2007 was a great year for videogames. This year saw some of the best games hit store shelves and online storefronts, and in the US, we’re on track for a record sales year.
What we have on the following pages are the 30 games this year that we consider best-of-the-best. With so many strong titles available, it was at times almost physically painful to cut certain games from the list. We took a variety of factors into consideration for this particular list, such as a game’s innovation, execution of technical components, commercial and cultural impact, and above all, how fun and/or memorable a game is. Sometimes where genres overlapped, the lesser representations had to be axed, unless of course those "lesser" games also achieved something remarkable this year.
30 Contra 4—DS Konami, WayForward
29 Pokemon Diamond/Pearl—DS Nintendo, Game Freak
28 Peggle—PC PopCap
27 Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock—multi Activision, Neversoft
26 MotorStorm—PS3 SCEA, Evolution Studios
25 Skate—Xbox 360, PS3 EA, EA Black Box
24 MLB Power Pros—Wii, PS2 2K Sports, Konami
23 Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaro’s Treasure—Wii
22 Warhawk—PS3 SCEA, Incognito
21 Virtua Fighter 5—PS3, Xbox 360 Sega, AM2
20 Super Stardust HD—PS3 (PSN) SCEA, Housemarque
19 Supreme Commander—PC THQ, Gas Powered Games
18 Forza Motorsport 2 Microsoft
17 Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords—multi D3, Infinite Interactive
16 Mass Effect—Xbox 360 Microsoft, BioWare
15 Assassin’s Creed—PS3, Xbox 360 Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal
14 Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction—PS3 SCEA, Insomniac Games
13 Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune—PS3 SCEA, Naughty Dog
12 Metroid Prime 3: Corruption—Wii Nintendo, Retro Studios
11 Crysis—PC EA, Crytek
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10 Pac-Man Championship Edition—XBLA Namco Bandai
09 World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade—PC Vivendi Games, Blizzard
08 God of War II—PS2 SCEA
07 The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass—DS Nintendo
06 Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare—PC, Xbox 360, PS3 Activision, Infinity Ward
05 Halo 3—Xbox 360 Microsoft, Bungie
04 The Orange Box—PC, Xbox 360, PS3 EA, Valve
03 BioShock—PC, Xbox 360 2K Games, 2K Boston/2K Australia
02 Rock Band—Xbox 360, PS3, PS2 MTV Games, EA, Harmonix
01 Super Mario Galaxy—Wii Nintendo
Source: Next Generation