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And the Game Critics' Award goes to... why, of course, the Big Daddys and the lil' Sisters from Rapture!

This year's winner was obviously a normal choice, considering the amount of innovation in BioShock and the plethora of prizes it took for its brilliant ideas and captivating gameplay.

Here is the complete list of the best games on all platforms that have debuted between January 1, 2007 and December 31, 2007:

1. BioShock
2. The Orange Box
3. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
4. Rock Band
5. Super Mario Galaxy
6. Halo 3
7. Mass Effect
8. God of War II
9. Assassin's Creed
10. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

According to the rules posted on the official site, "to arrive at the top ten games of 2007, the judges applied a points system. Each judge nominated 10 games and awarded a score between 5 and 30 points to their chosen games, with a total point allotment of exactly 100. The cumulative total for each nominated game was then calculated to generate the ten highest scoring games."

Game of the Year breakdown by platform:

Xbox 360: 7
PlayStation 3: 5
PC: 3
Wii:  1
PlayStation 2: 1

Game of the Year breakdown by publisher:

Microsoft Game Studios: 2
Sony Computer Entertainment: 2
EAP (Valve, MTV Games): 2
2K Games: 1
Activision: 1
Nintendo: 1
Ubisoft: 1