The Essential Video Games of 2012

If you have been following Attack of the Fanboy over the years, you understand that we by and large do a reader's choice for our Game of the Year. This year, we have decided to do factors somewhat differently. We've decided to lock ourselves in a room & conduct bareknuckle boxing matches to ascertain the outcomes of our top 25 games of 2012. Ok, we didn't do that, but we might as well should have. Narrowing down this great year of games into the 25 finest, was no nominal feat. But we did it, & here is Attack of the Fanboy's Crucial Video Games of 2012.

Positive, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim released back in 2011, then again Bethesda's RPG is nonetheless going robust with new content having arrived throughout 2012. First the Dawguard expansion arrived, then Hearthfire, & most lately, Dragonborn. This final expansion for the game gave fans what they had been clamoring for since the game's up-front release, with a entire new world to explore in the familiar Morrowind territory of Tamriel.

With a ton of sidequests and a spin-off of the original Dragonborn storyline, this DLC is undoubtedly one of the must play games of 2012 for any fan of Skyrim. There's so much content packed into this DLC, it offers quite a few full length games a run for their income.

For PlayStation fans who have yet to get their hands on the content, Bethesda says that 2013 will hold their first chance at new adventures in the world of Skyrim. That mentioned, you just might see this game here once again subsequent year if Bethesda keeps pumping out content for this RPG.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Dragonborn DLC released on the Xbox 360 & PC.

2012 wasn't a good year for pay to play MMOs, but their loss was Guild Wars 2′s gain. Players paid up front for this MMO, for unlimited access to the immense title. Then again the payment scheme wasn't the only revelation in this MMO, NC Soft also changed the way you play the game as well.

Long gone are the static quests of old college MMOs, however players reside in a world that feels more lifelike, with events happening in real time in one of the most attractive Guild Wars 2 gold game worlds ever crafted.

While many MMOs may be getting long in the tooth, Guild Wars two shows that there might still be several life left if developers attempt to innovate rather than imitate the success of WoW.

Guild Wars 2 is available on Arena Net.