2013 is looking to be an interesting year for video games, with Temple Run 2 for mobile devices already out, besides a trilogy re-release of Hitman in HD, and such probable hits as Bioshock Infinite, GTA 5 and Crysis 3 visible on the horizon. But 2012 was arguably a very important year for video games, and it’s necessary to revisit the hits (and failures) of the previous year in order to have some sort of relative comparison for the new year of gaming – so here’s a brief retrospective of my top ten game releases of 2012.