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GameSpot Editors' Favorite Games for 2014

GameSpot's content crew outline their favorites for 2014.

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You've seen our official picks for the best games of 2014. You may have also seen some of our editor's already outline their top five games of the last 12 months. But if you want to know more about what individual staff members at GameSpot thought were the highlights for the year, then you've come to the right place. Below (in no particular order) we've collated more of our editor and video producer picks for the best games of the year.

Daniel Hindes -- Editor (AU Office)

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  1. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  2. Alien: Isolation
  3. Far Cry 4
  4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  5. Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey -- New 'n' Tasty
  6. Nidhogg
  7. P.T.
  8. Hearthstone
  9. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  10. Counterspy

Eddie Makuch, News Reporter

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  1. Halo: The Master Chief Collection
  2. Grand Theft Auto V
  3. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  4. Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare
  5. Chariot
  6. Destiny
  7. Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff
  8. Goat Simulator
  9. Titanfall
  10. FIFA 15

Alexa Ray Corriea, Editor

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  1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  2. Child of Light
  3. The Wolf Among Us
  4. Bravely Default
  5. Transistor
  6. Far Cry 4
  7. The Walking Dead Season 2
  8. Shovel Knight
  9. Bayonetta 2
  10. Dragon Age: Inquisition

Zorine Te, Associate Editor (AU office)

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  1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  2. P.T.
  3. Hearthstone
  4. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
  5. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
  6. The Evil Within
  7. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
  8. Alien: Isolation
  9. DreadOut
  10. The Sims 4

Andy Bauman, Producer

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  1. Forza Horizon 2
  2. Grand Theft Auto V
  3. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  4. The Walking Dead Season 2
  5. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  6. Trials Fusion
  7. Divinity: Original Sin
  8. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  9. Fibbage
  10. Titanfall

Jess McDonnell, Video Journalist (AU office)

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  1. Might & Magic X: Legacy
  2. Dragon Age: Inquisitiion
  3. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  4. Valiant Hearts
  5. Divinity: Original Sin
  6. Dreamfall Chapters: Book One
  7. The Walking Dead: Season Two
  8. The Sims 4
  9. The Wolf Among Us
  10. Blackwell Epiphany

Rob Crossley, News Editor (UK Office)

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  1. Hearthstone
  2. P.T.
  3. TowerFall Ascension
  4. Destiny
  5. Mario Kart 8
  6. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  7. Monument Valley
  8. OlliOlli
  9. The Wolf Among Us
  10. Threes!

Erick Tay, Associate Producer

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  1. Destiny
  2. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
  3. Hearthstone
  4. Titanfall
  5. Bayonetta 2
  6. Child of Light
  7. World of Warcraft: Warlords of Draenor
  8. Transistor
  9. Ultra Street Fighter IV
  10. Sportsfriends

Mary Kish, Producer

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  1. Diablo III: Reaper of Souls
  2. Dark Souls II
  3. Towerfall Ascension
  4. Grand Theft Auto V
  5. Far Cry 4
  6. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  7. Hohokum
  8. Transistor
  9. Bravely Default
  10. The Last Of Us: Left Behind

Danny O'Dwyer, Video Journalist

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  1. Transistor
  2. Cannon Brawl
  3. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  4. Grand Theft Auto V
  5. Mario Kart 8
  6. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  7. Far Cry 4
  8. Titanfall
  9. Gang Beasts
  10. inFamous: Second Son

Lucy James, Video Producer (UK Office)

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  1. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  2. Hearthstone
  3. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  4. The Wolf Among Us
  5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  6. Mario Kart 8
  7. Valiant Hearts: The Great War
  8. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  9. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  10. Castlevania: Lords Of Shadow 2

Justin Haywald, Senior Editor

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  1. Shovel Knight
  2. Crossy Road
  3. Hearthstone
  4. Broken Age (Act 1)
  5. P.T.
  6. The Vanishing of Ethan Carter
  7. Mario Kart 8
  8. Costume Quest 2
  9. Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
  10. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Giancarlo Varanini, Product and Partner Strategy Manager

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  1. Destiny
  2. Donkey Kong: Tropical Freeze
  3. Valiant Hearts
  4. Mario Kart 8
  5. Titanfall
  6. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  7. Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes
  8. P.T.
  9. Strider
  10. Captain Toad: Treasure Tracker

Rob Handlery, Associate Producer

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  1. Grand Theft Auto V
  2. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  3. Far Cry 4
  4. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  5. South Park: The Stick of Truth
  6. Titanfall
  7. P.T.
  8. Sunset Overdrive
  9. Gang Beasts
  10. Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare

Edmond Tran, Producer

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  1. The Banner Saga
  2. The Last of Us: Left Behind
  3. Nidhogg
  4. Destiny
  5. Threes!
  6. Shovel Knight
  7. Mario Kart 8
  8. Shadowrun: Dragonfall
  9. Dark Souls II
  10. Luftrausers

Chris Watters, Editor

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  1. The Last of Us: Left Behind
  2. Titanfall
  3. Dragon Age: Inquisition
  4. Destiny
  5. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  6. Nidhogg
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization: Beyond Earth
  8. Transistor
  9. Threes!
  10. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor

Randolph Ramsay, Managing Editor

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  1. Middle-earth: Shadow of Mordor
  2. Mario Kart 8
  3. Grand Theft Auto V
  4. Divinity: Original Sin
  5. Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
  6. Bayonetta 2
  7. Diablo 3
  8. Wolfenstein: The New Order
  9. Bravely Default
  10. Pokemon Omega Ruby

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