Games of the Year
The Last of Us: Part 2
Hades
2020
A teen enters herself in a competition in order to protect her sister from an post-apocalyptic battle royale
The Hunger Games
Dragon Tailsman
Jackie Chan Adventures
A child has 3 days to save to save the land from a cursed object and a celestial body
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask
Fans joke that this FPS was cancelled due to the developer's inability to count to a specific number
Half-Life 2: Episode 3
Batman: Arkham City
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
2011
This book follows the lives of a group living in northern Long Island in the Roaring 20s
The Great Gatsby
Time Wizard
Yu-Gi-Oh
You're the newest member of the space exploration group armed with a alien translator, camera, and your very own spaceship
Outer Wilds
This horror game was announced via a now-unavailable PSN demo but cancelled due to Hideo Kojima's departure from Konami
Silent Hills
Grand Theft Auto IV
LittleBigPlanet
2008
A man returns to teach at all-male school he previously attended and teaches students to lives their own lives by reviving a secret club
Dead Poets Society
Blue Blaster
Digimon
A man looks to "break the loop" by assassinating the leaders of a prison island while being hunted by an old acquaintence.
Deathloop
This sports franchise was cancelled, and eventually briefly revived, after preview footage leaked showing athletes stuck in T-poses mid-court
NBA Elite
Super Mario Galaxy 2
Mass Effect 2
2010
A Harvard professor must save the Vatican City from an antimatter bomb stolen by the Illuminati
Angels & Demons
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Ben 10
The player finds an ancient Roman town that must follow the Rule or doom them all. Also this game started its life as a Skyrim mod.
The Forgotten City
This Uncharted-esque game set in one of the most popular sci-fi universes was shown at E3 in 2012
Star Wars 1313
Metroid Prime
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
2002
Will Farrell learns that his life is dictated by the imagination of a writer of tragedies
Stranger than Fiction
Serpent's Tail
Xiaolin Showdown
An astronaut is forced to explore a continually changing, bullet-hell planet
Returnal
This 3rd person shooter game set in an RTS universe was announced in 2002 but ultimately delayed indefinitely in 2006
Starcraft: Ghost