure fun. It follows up on the great rebirth...
READ MORE >"Pac man was really fantastic. Pure fun is the right description. "
see all 5 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Unsung Hero
Unsung Hero: Alan Wake So many games launch within a single calendar year that, sadly, many fantastic titles are left collecting dust on store...
READ MORE >"BOO, BOO Alan Wake is a PC gaming traitor. Just go away Wake, just go away. "
see all 35 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Magic Moment
Magic Moment: Mass Effect 2 We do lots of different things in video games but every so often we find ourselves, controller in hand, experiencing...
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see all 6 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Introduction
We picked a good year to reboot the Shacknews "Best of" awards. Looking back over 2010 to put together the nominees reminded us that award-worthy...
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see all 7 commentsWeekend Confirmed Episode 40: Best of 2010 Awards
Podcast
In the first of two holiday specials, the Weekend Confirmed crew reminisces on the best video games and industry trends of 2010. Shacknews editor...
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"i dont know why they have alan wake on almost everything. It was ok but there were many better ..."
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