Big Download was launched less than eight months ago but in that time we have played a lot of PC games. A LOT of games. You can go back and read our reviews of the various titles we have picked up and played this year so far. So when we decided to go back and see which of the many games we have played should be picked for our first annual awards, we thought it we would a bit of a daunting task.

That's what we thought it would happen. The truth is that when we (and by "we" we mean myself and my colleague Steven Wong) got together to finalize our picks, it turned out we had much the same thoughts about this matter. There were small differences but in the end the list of winners we have picked are those that for the most part we agreed with right from the start. The end result is a list that we are pretty confident is a fair representation of the state of PC gaming this year. There were some surprises, both good and bad, in this list, but overall 2008 spawned a lot of gaming entertainment across many levels. So without further ado, let's get on with our picks for the best PC games in the last 12 months.

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