top 10 games 2011

LIMBO GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' ChoiceRelease Date: Aug 2, 2011
LIMBO is a black-and-white puzzle platforming adventure.

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Genre: 2D PlatformerDiRT 3 GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' ChoiceRelease Date: May 24, 2011
DiRT 3 is the third installment of the hit racing series.

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Genre: Rally / Offroad RacingThe Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' ChoiceRelease Date: May 17, 2011
The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is the sequel to developer CD Projekt's mature-themed fantasy role-playing game based on the works of author Andrzej Sapkowski.

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Genre: Action Role-PlayingPortal 2 GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' ChoiceRelease Date: Apr 19, 2011
Portal 2 is an action shooter game from Valve Software that draws from the original formula of innovative gameplay, story, and music, which earned the original Portal more than 70 industry accolades.

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Genre: Sci-Fi First-Person ShooterShogun 2: Total War GameSpot Score
9.0
Editors' ChoiceRelease Date: Mar 15, 2011
Shogun 2: Total War returns to Feudal Japan 10 years after the release of the original Shogun: Total War. It refines the original formula with a new AI and more online functionality.

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Genre: Historic Turn-Based StrategyFrozen Synapse GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: May 26, 2011
Frozen Synapse is a tactical game, filled with bite-size, hardcore strategy, a touch of X-Com and Laser Squad, and a striking sci-fi aesthetic.

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Genre: StrategyFallout: New Vegas - Old World Blues GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: Jul 19, 2011
In Old World Blues, to be released in July, you will discover how some of the Mojave's mutated monsters came to be when you unwittingly become a lab rat in a science experiment gone awry.

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Genre: Role-PlayingTerraria GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: May 16, 2011
Terraria offers players a chance to be an action gamer, master builder, a collector, and even an explorer.

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Genre: 2D PlatformerAnomaly: Warzone Earth GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: Apr 8, 2011
Fight against alien war machines in the world's largest cities.

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Genre: StrategyAssassin's Creed: Brotherhood GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: Mar 22, 2011
Ezio returns in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood as he struggles against the powerful Templar Order . Defeating the corrupt tyrants entrenched there will require not only strength, but leadership, as Ezio commands an entire Brotherhood that will rally to his side.

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Genre: Historic Action AdventureWarhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: Mar 1, 2011
Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Retribution is the second stand-alone expansion for Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II.

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Genre: Sci-Fi Real-Time StrategyAmnesia: The Dark Descent GameSpot Score
8.5
greatRelease Date: Feb 17, 2011
Amnesia: The Dark Descent is a first person survival horror game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare.

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Genre: Horror Action AdventurePanzer Corps GameSpot Score
8.0
greatRelease Date: Jul 11, 2011
Panzer Corps will feature 26 scenarios on 21 unique maps that will cover most of the major battles of the European Theatre of World War II.

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Genre: Real-Time WargameJamestown: Legend of the Lost Colony GameSpot Score
8.0
greatRelease Date: Jun 8, 2011
Jamestown is a neoclassical top-down shooter set on 17th-century British Colonial Mars.

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Genre: Shoot-'Em-UpHector: Badge of Carnage - Episode 1: We Negotiate With Terrorists GameSpot Score
8.0
greatRelease Date: Apr 27, 2011
Hector: Badge of Carnage is a lewd, crude, and gritty law-enforcement comedy.

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Genre: Adventure