GOTY Staff Picks 2011: Nick Edition

It’s been a good year to be a gamer. A year that will be remembered for its newcomers as much as its onslaught of AAA titles. Narrowing down a list of five of the best games of the year has been uncharacteristically difficult this year. However, when push comes to shove, these are the titles I feel are worthy of GOTY status.

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GOTY Staff Picks 2011: Raph Edition

This year, more so than others, was a year full of must-have titles, making it extremely difficult to pin down a top five for this list. Over the course of the year, many games surprised, while others downright failed to leave even an impression. So, without further ado, here’s my top five for twenty eleven:

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Buying Skyward Sword this Week? Beware of the Hybrid European Edition

I’ve started to notice a trend when it comes to limited edition SKUs of Wii games released in Europe. I bought the Xenoblade Chronicles Bundle Pack (you know the one with the Red Classic Controller) back in September, and was surprised to see that the box inside differed from the regular edition I’d seen on the store shelf earlier that evening when making my purchase.

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EA Left Me Disappointed at Modern Warfare 3 Launch

So I went down to the official Modern Warfare 3 launch in London (Oxford Street) on Monday evening, and to be fair Activision and Microsoft put on a good show, I just couldn’t help but feel EA missed a trick here. As you do at these launches, I got talking with some friends in the queue and thought that it would have been awesome to see EA make an appearance in some capacity, to crash the party so to speak, which got me thinking.

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Thoughts on the Future of Grand Theft Auto

Present-day. San Andreas. These were the answers to two of the most important questions answered within seconds of the trailer going up online. Because on Wednesday afternoon, Rockstar pulled the curtain back for the first time on the industry’s worst kept secret, Grand Theft Auto V.

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Grand Theft Auto V Trailer Dissected

The trailer for GTA V was unveiled this afternoon and recent predictions seemed to hold up. We’re going back to San Andreas (current day), and if the voiceover is anything to go by, you’ll take up the role of a father who has just moved to San Andreas to get away from “that line of work” and settle down with his family. Though knowing the GTA series, things won’t be quite that simple.

UPDATE:
As pointed out by GameTrailers user hobodealer, on a second viewing the narrator (seemingly the protagonist) seems to have moved to San Andreas to leave “that line of work” behind, to retire and start a family. Only to get sucked back into that life of crime on arrival.

Hang with us here as we dissect the trailer, and feel free to mention anything we might have left out. Trailer observations after the jump.

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Sleep Tight, Sub-Zero

One of the announcements this week at Comic-Con was that classic slasher villain Freddy Krueger would be joining the cast of Mortal Kombat via downloadable content in August.

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Were These the Droids You’re Looking For?

Microsoft on Thursday unveiled a limited edition Xbox 360 console at Comic-Con modeled after the character R2-D2 from Star Wars. The console is set to release as a bundle, including such Xbox and Star Wars goods as the Kinect: Star Wars game, a sleek white Kinect sensor bar, headset, a whopping 320GB hard drive (the largest on an Xbox console to date) and a gold wireless controller that would make C-3P0 jealous. Like the Halo: Reach bundle before it, the R2-D2 console will make sounds signature to its theme, so turning on your Xbox will get a warm greeting from one of the galaxy’s most iconic droids. If you’re a fan of the series or were thinking of investing in a new Xbox sometime this year, then these may be the droids you’re looking for.

The bundle is set to go on sale “later this year” and retail for $449.99 (£274.49).

Battlefield 3 Supports 24 Players on Console

It was reported Tuesday that DICE head Patrick Bach said the console versions (360, PS3) would support 24 player multiplayer online as opposed to the max of 64 players the PC version boast. Read more »

BioShock Infinite Trailer Takes to the Skies

During E3, trailers and other announcements are lost in between the big media briefings that make up the bulk of E3. One of my most anticipated games, BioShock Infinite, shows off what we can expect to see when the game drops next year. See what I did there?

Check out the trailer above. Spoiler Alert: Sky-Hooks and damsels are still very much intact. Read more »