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Friday 27 December 2013

Torque3D seems to finally get a Linux port!

Following the release of the Torque3D engine under the MIT license (latest release 3.5 here), there was a lot of back and forth regarding a port to Linux (the engine actually used to have a good Linux port, but that one was dropped a few years back). At some point there was even an official Kickstarter crowed-funding attempt, which however failed to reach the estimated funds (but nether the less more than US$10k were pledged). After that things quited down, but several people continued developing a OpenGL renderer and Linux port.

Now it seems like all these efforts seem to be near a somewhat usable Linux port or at least that's what I understand by following this forum thread.

Torque3D running on Xubuntu 12.10

In the short term the most interesting application of this Linux port is probably that the creator of RotC has announced on his currently running indigogo campaign to liberate (and update) the game, that now there will also be a Linux port.

Great news if you ask me, so don't forget to pledge some of that Christmas money you got towards reaching the funding goal (currently $388 out of $1500, with 36 days left). Let's make this happen!

Edit (nearly forgot): these two projects related to Torque3D might be interesting to follow: Project GREED and Zentense.

Wednesday 25 December 2013

December RTS updates

Merry Christmas from FreeGamer!

As a nice present from the 0 A.D. team, the new Alpha 15 Osiris was released today:



Lots of great new features and especially multiplayer games should be now much easier to do with hosting improvements and a lobby for browsing available games.

Another open-source RTS engine (using Mono/C# though) has also released a new version: OpenRA. Currently it is still geared toward running an assortment of older Command & Conquer based games, so you need to own these for the data. But this release adds lua scripting for the creation of custom missions, so maybe someone will come up with a libre game to run on this engine.

Last but not least, a new version of Warzone2100 was released about a week ago. This one actually includes some higher resolution textures, which is hopefully the first step to officially integrate all the awesome new art assets from the art revolution project.
Speaking of WZ mods: There is also an interesting new tower-defense mod currently being developed.

Saturday 21 December 2013

Let's Play Permissions for Open Source Games With Free Art

Let's Play (LP) is an uprising form of previewing and experiencing video games.

While a review summarizes the experience, a LP allows to look a player over their shoulder and indirectly experience the game from one perspective in its entirety - if both Let's Player and viewer have the endurance.

LPs have many styles: non-commented, informational, humorous... And their production quality varies too, be it video, audio or presentation.

Example of a Let's Play video in its natural environment

Some creators of LPs ("LPers") earn money using YouTube's monetization features. When they do, YouTube's semi-automatic moderation process starts paying more attention to the videos' compliance with copyright.

Sometimes, LPers will contact game developers to receive permission to create LPs. To many creators of games, LPs are a welcome form of promotion and they will always say yes.

Clint Bellanger of FLARE released a Let's Play policy, which elegantly covers both the situation in which a game's art assets are CC-BY-SA 3.0 licensed and where all copyright belongs to one person.

FLARE is a collaborative effort of many artists who agreed to release their art under CC-BY-SA 3.0 and I think that FLARE's LP policy reflects the intention of the license very well.

A complicated case might be a game which contains art that is under the GPL, which could be interpreted in a way, that requires the resulting video, as well as video project files to be made available under GPL as well.

In theory, any LP could be considered "fair use". However, for-profit use and use of large portions of a work are often considered as not being "fair use" - for example by YouTube.

For game designers, I consider LPs to be a valuable resource, allowing to look up features or part-experience gameplay, where acquiring, installing and playing the game would be impossible, due to time restrictions.

I recommend looking up games that you have fond memories of or which you always wanted to try but the installation effort was too high on lparchive.org or just YouTube's search function with "let's play" in the query.

If YouTube's HTML5 doesn't work for you, youtube-dl will allow you to circumvent flash player issues (monetized YouTube videos appear to require flash).

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Reminder: 1 week left to vote

Voting for the Linux Game Awards January 2014 will come to an end in about one week (24th of December).



So if you haven't voted yet, don't waste any time!
You can read more about the award in this older blog entry.

Saturday 14 December 2013

Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) version 1.1.0 and Steam edition

The great roguelike RPG Tales of Maj'Eyal (ToME) is available as a new version (1.1.0) nicknamed "Full Steam Ahead". Here is a slightly older trailer for version 1.0.5.:



Release highlights:

  • New necromancer tree: Animus
  • All achievements now feature beautiful 128x128 images
  • Improved Alchemist interaction with its golem
  • Tons of fixes and balance adjustements
  • Many improvements for addon creators, including a way to enable debug mode and a tool (inthe debug menu) to register and upload addons to te4.org directly from the game.
  • Includes a Fez. Fezzes are cool!
Interestingly it has also been "greenlit" on the popular game distribution channel Steam, so if you want to donate to the developers you can also do it by buying ToME through this channel. The currently discounted version includes a DLC with an updated UI (and the hint for a Steampunk themed extension) which seems to me like a planned way of funding the development of the game in the future.

Sunday 8 December 2013

Help to ROTC:Ethernet to become fully open-source

The creator of the nice, but pretty niche, freeware game (but with Creative Commons licensed assets) Revenge of the Cats: Ethernet has just informed us that he started a Indiegogo campaign (target US$ 1500) to liberate the game.



The current version still runs on an old closed source build of the Torque3D engine, but with the somewhat recent move to MIT licensing, it has now become possible to go fully open-source.

According to the author:
All I need is about a month's time and some cash to make it happen.
So lets give him the help he needs ;)

The only not so great part of it is that the Linux port of the Torque3D MIT engine is not yet available. Several people are slowly working on it, but after a failed attempt to crowd-fund it, there seems to have been some setbacks.
But optimistically speaking, this could give it the needed push to also motivate the finalization of a working Linux port.

Saturday 30 November 2013

Progress on Octaforge

One of the newer engine/game projects I have been following closely is Octaforge. It is basically a fork of Tesseract, which in turn is an graphic improvement project by the makers of the well known Cube2 engine.

The main difference with Octaforge is that aims to become a game SDK and platform for easy creation of mods; And one of its prime new features for this is full scriptability with Lua.

Read about their progress on the latest beta here, which also includes this nice video showcasing the new player model and an test map:



Wednesday 27 November 2013

Zelda can now be free as in freedom




Not only from the clutches of Ganondorf, but also from the dominion of proprietary software. All thanks to the magnificent Solarus Engine, a GPLed, SDL-based, 2D action RPG engine. This amazing project aims to provide a stable and easily customizable platform for users to create their own Zelda-like games, and so far, I must say, I am darn impressed by what I've seen. The engine already has two incredible launching titles, named The Legend of Zelda: Mystery of Solarus DX, and a parody of the former, Mystery of Solarus XD. Both are true love letters to the classic SNES RPG, The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past, and amazing and enjoyable games on their own.

Mystery of Solarus DX

But hark, the mere words of a mortal make no justice to the grandiosity of this undertaking. Sheathe thy sword, get thy green cap and ready yourself to adventure! You can start by marching straight to the Solarus download section, or, if your intentions are more creative, you can check the various sources here, and the quest editor here.



All of it is possible through the use of their awesome open-source engine Anura.

Now they are looking to sell their game also on desktop computers through the very popular Steam digital distribution platform. You can vote for inclusion here.

As far as I am aware this is the first open-source game that actually aims to be sold through this channel, but recently another one, Warsow, was actually approved for inclusion as a freeware title.

As a launch of their "greenlight" campaign, the creators of Frogatto & Friends have started a Q&A session on reddit, where you can learn more about them and their awesome game(s).

Unrelated to that: please also check out our own "sub-reddit" about open-source gaming :)

Tuesday 8 October 2013

Breaking news: The Dark Mod 2.0 stand alone version out now!

I guess quite a few people were waiting for this to finally happen :)

Have a look at the release announcement here and the full change-log here.

They also did a nice introduction video a few months ago:



Haven't got the chance to try it myself yet, but this is high on my list of open-source games to play!

Monday 7 October 2013

Blender Game Making Challenge starts on the 20th of this month

While not necessary only for FOSS games, all will be done with the Blender3D included game engine (BGE). Check out their website here and/watch the video below:



The overall theme will be announce on the 20th when the contest starts.

Monday 30 September 2013

Valyria Tear 0.6.0 released

I have to admit that we are a bit slow on reporting the news on FOSS gaming projects with we actually host ourselves via the freegamedev.net forums. Valyria Tear is sadly no exception, and their new 0.6.0 release has been out a few days already. Sorry to all whom this may concern.

For those not in the loop, Valyria Tear is based on the engine of Hero of Allacrost and aims to be an all FOSS jRPG. To give you a better idea of the game-play, here is a (slightly older) cool video of it done by some Linux enthusiasts:



(Thanks also to Rootgamer who reminded me of this news).

If you like the new release, give them some praise on our forums!

Saturday 28 September 2013

2013 GAME OF THE YEAR

2013 Game of the Year - from media outlets

Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console games,
PC games, Handheld games, and Indie games, but not Mac games, Kids games,
Free games, etc.

Professional Awards Only - The Media include Sites, Magazines, Newspapers, Publications, Broadcastings, but not Blogs have a staff of one.

All-Format GOTY Awards Only - But a single GOTY pick must be a single title, except for a tie.

* In release order.

* More details are here.



Games Magazine (UK) : Bioshock Infinite

GamerZona ADSL Zone Awards (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Golden Joystick Awards (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

IBTimes (US) : The Last of Us

Contactmusic.com (US) : The Last of Us

Premios Xataka (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor Sverige (SE) : The Last of Us

IT News Africa (ZA) : The Last of Us

Pocket-lint Gadget Awards (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Fun & Serious Game Festival (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

ABC Good Game (AU) : The Last of Us

Stuff Gadget Awards (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

TIME (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Inside Gaming Awards (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Inside Gaming Awards Gamers' Choice (US) : Battlefield 4


Examiner.com (US) : Grand Theft Auto V and The Last of Us

eGamer (ZA) : The Last of Us

eGamer Community Choice (ZA) : The Last of Us

GuySpeed (US) : The Last of Us

Cheat Code Central (US) : The Last of Us

Cheat Code Central Readers' Choice (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Click Online (UK) : Tomb Raider

Spike VGX (US, formerly known as Video Game Awards) : Grand Theft Auto V

Slant Magazine (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Redactia 4 fun (RO) : The Last of Us

The Inquisitr (US) : The Last of Us

HunGamer (HU) : Bioshock Infinite

entertainment.ie (IE) : The Last of Us

Entertainment Weekly (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Fearless Gamer (US) : Grand Theft Auto V


The Daily Mirror (UK) : The Last of Us

Leviathyn (US) : The Last of Us

Kotaku Australia (AU) : Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Kotaku Australia Readers' Choice (AU) : The Last of Us

ALT1040 (ES) : The Last of Us

Cadê o Game (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

G3AR (ZA) : The Last of Us

Tom's Hardware (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

Tom's Hardware Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us

Arcade Sushi (US) : The Last of Us

ABC.es (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

CraveOnline (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Tom's Guide (US) : The Last of Us

The Huffington Post Canada (CA) : Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

GamesRadar (US) : The Last of Us


GamesRadar Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

TechCentral (ZA) : The Last of Us

The Gaming Experience (US) : Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen

NRK Filmpolitiet (NO) : Grand Theft Auto V

VicioJuegos.com (ES) : Bioshock Infinite

IMPACTO (MX) : The Last of Us

KSalue (KW) : The Last of Us

Reno Gazette-Journal (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

GamerSushi (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Metal Hammer (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

playday (NO) : Grand Theft Auto V

Fyens.dk (DK) : The Last of Us

AskMen (AU) : The Last of Us

Freakin’ Awesome Network Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

The New Yorker (US) : Papers, Please


LOUD.cl (CL) : Bioshock Infinite

Game Revolution (US) : The Last of Us

BT (UK) : The Last of Us

Amazon (US) : The Last of Us

Complex (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

The FAT Website (AU) : The Last of Us

TechTudo (BR) : The Last of Us

COMPUTER BILD SPIELE (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamer.nl (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Edge Magazine (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Mashable (US) : The Last of Us

The Sentinel (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

Gamekult Readers' Choice (FR) : The Last of Us

The Ledger (US) : The Last of Us

IGN Benelux Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V


VG Nett (NO) : The Last of Us

Aktivist (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

TrustedReviews (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

The New Zealand Herald (NZ) : The Last of Us

The Midland Reporter-Telegram (US) : The Last of Us

Canada.com (CA) : The Last of Us

GameShampoo (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Yahoo Games (US) : The Last of Us

CNET (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameSpot (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

GameSpot Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

SPACE - InnerSpace (CA) : The Last of Us

Contra Costa Times (US) : The Last of Us

Paste Magazine (US) : Gone Home

Z-Giochi (IT) : Bioshock Infinite


Gamereactor GRTV (UK) : The Last of Us

SquabbleBox.co.uk (UK) : The Last of Us

3 News (NZ) : The Last of Us

Associated Press (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Código Espagueti (MX) : Grand Theft Auto V

Arcadiavg (MX) : Grand Theft Auto V

Wired (US) : Papers, Please

Press Play (US) : Bioshock Infinite

The Guardian (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

Digital Spy (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

MTV (US) : The Last of Us

UPROXX (US) : The Last of Us

FRONTBURNR (US) : Tomb Raider

WhatCulture (US) : The Last of Us

Meristation (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V


Meristation Readers' Choice (ES) : The Last of Us

Lazygamer (ZA) : Grand Theft Auto V

Chunk.ie (IE) : The Last of Us

God is a Geek (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

E! Online (US) : The Last of Us

VGU.TV (US) : The Last of Us

VGU.TV Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

New York Daily News (US) : The Last of Us

Bn DeStem (NL) : The Last of Us

Kill Screen (US) : Gone Home

The Mail & Guardian (ZA) : Grand Theft Auto V

Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards (US) : The Last of Us

LevelUp (MX) : The Last of Us

Quarter to Three (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

CNN (US) : Bioshock Infinite


Screen Invasion (US) : The Swapper

IGN Suomi (FI) : Bioshock Infinite

PLAY.CZ (CZ) : Bioshock Infinite

IGN Australia (AU) : The Last of Us

Denver Post (US) : Bioshock Infinite

PlayTV (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Guardian Liberty Voice (US) : The Last of Us

Digital Trends (US) : Gone Home

MyGaming (ZA) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gameswelt (DE) : The Last of Us

Gameswelt Readers' Choice (DE) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

GameFocus (FR) : Grand Theft Auto V

New England Gamer (US) : The Last of Us

Gearburn (ZA) : The Last of Us

La Voz VOS (AR) : Grand Theft Auto V


Aullidos.COM (ES) : Gone Home

De Morgen (BE) : The Last of Us

YourTechReport.com (US) : The Last of Us

GamingBolt (IN) : The Last of Us

Hardcore Gamer (US) : The Last of Us

The A.V. Club Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

The Married Gamers (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Nerd Reactor (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

melty.fr Coca-Cola zero Gaming Zone (FR) : The Last of Us

VidaExtra Readers' Choice (ES) : The Last of Us

Stevivor (AU) : The Last of Us

Stevivor Readers' Choice (AU) : Bioshock Infinite and The Last of Us

IGN Sverige (SE) : The Last of Us

Forbes (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Zoomin.TV Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V


GameMAG (RU) : The Last of Us

Chimera Revo (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

ScreenWEEK (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

Game-Debate Readers' Choice (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Hey U Guys Gaming (UK) : The Last of Us

Eurogamer.it (IT) : The Last of Us

Eurogamer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us

Gazeta Prawna (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Daily Rush (DK) : Grand Theft Auto V

4Gamers Readers' Choice (BE) : The Last of Us

The Toronto Star (CA) : The Last of Us

Destructoid (US) : The Last of Us

Destructoid Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

AnaitGames (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

El Destilador Cultural (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V


Dork (BR) : The Last of Us

XGN Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Manila Bulletin (PH) : Grand Theft Auto V

Actiontrip (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Actiontrip Readers' Choice (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Super Cheats (UK) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Ars Technica (US) : Papers, Please

Playtech.ro (RO) : Grand Theft Auto V

Madison 77 Square (US) : The Last of Us

Latin Post (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

The Nerdist (US) : The Last of Us

GamAlive (FR) : The Last of Us

GamAlive Readers' Choice (FR) : The Last of Us

Gamebomb (RU) : Bioshock Infinite

Polygamia.pl (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V


Varvat (SE) : The Last of Us

All That's Epic (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Metro - GameCentral (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

VGW (US) : The Last of Us

Giant Bomb (US) : The Last of Us

Furious Fanboys (US) : The Last of Us

Entertainment Buddha (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

XXL Magazine (US) : The Last of Us

Penny Arcade (US) : The Last of Us

Alaska Commons - Spoiler Alert (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Tyler Morning Telegraph (US) : Super Mario 3D World and The Last of Us

Facteur Geek (FR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gmbox (RU) : Bioshock Infinite

RedUSERS Readers' Choice (AR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Baixaki Jogos (BR) : The Last of Us


Baixaki Jogos Readers' Choice (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Critical Hits Readers' Choice (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Critically Sane (US) : Tomb Raider

htxt (ZA) : The Last of Us

Cape Breton Post (CA) : The Last of Us

News10 Gamers' Choice Awards (US) : The Last of Us

Slashdot (US) : Rayman Legends

India TV (IN) : The Last of Us

Sound on Sight (CA) : The Last of Us

GIGA (DE) : Bioshock Infinite

FinalBoss (BR) : The Last of Us

Gamer.ru (RU) : Bioshock Infinite

GameFaction (PL) : Bioshock Infinite

GRY OnLine (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

WhatIfGaming (US) : Gone Home


Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

The National (AE) : Bioshock Infinite

The Daily Star (BD) : Bioshock Infinite

Hypable (US) : Pokémon X and Y

Gamereactor Norge (NO) : The Last of Us

The Koalition (US) : The Last of Us

Gamespresso (US) : The Last of Us

We Got This Covered (US) : The Last of Us

EGM (US) : Bioshock Infinite

EGM Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Atlantico - Playerone.tv (FR) : The Last of Us

Шпиль Readers' Choice (UA) : Grand Theft Auto V

All Around Gaming Hub (US) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

FZ (SE) : Super Mario 3D World

Sentinel and Enterprise (US) : Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons


Eurogamer.net (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

Eurogamer.net Readers' Choice (UK) : The Last of Us

Game Sênior (BR) : The Last of Us

PowerGamer (SE) : Grand Theft Auto V

The Gang (GR) : Super Mario 3D World

illGaming (IN) : Rayman Legends

Gamereactor españa (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

MSN UK (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

The AU Review (AU) : Bioshock Infinite

AreaGames (DE) : The Last of Us

Akihabara Blues (ES) : The Last of Us

Akihabara Blues Readers' Choice (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Kotaku (US) : The Last of Us

Kotaku Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Empty Lifebar (US) : Grand Theft Auto V


Just Push Start (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Dealspwn (UK) : Rayman Legends

CGMagazine (CA) : Grand Theft Auto V and The Last of Us

Gloucester Citizen (UK) : The Last of Us

Killeen Daily Herald (US) : Bioshock Infinite

TechnologyTell (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Better With Popcorn (CA) : The Last of Us

CalmDownTom (UK) : The Last of Us

Polaris (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Front Towards Gamer (US) : The Last of Us

Eurogamer.es (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Eurogamer.es Readers' Choice (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Pardis Game (IR) : The Last of Us

Polygon (US) : Gone Home

Zonared (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V


WAO 971/2 (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

INFO (BR) : The Last of Us

Gamereactor Italia (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor Danmark (DK) : The Last of Us

Gamer365 (HU) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameWorld (GR) : Grand Theft Auto V

TheSixthAxis (UK) : The Last of Us

TheSixthAxis Readers' Choice (UK) : The Last of Us

VideoGamer (UK) : The Last of Us

Telegraph (UK) : The Last of Us

MANIAC.de (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor Suomi (FI) : The Last of Us

Eurogamer.de Readers' Choice (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

InTheGame Readers' Choice (NL) : The Last of Us

Hobby Consolas (ES) : The Last of Us


3DJuegos (ES) : The Last of Us

3DJuegos Readers' Choice (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Eurogamer.dk (DK) : The Last of Us

Topman GENERATION (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor UK (UK) : The Last of Us

Finder.com.au (AU) : Grand Theft Auto V

Daily Star (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor PT (PT) : The Last of Us

InsideGamer Readers' Choice (NL) : The Last of Us

4Players (DE) : The Last of Us

4Players Readers' Choice (DE) : The Last of Us

VentureBeat (US) : The Last of Us

The Gazette - Pop Culture (US) : Tomb Raider

carbonated.tv (US) : The Last of Us

BigSushi.fm (US) : The Stanley Parable


Dorkly (US) : Pokémon X and Y

Did Not Finish (US) : The Last of Us


Times LIVE (ZA) : Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons


GamersPack (IL) : Bioshock Infinite


VideoGamesUncovered (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V


Eurogamer.pt Readers' Choice (PT) : The Last of Us


DarkZero (UK) : The Last of Us


spieletipps (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V  


GamersGlobal (DE) : The Last of Us

PlayGround.ru (RU) : Bioshock Infinite


PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Grand Theft Auto V


IGN España (ES) : The Last of Us


Game Generation (BR) : The Last of Us

GamesBoard.pl (PL) : The Last of Us

GameParty (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V


PressFire.no (NO) : The Last of Us

Play Legit Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Cheat Happens (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gameplanet Readers' Choice (NZ) : Grand Theft Auto V

The Gamer Access (US) : The Last of Us

USA TODAY (US) : The Last of Us

Gamer-Arena Readers' Choice (DE) : Battlefield 4

NoobFeed (BD) : The Last of Us

Brasilgamer Readers' Choice (BR) : The Last of Us

Attack of the Fanboy (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Eurogamer.pl Readers' Choice (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

LevelUp (LV) : Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons

Console Monster (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameProTV (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Sky Mag (IT) : The Last of Us


Turlock City News.com (US) : Papers, Please

GeekTown (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gaming Union (UK) : The Last of Us

Only Single Player (US) : The Last of Us

GeekNation (US) : The Last of Us

Culture Mass (US) : Year Walk

3DNews (RU) : The Last of Us

PróximoNível (PT) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameVicio Readers' Choice (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Paranerds (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameFocus Readers' Choice (FR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Snackbar Games (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Saudi Gamer (SA) : Tearaway

OmniGamer (US) : The Last of Us

BootHammer (US) : The Last of Us


CeX (UK) : The Last of Us

Gamers Haven News (US) : The Last of Us

Gamers Readers' Choice (HU) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamefa Readers' Choice (IR) : The Last of Us

La Presse (CA) : Grand Theft Auto V

TAC (ES) : Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch

Chillopedia (PK) : The Last of Us

GameCity Schweiz Readers' Choice (CH) : The Last of Us

Video Juegos a Diario (PA) : Grand Theft Auto V

Tribo Gamer Readers' Choice (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

vgBR.com Readers' Choice (BR) : Grand Theft Auto V

ReviewStudio.net (RO) : Papers, Please

WorthPlaying (US) : The Last of Us

Buzz Focus Readers' Choice (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

God Hates Geeks (US) : Grand Theft Auto V


The Charleston Gazette (US) : Bioshock Infinite and Grand Theft Auto V

PunchDrunkGamer Inc. (US) : The Last of Us

Population GO Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Joystiq (US) : The Last of Us

Men's Fitness Magazine (US) : Tomb Raider

GotGame (US) : The Last of Us

GameTrailers (US) : The Last of Us

Game4Anything (UK) : The Last of Us

CD-Action Readers' Choice (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Ginx TV (UK) : The Last of Us

Pixel.tv (DK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamers Heroes (US) : The Last of Us

VGNetwork.it (IT) : The Last of Us

VGNetwork.it Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us

SAPO GameOver (PT) : Grand Theft Auto V


Combo Caster (PT) : The Last of Us

Blesk.cz (CZ) : Bioshock Infinite

Analog Addiction (US) : The Last of Us

CNBC Awaaz Tech Guru Gadget Awards (IN) : Grand Theft Auto V

FOK! (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

NG4A (SA) : The Last of Us

GamesMaster Magazine (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Games TM Magazine (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamereactor Deutschland (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

Dome.fi (FI) : Bioshock Infinite

Gamecca Magazine (ZA) : The Last of Us

Skewed and Reviewed (US) : The Last of Us

Elotrolado Readers' Choice (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

MMGN Readers' Choice (AU) : The Last of Us

ITF Gaming (ZA) : The Last of Us


Diehard Gamefan (US) : Shadowrun Returns

Amazon Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Gamekapocs Readers' Choice (HU) : Grand Theft Auto V

G33KPRON (CA) : The Last of Us

Bild.de Readers' Choice (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

gram.pl Readers' Choice (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

New Game Network (CA) : Grand Theft Auto V

PlayerInside (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V and The Last of Us

Game Informer (US) : The Last of Us

Game Informer Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Metacritic Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Game*Spark Readers' Choice (JP): The Last of Us

SpazioGames (IT) : The Last of Us

GAMER'Z Magazine (KR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Virtual Inn (IT) : Super Mario 3D World


Multiplayer.it (IT) : The Last of Us

Multiplayer.it Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us

Gamer Horizon (US) : The Last of Us

All Age Gaming (AU) : Tomb Raider

Игромания (RU) : The Last of Us

Everyeye.it (IT) : The Last of Us

Everyeye.it Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us

The Escapist (US) : The Last of Us

The Escapist Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Game Podunk (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

IGN (US) : The Last of Us

IGN Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

DarkStation (UK) : The Last of Us

Error! Not Found (US) : Gone Home

GameFAQs (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds


FrazPC (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

VG247 Readers' Choice (UK) : The Last of Us

gamrReview (UK) : Super Mario 3D World

Counter Attack (US) : The Last of Us

MediaStinger (US) : The Last of Us

Merlin'in Kazanı Readers' Choice (TR) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameMAG Readers' Choice (RU) : The Last of Us

GamesFinest Readers' Choice (DE) : Grand Theft Auto V

411mania (US) : Tomb Raider

FOK! Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

MyGaming Readers' Choice (ZA) : Grand Theft Auto V

Nitrobeard (US) : Gone Home

Casually Addicted (UK) : The Last of Us

Gmbox Readers' Choice (RU) : Bioshock Infinite

ITF Gaming Readers' Choice (ZA) : The Last of Us


STFUandPlay (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Thunderbolt (UK) : The Last of Us

Neoseeker (CA) : Bioshock Infinite

Zero Punctuation (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Aussie Game Geek (AU) : The Last of Us

Austin Chronicle (US) : Kentucky Route Zero

Gamereactor Sverige Readers' Choice (SE) : The Last of Us

Einfo Games (US) : The Last of Us

Gaming Furever (US) : The Last of Us

Silicon Sasquatch (US) : Gone Home

Game Chronicles Readers' Choice (US) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

The Tuscaloosa News (US) : Rain

GAME (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

GAME Readers' Choice (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

SmashPad (US) : Super Mario 3D World


GamerHub.TV (US) : The Last of Us

LEVEL Online (TR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Jugaccino (UK) : The Last of Us

2old2play (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

IRB Gamer (US) : The Last of Us

PixlBit (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Gameliner Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Console Domination (AU) : The Last of Us

GamersNET Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Free For All (US) : The Last of Us

What's Your Tag? Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Undercover-Network Readers' Choice (NL) : The Last of Us

Gamereactor Suomi Readers' Choice (FI) : The Last of Us

GAMEmag Readers' Choice (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gaming Trend (US) : The Last of Us


Game 2.0 Readers' Choice (GR) : Grand Theft Auto V

Entertainment Fuse (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

Unwinnable (US) : Gone Home

Horrible Night (US) : The Last of Us

The Vine (AU) : The Stanley Parable

NeoGAF (US) : The Last of Us

IGN Russia (RU) : The Last of Us

IGN Middle East (AE) : The Last of Us

IGN Middle East Readers' Choice (AE) : The Last of Us

IGN Italia (IT) : Grand Theft Auto V

Capsule Computers (AU) : The Last of Us

SideQuesting (US) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Nextgengamers Readers' Choice (NL) : Grand Theft Auto V

HCgamer.pl (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V

Mundogamers (ES) : The Last of Us


SegmentNext (PK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamebrit (UK) : The Last of Us

Enternity GR (GR) : The Last of Us

Shacknews (US) : Super Mario 3D World

gameplay Magazine (DK) : Grand Theft Auto V

gameplay Magazine Readers' Choice (DK) : Cloud Chamber

Looki.de Readers' Choice (DE) : The Last of Us

PróximoNível Readers' Choice (PT) : The Last of Us

Gaming Illustrated (US) : The Last of Us

NWCN - Generation Gamer (US) : The Stanley Parable

Gamekings Readers' Choice (NL) : The Last of Us

Hobby Consolas Readers' Choice (ES) : Grand Theft Auto V

Skillpoint (SE) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Another Castle Readers' Choice (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Irrational Passions (US) : The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds


GAMETECH (RU) : Grand Theft Auto V

GAMETECH Readers' Choice (RU) : Grand Theft Auto V

Magazine.HD (PT) : The Last of Us

Danish Game Awards (DK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Danish Game Awards Readers' Choice (DK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Mail.Ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Grand Theft Auto V

N4G Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

AMH Network (AU) : The Last of Us

4Player Network Readers' Choice (US) : The Last of Us

Metro - GameCentral Readers' Choice (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

AIAS - D.I.C.E. Awards (US) : The Last of Us

NZGamer.com Readers' Choice (NZ) : Grand Theft Auto V

IGN Black Beta Select Awards (AU) : The Last of Us

IGN Black Beta Select Awards Editors' Choice (AU) : Grand Theft Auto V

GamerNode (US) : Bioshock Infinite


Games.cz (CZ) : Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag

Games.cz Readers' Choice (CZ) : Grand Theft Auto V

New York Videogame Critics Circle Awards (US) : The Last of Us

NAVGTR Awards (US) : The Last of Us

IndianVideoGamer Readers' Choice (IN) : Grand Theft Auto V

BestGamer.Ru Readers' Choice (RU) : Grand Theft Auto V

PlayDome Readers' Choice (HU) : Grand Theft Auto V

GameCity Prize (UK) : Spaceteam

Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards (US) : Bioshock Infinite

Game Industry News Readers' Choice (US) : Grand Theft Auto V

LevelSave (US) : Bioshock Infinite

SXSW Gaming Awards (US) : The Last of Us

BAFTA Awards (UK) : The Last of Us

Premio Drago D'Oro (IT) : The Last of Us

Premio Drago D'Oro Readers' Choice (IT) : The Last of Us


Game Developers Choice Awards (US) : The Last of Us

Dataspelsgalan (SE) : The Last of Us

Dataspelsgalan Readers' Choice (SE) : The Last of Us

BaziCenter (IR) : Bioshock Infinite

BaziCenter Readers' Choice (IR) : The Last of Us

High Score Reviews (UK) : Grand Theft Auto V

Gamezilla Readers' Choice (PL) : Grand Theft Auto V




* The Winners of this year *


The Last of Us - 249

The Critics' Picks - 191

The Readers' Picks - 58


Grand Theft Auto V - 160

The Critics' Picks - 107

The Readers' Picks - 53


Bioshock Infinite - 43

The Critics' Picks - 40

The Readers' Picks - 3


Super Mario 3D World - 12

The Critics' Picks - 12

The Readers' Picks -


Gone Home - 10

The Critics' Picks - 10

The Readers' Picks -


Tomb Raider - 7

Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag - 6

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - 6

Papers, Please - 5

Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons - 3

Rayman Legends - 3

The Stanley Parable - 3

Battlefield 4 - 2

Ni no Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch - 2

Pokémon X and Y - 2

Cloud Chamber - 1

Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen - 1

Kentucky Route Zero - 1

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - 1

Rain - 1

Shadowrun Returns - 1

Spaceteam - 1

Tearaway - 1

The Swapper - 1

Year Walk - 1


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* The Big Winner of the Year * 


The Last of Us may very well be a once-in-a-generation sort of experience, one that expertly melds together plot, gameplay, and characters into something so riveting and fun to play that it’s hard to put down.  - IGN - 


The Last of Us was an emotional roller coaster that moved the bar for narratives in interactive entertainment.  - Game Informer - 


The Last of Us isn't simply the best game of 2013; it's the culmination of what games have been attempting to achieve throughout the entire 7th console generation.  - GamesRadar -



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Examiner.com / eGamer Community Choice / GuySpeed / Click Online Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Aldro! - Gamereactor (SE) / The Daily Mirror / Leviathyn / 
Fyens.dk / Amazon / Mashable / IGN Sverige / Gamereactor Sverige 
Readers' Choice / Dataspelsgalan Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Reza Taban! - Cheat Code Central / GamesRadar / KSalue /
 Edge / Wired / Reviews on the Run - Rocket & Raygun Awards /  GamingBolt /
wow247 / Hey U Guys Gaming / VGW / Furious Fanboys / Penny Arcade /
News10 Gamers' Choice Awards / The Koalition / Gamespresso / Eurogamer.net /
illGaming / CGMagazine / Play Legit Readers' Choice / NoobFeed / Gaming Union /
Ginx TV / Counter Attack / Casually Addicted / N4G Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, victor marlin! - The Inquisitr / entertainment.ie / Entertainment 
Weekly / TechCentral / BT / Gamekult Readers' Choice / TrustedReviews / 
The New Zealand Herald / GameShampoo / Yahoo Games / Gamereactor GRTV /
The Guardian / Press Play / Digital Spy / MTV / UPROXX / CNN / 
The A.V. Club Readers' Choice / Forbes / The Toronto Star / EGM / 
TheSixthAxis Readers' Choice / Topman GENERATION / Gamereactor UK / 
GamesMaster / Games TM / Gamecca / MMGN Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, TheGeoKing! - The Roosevelts / The FAT Website / 
The Midland Reporter-Telegram / SquabbleBox.co.uk / 3 News / 
Spoiler Free Movie Sleuth / Chunk.ie / E! Online / Guardian Liberty Voice / 
New England Gamer / Gearburn / YourTechReport.com / Critically Sane /
Cape Breton Post / The Daily Star / We Got This Covered / Sentinel and Enterprise
Gloucester Citizen / TechnologyTell / Telegraph / Did Not Finish / Times LIVE /
Cheat Happens / Only Single Player / GeekNation / Culture Mass / 
Snackbar Games OmniGamer / BootHammer / CeX / Gamers Haven News /
ReviewStudio.net / WorthPlaying / PunchDrunkGamer Inc. / 
Population GO Readers' Choice / Game4Anything / Gamers Heroes / ITF Gaming /
Error! Not Found / Nitrobeard / ITF Gaming Readers' Choice / STFUandPlay / 
Austin Chronicle / Zero Punctuation / Einfo Games / Gaming Furever / 
Silicon Sasquatch / Game Chronicles Readers' Choice / The Tuscaloosa News /
SmashPad / GamerHub.TV / Jugaccino / Free For All / 
What's Your Tag? Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Ezio! - Fearless Gamer / Complex / CNET / WhatCulture /
The Mail & Guardian / Quarter to Three / Digital Trends / Nerd Reactor /
Game-Debate Readers' Choice / Manila Bulletin / Latin Post / All That's Epic /
Alaska Commons - Spoiler Alert / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette / WhatIfGaming /
All Around Gaming Hub / MSN UK / Polaris / VideoGamer / Finder.com.au /
Daily Star / Attack of the Fanboy / Paranerds / Buzz Focus Readers' Choice /
God Hates Geeks / The Charleston Gazette / CNBC Awaaz Tech Guru Gadget /
Game 2.0 Readers' Choice / Entertainment Fuse / Unwinnable / The Vine /
LevelSave Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Mohamed Allam! - Game Revolution / Hardcore Gamer /
Madison 77 Square / htxt Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Jagged 85! - The Sentinel / Tyler Morning Telegraph Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Nima Yavari! - GameSpot / Meristation / Lazygamer / 
FRONTBURNR / God is a Geek / XGN Readers' Choice / Super Cheats /
Entertainment Buddha / Gamereactor Norge / Gamereactor españa /
Front Towards Gamer / Eurogamer.es / EGM Readers' Choice  /
Gamereactor Suomi / Eurogamer.de Readers' Choice / Eurogamer.dk /
Gamereactor PT/ InsideGamer Readers' Choice  / VideoGamesUncovered /
Eurogamer.pl Readers' Choice / Chillopedia / Analog Addiction / 
Amazon Readers' Choice / Gamekapocs Readers' Choice /
Game*Spark Readers' Choice / SpazioGames / Gamereactor Suomi 
Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, ramin sohrabi! - VGU.TV / Pardis Game / Gamefa 
Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Chit Chiterstein! - Kill Screen Award.

Updated. Thanks, zaska! - Metro GameCentral / GamersPack / DarkStation
Awards.

Updated. Thanks, solyaris! - FinalBoss Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Samuel! - Empty Lifebar Award.

Updated. Thanks, mtrsmith! - Eurogamer.pt Readers' Choice Award.

Updated. Thanks, superr nova! - Saudi Gamer / NG4A Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Mert Günhan! - Merlin'in Kazanı Readers' Choice Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Михаил Шагинян! - GameMAG Readers' Choice Award.

Updated. Thanks, Christian Schröer! - GamesFinest Readers' Choice Award.

Updated. Thanks, Mohamed! - BaziCenter Awards.

Updated. Thanks, Vishal Goswami! - High Score Reviews Awards.

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