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Well what do we have here? Our year-end MASSIVE round up of the best games of the year, including a load of categories you won't find anywhere else. Check the RSS feed or Patreon for a FULL text list of the games we covered. Can you guess our number one? Listen and find out!

Group Category #1 - Most Anticipated Games of 2024:

Scott:
Space Marine II
Shapez 2
Suicide Squad Kill The Justice League

Jon:
Final Fantasy XIV: Dawntrail
Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
Dragon's Dogma II (Honorable Mention: Hades 2)

Beau:
Like A Dragon 2: Infinite Wealth
Hades 2?
FF7 Rebirth

Scott's Game of the Year Award Categories:

BEST LADDER CLIMBING
The Finals

GAME THAT MADE ME LAUGH HARD
Lethal Company

BEST CITY BUILDER
Against the Storm

BEST GAME WITH CARDS
Wildfrost

BEST GAME I SLEPT ON TOO LONG
Marvel's Midnight Suns

GAME I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ALL INTO BUT HAVENT
Darkest Dungeon II

BEST VAMPIRE SURVIVERS LIKE
Death Must Die

BEST LATE TO THE GAME AWARD
Hogwarts Legacy

BIGGEST EARLY SURPRISES I WANNA GET BACK TO
Hi-Fi RUSH
EVERSPACE 2

TOP GAMES THAT PULLED ME OFF BALDUR'S GATE 3
Starfield
Sea of Stars

BEST CHORE GAME OF THE YEAR
3. Fresh Start Cleaning Simulator
2. Mars First Logistics
1. House Flipper 2

BEST OLD GAME I PLAYED THE MOST
1. Cyberpunk 2077 replay up to PL
2. Papers Please
3. Broforce
4. Mark of the Ninja remastered

SCARIEST GAME I PLAYED
Amnesia: The Bunker (could not finish that or even continue)

GAME I STARTED THINKING I HAD ALREADY BUT NEVER DID
Batman Archam City

BEST SPORTS GAME
Super Mega Baseball 4
Tape to Tape

BEST BOOMER SHOOTER
Prodeus (on steam)

GAME THAT SHOCKED ME HOW FUN IT WAS
RoboCop: Rogue City

BEST MMO HOURS SPENT
1. Dragon Flight WoW
2. Guild Wars 2

GAMES I MOST LOOK FORWARD TO CONINUING INTO THE NEW YEAR
1. The Finals
2. Lethal Company
3. 40k Rogue Trader
4. Hogwarts Legacy
5. Alan Wake II
6. A load of Nintendo stuff I missed

GAME I BOUGHT TWICE SO I COULD HAVE IT ON STEAM DECK
Diablo IV

Group Category #2 - Biggest Surprises of 2023:

Scott:
Robocop
Death Must Die
The Finals
Lethal Company
Rogue Trader

Jon:
Remnant 2
RoboCop: Rogue City
Bang on Balls
Death Must Die
House Flipper 2

Beau:
WoW SoD
Dead Space Remake was actually really good
AR is better than you think (Quest 3 is awesome)
M$ actually bought ABK
WoW SoD

Jon's Game of the Year Award Categories:

Top Reasons to Still Have Friends in 2023
Lethal Company
Fortnite
The Finals

CORE Doesn't Talk About Nintendo Enough Award: Super Mario RPG

Top Transformers (I Bought) of 2023:
Transformers R.E.D. Shockwave
Studio Series Megatron "Gamer Edition" from War for Cybertron
Transformers Earthspark Flip Changer Wheeljack

Game of the Year that I Didn't Actually Play: WWE 2K23

Game I Need to Mention to Stop a Bunch of "It was snubbed memes": Marvel's Spider-Man 2

Best Games I Didn't Get to Play Enough of in 2023:
Alan Wake 2
Sea of Stars
Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

Group Category #3 - Best Non-2023 Games of 2023:

Scott:
Mark of The Ninja
GW2
WoW: Dragonflight

Jon:
World of Warcraft - Retail, Classic, & Hardcore
Octopath Traveler
Transformers: War for Cybertron

Beau:
Yakuza: Like A Dragon
Darktide
Stacklands

Beau's Game of the Year Award Categories:

Best Adults In Diapers Award: Furious Baby Patriarch Gondawara, Yakuza: Like a Dragon
Best Worst Class to play Diablo 4 Hardcore: Rogue, I just ripped AGAIN
Best K-POP act to watch in Venta-X: Dreamcatcher, runner up Kwon Eunbi (or Zara Larrson in AmazeVR)
Best You Will Cry Like A Baby Moment: Like a Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name
Best Ongoing Development of a Game Award: Darktide
Best VR Modded Game: Portal 2
Best Deserved an Award but Didn't Get One: Jedi Survivor
Best VR Made for VR Game:
Asgard's Wrath
Assassin's Creed NEXUS VR
Vertigo 2
Pianovision
Borderlands 2 VR

The CORE Crew's Top 5 Games of the Year:

Scott:
BG3
Phantom Liberty (yes it counts)
Starfield
Sea of Stars
Diablo IV

Jon:
Baldur's Gate 3
CyberPunk 2077 w/ Phantom Liberty
Final Fantasy XVI
Resident Evil 4 Remake
Star Wars Jedi: Survivor

Beau:
Baldur's Gate 3
Dead Space Remake
Like A Dragon: The Man Who Erased His Name
Wartales
Diablo 4

CORE's 2023 GAME OF THE YEAR:

Baldur's Gate 3

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