BioShock tops Games Critics Awards as Game of the Year for 2007

Games Critics Awards is proud to bring to us the list of their top 10 games of 2007. 2K Games’ BioShock (PC, Xbox 360) had the prestigious honor of grabbing the top spot as the judges’ choice for Game of the Year, based on the point system ranking devised by Games Critics.

You can take a look at the other games that made it into the list in the full article!

Well, the votes are in and the ballots have been tallied, so to speak. The judges of the Game Critics Awards have finally announced their list of the best games for the year 2007, with 2K Games’ BioShock (PC, Xbox 360) grabbing the top spot as the Game of the Year.

The ranking was based on a points system based on the score from each judge based on their own top 10 list of games. The total for each nominated game was then calculated to generate the ten highest scoring games.

Here’s the list of the top 10 games based on the results:

Top 10 Games of 2007

1. BioShock (464 points)
2. The Orange Box (387 points)
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (361 points)
4. Rock Band (349 points)
5. Super Mario Galaxy (323 points)
6. Halo 3 (232 points)
7. Mass Effect (213 points)
8. God of War II (103 points)
9. Assassin’s Creed (88 points)
10. Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune (87 points)

You can also take a look at the breakdown of each of the top games by platform and by publisher below:

Game of the Year breakdown by platform

• Xbox 360: 7
• PlayStation 3: 5
• PC: 3
• Wii:  1
• PlayStation 2: 1

Game of the Year breakdown by publisher

• Microsoft Game Studios: 2
• Sony Computer Entertainment: 2
• EAP (Valve, MTV Games/Harmonix): 2
• 2K Games: 1
• Activision: 1
• Nintendo: 1
• Ubisoft: 1

If you want to take a look at the specific votes cast by each judge, you can visit the official Game Critics Awards website, accessible through the Via link below.