Throughout December, Gamasutra will be presenting a year-end retrospective, discussing notable games, events, developers, and industry figures of 2008, from the perspective of our position covering the art, science, and business of games.
Previously, we tallied up 2008"s top disappointments, downloadable titles, overlooked games, gameplay mechanics, indie games, and surprises.
Next, we"ll cover this year"s top five standalone (non-expansion) PC games and ten honorable mentions, highlighting fifteen standout titles from 2008, including both exclusive titles and multiplatform or ported releases. The games picked are the editor"s choice, and are chosen from the titles released in North America during 2008"s calendar year to date.