Weekend Confirmed Episode 41: New Year's Eve Special
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For this New Year's Eve 2010 show--the second of our two holiday specials--Shane Bettenhausen joins Garnett, Brian, and Jeff for one final 2010...
READ MORE >Best of 2010 Awards: Game of the Year
Game of the Year: Red Dead Redemption Red Dead Redemption distinguished itself in a num
READ MORE >"Thats what I'm hoping for. If it ever does come out for PC I sure as hell hope Rockstar puts at ..."
see all 91 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Recap
Our Best of 2010 Awards are set to end tomorrow with the reveal of the Shacknews pick for Game of the Year. We've compiled the entire list of...
READ MORE >"On a side, last time I saw the hip was with the stones, and at that time....... new orleans WAS ..."
see all 53 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Game of the Year Runner-up
Game of the Year Runner-up: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty The wait was definitely worth it with Blizzard's first non-World of Warcraft release...
READ MORE >"I smell a bitter relic fanboy. *whaaa-whaaa-whaaa* "it is so innovative but nobody is playing it ..."
see all 63 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Handheld
Handheld: Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker Though it lacks the Roman numeral designation, Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker fulfills creator Hideo...
READ MORE >"My personal pick would be DQIX, but Angry Birds most definitely deserves it's props. As does ..."
see all 16 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Xbox 360 Exclusive
Xbox 360 Exclusive: Mass Effect 2 Though it is also available on the PC (and soon to be released on the PS3), for the purposes of this category,...
READ MORE >"Man there must have not been any good Xbox games this year if the #1 isn't even an exclusive, ..."
see all 67 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: PS3 Exclusive
PS3 Exclusive: God of War 3 We've followed Kratos from lowly soldier to the god of war. F
READ MORE >"Yea after 2008 and 2009 it was definitely a weaker year for PS3 exclusives. God of War 3 was all ..."
see all 9 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: PC Exclusive
PC Exclusive: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty It was definitely a close race between the two top games here, but in the end StarCraft II: Wings...
READ MORE >"So, first place to a crippled 2000 game (gameplay wise) with 2007 graphics, and second place to ..."
see all 29 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Wii Exclusive
Wii Exclusive: Kirby's Epic Yarn Kirby's Epic Yarn wove itself into gamers' hearts this year with its syrupy-sweet fabric-based visuals and...
READ MORE >"I already have a 360 S + Kinect, and use it for console-centric games (ala RDR, Forza3, Castle ..."
see all 17 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Multiplatform Game
Multiplatform Game: Red Dead Redemption Shacknews loves it some cowboy-gaming and Red Dead Redemption was our definite pick for best...
READ MORE >"I guess by "multiplatform", what they really mean is "more than one console"."
see all 51 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Indie
Indie: LIMBO 2010 was a fantastic year for independently developed games, with many of the category's front-runners providing some of year's...
READ MORE >"Where the fuck is Minecraft in this list?! Every other publication had Minecraft as their ..."
see all 24 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Downloadable Games
Downloadable: Monday Night Combat It didn't arrive with quite the fanfare of som
READ MORE >"i've mentioned MNC being an indie game on the shack before and was told an Unreal engine based ..."
see all 14 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: DLC Add-on
DLC Add-on: Red Dead Redemption's "Undead Nightmare" After shooting our way across the southwest, through Mexico, and back again in the...
READ MORE >"for some reason a lot of these commenters here think you have to go one way or another and not ..."
see all 21 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Action-Platformer
Action: God of War III Over the past several years, Kratos has cemented himself as one of videogaming's most disgruntled badasses. We all...
READ MORE >"The plain old "Action" genre is what I would put GoW/Bayonetta/DMC and the like in."
see all 32 commentsBest of 2010 Awards: Strategy
Strategy: StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Strategically, it doesn't get more intense than Blizzard's StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty, especially...
READ MORE >"Did none of you guys play R.U.S.E.? Easily my favourite strategy game this year after SC 2, the ..."
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"I almost agree. That boss fight left such a bad taste in my mouth, though, that even those last ..."
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