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Another gaming year is behind us.

In 2014, publishers big and small once again shared their best - and worst - games with the gaming community and it is time to take stock.

Having looked at hundreds of games, our staff weighed each against the other and selected the top games for the year. Read on to find out which games made the cut to become 2014's game of the year.

Best Overall

Nominees

  • Legend of Grimrock II
  • Wolfenstein: The New Order
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • This War of Mine
  • Divinity: Original Sin
And the winner is...
Best new IP

Nominees

  • Valiant Hearts: The Great War
  • Screencheat
  • Titanfall
  • This War of Mine
  • The Banner Saga
And the winner is...
Best Sports/Racing

Nominees

  • Toybox Turbos
  • GRID Autosport
  • The Crew
  • Olli Olli
  • FIFA 15
And the winner is...
Best Action

Nominees

  • Wolfenstein: The New Order
  • Elite: Dangerous
  • Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  • Geometry Wars 3: Dimensions
  • This War of Mine
And the winner is...
Best Platformer

Nominees

  • The Fall
  • Shovel Knight
  • Never Alone
  • Platformines
  • Terrian Saga: KR-17
And the winner is...
Most Disappointing

Nominees

  • Watch Dogs
  • Elder Scrolls Online
  • Assassin's Creed Unity
  • Wayward Manor
  • Nether
And the winner is...
Best Role-Playing

Nominees

  • Wasteland 2
  • Dragon Age: Inquisition
  • Dark Souls II
  • Legend of Grimrock II
  • Divinity: Original Sin
And the winner is...
Best Strategy

Nominees

  • Endless Legend
  • Door Kickers
  • Civilization: Beyond Earth
  • Valkyria Chronicles
  • Age of Wonders III
And the winner is...
Best Adventure

Nominees

  • Jazzpunk
  • ETHER One
  • Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers 20th Ann. Ed.
  • Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
  • The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
And the winner is...