IGN: Another year has passed and it’s time for reflection. This past set of 12 months has been an interesting dozen indeed. A global recession was the backdrop to everything and videogames were no exception. As always, the industry charged on and provided us with some wonderful pieces of entertainment. Here you’ll find IGN’s look back at the year that was. We’ll outline the top rated games, the biggest events, and even train our expert eyes on 2010 to give you a glimpse of what’s just over the horizon.
The Xbox 360 is in a state of transition. Early on in its life, Microsoft felt compelled to prove its worth to the core gamer. The company succeeded and millions and millions of gamers came together on Xbox Live to shoot each other in the virtual face more times than its healthy to think about. Gears of War, Halo and Call of Duty led the charge while those of us that like to game by ourselves a bit also snatched up the best role-playing games of this generation.
That was then.