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Game Informer Staff's Personal Top 10 Games Of 2019

by Game Informer Editorial on Jan 09, 2020 at 02:11 PM

Each year, the staff at Game Informer collectively plays through hundreds of games to have a deep and broad view of the industry so we can tell you which games are most worth your hard-earned spare time and money. At the end of the year, we compile our favorite games into our Top 50, which was published in our most recent issue. While that list is a result of long arguments from every editor on staff, there's just no mathematical way for each of our favorite games to make the cut.

That's why we also keep track of each editor's personal favorite games of the year. Below you'll find every editor on staff along with their top 10 games of 2019.

What are your favorite games from last year? Which editor did your 2019 favorites most align with? Let us know in the comments!

Andy McNamara, Editor-In-Chief

  1. Control
  2. Luigi’s Mansion 3
  3. World of Warcraft
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  5. Resident Evil 2
  6. Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
  7. The Outer Worlds
  8. Grindstone
  9. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  10. Photographs

Andrew Reiner, Executive Editor

  1. Control
  2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  3. The Outer Worlds
  4. Disco Elysium
  5. Resident Evil 2
  6. Slay the Spire
  7. Apex Legends
  8. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  9. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  10. The Division 2

Joe Juba, Senior Reviews Editor

  1. Disco Elysium
  2. The Outer Worlds
  3. Untitled Goose Game
  4. Judgment
  5. Devil May Cry 5
  6. Life is Strange 2
  7. Death Stranding
  8. Crackdown 3
  9. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
  10. Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen (Switch)

Matt Miller, Senior Previews Editor

  1. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  2. Destiny 2: Shadowkeep
  3. Lonely Mountains: Downhill
  4. The Outer Worlds
  5. Mosaic
  6. Arise: A Simple Story
  7. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
  8. Audica
  9. Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night
  10. Sky: Children of the Light

Kimberley Wallace, Features Editor

  1. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  2. Resident Evil 2
  3. Kingdom Hearts III
  4. The Outer Worlds
  5. Control
  6. Monster Hunter World: Iceborne
  7. Telling Lies
  8. Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth
  9. Ring Fit Adventure
  10. The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel III

Daniel Tack, PC Editor

  1. Slay The Spire
  2. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
  3. Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers
  4. The Division 2
  5. Resident Evil 2
  6. Magic: The Gathering Arena
  7. Sunless Skies
  8. World of Warcraft Classic
  9. Apex Legends
  10. Remnant: From the Ashes

Matthew Kato, Senior Editor

  1. Control
  2. Resident Evil 2
  3. Mosaic
  4. Observation
  5. Dirt Rally 2.0
  6. The Outer Worlds
  7. eFootball PES 2020
  8. MLB The Show 19
  9. Death Stranding
  10. Lonely Mountains: Downhill

Jeff Cork, Senior Editor

  1. Days Gone
  2. The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening
  3. Dragon Quest Builders 2
  4. Hypnospace Outlaw
  5. Judgment
  6. Shakedown: Hawaii
  7. Earth Defense Force: Iron Rain
  8. The Division 2
  9. The Outer Worlds
  10. Untitled Goose Game

Ben Reeves, Senior Editor

  1. Resident Evil 2
  2. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  3. Control
  4. Disco Elysium
  5. Fire Emblem: Three Houses
  6. Dr. Mario World
  7. Luigi’s Mansion 3
  8. The Outer Worlds
  9. Dragon Quest Builders 2
  10. What the Golf?

Brian Shea, Digital Editor

  1. Control
  2. Gears 5
  3. The Outer Worlds
  4. Pokémon Sword & Shield
  5. Streets of Rogue
  6. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  7. Super Mario Maker 2
  8. Luigi’s Mansion 3
  9. Assassin’s Creed Odyssey: The Fate of Atlantis
  10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare

Leo Vader, Video Producer

  1. Ape Out
  2. Streets of Rogue
  3. Hypnospace Outlaw
  4. Disco Elysium
  5. Dreams
  6. Outer Wilds
  7. The Outer Worlds
  8. Nowhere Prophet
  9. Card of Darkness
  10. Pistol Whip

Alex Stadnik, Video Editor

  1. The Outer Worlds
  2. Pokémon Sword & Shield
  3. Apex Legends
  4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare
  5. Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
  6. The Legend of Zelda: Link’s Awakening
  7. Luigi’s Mansion 3
  8. Tetris 99
  9. A Plague Tale: Innocence
  10. Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice
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