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[Pranay]

With the year's biggest releases in our rearview mirror, we spent the better part of a month arguing about which games, characters, pubilshers, and developers rose to the head of the pack. The result of those heated debates is our 20-page Top 50 Games of 2012 covor story, which looks back at the biggest success stores and disappointments.

Once you've read our take on 2012, tell us yours by weighing in on the Reader's Poll that will go live on the website this afternoon. Later this month we'll publish the results and compare them with the edtior picks.

In addtion to our celebration of 2012, the January issue has several other features worth reading. Matt Helgeson digs into the history of developer Crystal Dynamics and finds a studio rich in high-end talent. Kimberly Wallace speaks with Telltale Games about the creation of The Walking Dead's Clementine, one of the most emotionally impactful characers of the year. We also report on the first three hours of Tomb Raider, deliver a verdict on the Wii U, and dive into Marvel Heroes, an MMO take on the popular Ultimate Alliance series.

 

[Ridley327]

Teehee @ the PC master race graffiti above the X-COM alien.

 

[BY2K]

Oh my.

 

[PinkCrayon]

Sweet cover. Also neat to see someone use FemShep to represent Mass Effect.

 

[maquiladora]

I like it.

 

[GarthVaderUK]

Love it.

 

[Seda]

I laughed at λ?

 

[slightconfuse]

Nice looking cover. would hang it on my wall. Also that Half-life 3 troll is pretty good

 

[Pranay]

Teehee @ the PC master race graffiti above the X-COM alien.

Also HL (?)

Also Destiny chance of getting revealed in VGA increases

Also Jouney as well in cover

 

[Dennis]

Very nice.

 

[brandonh83]

That's great. Also boobs.

 

[Toki767]

Not sure why they put Master Chief and Cortana on the front. Probably should have replaced Cortana with fem Sheppard.

That's just nitpicking though.

 

[Gartooth]

Haha, at red/blue/green ending on Shepard's armor.

 

[LiK]

Nice cover

 

[ultrazilla]

Teehee @ the PC master race graffiti above the X-COM alien.

That.Is.Awesome. Lmao!!

 

[Metalmurphy]

Time to ban Game Informer!

 

[JazzmanZ]

very...artistic

 

[kayos90]

Great cover.

 

[Disgaeamad]

That's actually pretty awesome.

 

[Empty Space]

I really love these covers they do for this time of year. People give them a lot of shit for being tied to Gamestop, but you can't accuse them of loving games when they do stuff like this.

 

[PerZona]

Oh wow, it's pretty awesome.

 

[Seda]

Art was done by Sam Spratt.

Here's his website I guess --> http://www.samspratt.com/

Just wanted to make sure he gets mentioned.

 

[jediyoshi]

Nifty. Lol at the pipes getting the front half over mario.
Didn't even catch fez dude for a while.

 

[Foshy]

Great cover.

 

[rataven]

Yay FemShep. Nice to see Journey represented as well. Well done.

 

[Totobeni]

Corvo (Dishonored) and Female Shepard instead of the male..I approve this cover.

 

[maverick40]

dem breasts on cortana!

 

[HigherLevel]

Awesome cover.

 

[Qurupeke]

Nice cover.

 

[K.Sabot]

PC Master Race indeed.

 

[UnluckyKate]

Who the skull near Connor ?

 

[BigTnaples]

Looks awesome.

 

[Corto]

Edit: Sorry I was blind

 

[dark_inferno]

Meh. Too much Halo.

 

[Oppo]

That's FemShep? Why's she wearing the "stab me here" armour?

Edit - sorry meant the front cover, who is that. Cortana? my Halo fu is weak

 

[Misguided]

Why is Gomez upside down?

 

[Galang]

Beautiful job!!

 

[shinobi602]

Ugh, boring.

 

[slightconfuse]

oh wow just noticed Diablo above the citadel.

 

[Toki767]

Who the skull near Connor ?

Corvo from Dishonored.

 

[Graphics Horse]

I was hoping for another GTA cover.

 

[BY2K]

Wow, Diablo is well hidden.

 

[Gartooth]

oh wow just noticed Diablo above the citadel.

Holy crap! Didn't see it at first either.

 

[walking fiend]

Really nice!

 

[zroid]

well that's pretty awesome

 

[Corky]

Looks nice, I like it.

 

[Backfoggen]

Nice to see Fez dude (isn't his name Gomez or something) up there.

 

[ironcreed]

Some great art. I dig.

 

[Alligatorjandro]

Wonder what game will be the GOTY.

 

[flyinpiranha]

Wow, I would frame that.