This year was a divisive year for gaming. One gamer's biggest disappointment was another's game of the year. Even so, there were plenty of reasons to fill up your gaming hard drives this year, and you can see this diversity of gaming tastes in our editor top ten list from the end of the year. Here's a look at all of the Game Informer editors favorite gaming picks from 2014.
[Editor's note: These list first appeared in Game Informer Magazine Issue 262]
Andy McNamara (@GI_AndyMc)
1. Destiny
2. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
3. Dragon Age: Inquisition
4. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
6. Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
7. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
8. Titanfall
9. Thief
10. Strider
Andrew Reiner (@Andrew_Reiner)
1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
2. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
3. Dark Souls II
4. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
5. Super Smash Bros.
6. South Park: The Stick of Truth
7. Destiny
8. Sunset Overdrive
9. Far Cry 4
10. The Walking Dead: Season 2
Matt Bertz (@MattBertz)
1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
2. Grand Theft Auto V
3. Far Cry 4
4. South Park: The Stick of Truth
5. FIFA 15
6. Titanfall
7. Wolfenstein: The New Order
8. This War of Mine
9. Divinity: Original Sin
10. Alien: Isolation
Matt Helgeson (@MattHelgeson)
1. The Last of Us: Left Behind
2. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
3. Sunset Overdrive
4. Threes!
5. LittleBigPlanet 3
6. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
7. Thief
8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
9. Grand Theft Auto V
10. Monument Valley
Bryan Vore (@Bryan_Vore)
1. Destiny
2. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
3. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
4. Super Smash Bros.
5. Bayonetta 2
6. Strider
7. Far Cry 4
8. Shovel Knight
9. Thief
10. Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Joe Juba (@Joejuba)
1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
2. Bayonetta 2
3. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
4. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
5. Transistor
6. Shovel Knight
7. Assassin's Creed: Rogue
8. Mercenary Kings
9. Earth Defense Force 2025
10. The Walking Dead: Season 2
Matt Miller (@MatthewRMiller)
1. Destiny
2. Dragon Age: Inquisition
3. Transistor
4. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
5. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
6. Fantasia: Music Evolved
7. Titanfall
8. Shadowrun Dragonfall
9. Mercenary Kings
10. Super Time Force
Michael Futter (@Futterish)
1. Wolfenstein: The New Order
2. Destiny
3.South Park: The Stick of Truth
4. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
5. Transistor
6. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
7. The Talos Principle
8. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
9. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
10. Super Smash Bros.
Dan Tack (@DanTack)
1. Dark Souls II
2. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
3. Divinity: Original Sin
4. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
5. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
6. Smite
7. Super Smash Bros.
8. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
9. Destiny
10. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
Matthew Kato (@MattKato)
1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2. FIFA 15
3. Far Cry 4
4. Assassin’s Creed Unity
5. Alien: Isolation
6. The Last of Us Remastered
7. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
8. Madden NFL 15
9. Forza Horizon 2
10. The Walking Dead Season 2
Jeff Cork (@GIJeff)
1. Super Smash Bros.
2. Diablo III: Ultimate Evil Edition
3. Mario Kart 8
4. Far Cry 4
5. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
6. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
7. Fantasia: Music Evolved
8. Alien: Isolation
9. South Park: The Stick of Truth
10. Candy Crush Soda Saga
Ben Reeves (@BenjaminReeves)
1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
3. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
4. Far Cry 4
5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
6. The Banner Saga
7. Shovel Knight
8. Mario Kart 8
9. Super Smash Bros.
10. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
Jeff Marchiafava (@GIJeffM)
1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
3. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
4. Far Cry 4
5. Dark Souls II
6. LittleBigPlanet 3
7. Destiny
8. Dragon Age: Inquisition
9. Alien: Isolation
10. South Park: The Stick of Truth
Tim Turi (@timturi)
1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2. The Evil Within
3. Dark Souls II
4. Shovel Knight
5. Super Smash Bros.
6. Bayonetta 2
7. Alien: Isolation
8. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
9. Far Cry 4
10. Wolfenstein: The New Order
Kyle Hilliard (@KyleMHilliard)
1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
2. Infamous Second Son
3. Super Smash Bros.
4. Dark Souls II
5. Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze
6. Mario Kart 8
7. Far Cry 4
8. Sunset Overdrive
9. South Park: The Stick of Truth
10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker
Kimberley Wallace (@kstar1785)
1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
2. Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
3. South Park: The Stick of Truth
4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
5. The Walking Dead: Season Two
6. Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc
7. Sunset Overdrive
8. FIFA 15
9. Mario Kart 8
10. The Banner Saga
Ben Hanson (@Yozetty)
1. South Park: The Stick of Truth
2. Super Smash Bros.
3. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
4. Mario Kart 8
5. This War of Mine
6. Destiny
7. Fibbage
8. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
9. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
10. Threes!
Wade Wojcik (@WadeWojcik)
1. Destiny
2. Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft
3. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
4. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
5. Dragon Age: Inquisition
6. Super Smash Bros.
7. BioShock Infinite: Burial at Sea Part 2
8. Mario Kart 8
9. Pokemon Omega Ruby
10. Assassin’s Creed Unity