Game Informer Editorial

Krankel has worked on franchises like Crash Bandicoot and Epic Mickey. His first game with his own studio debuts later this month. 

Pao gives kudos to the worlds she loved to explore and the characters she came to love. 

Capybara Games co-founder spent a lot of time playing with others this year and picked numerous competitive and cooperative games for his Top 10.

343 Industries' David Ellis has been putting his game design skills to work on the Halo series for years.

This VR developer ventured outside of his gaming wheelhouse to experience more horror games in 2015.

The stand-up comedian shares his top picks with us.

Payday 2's Game Director shares his favorite games of 2015.

The Tacoma and Gone Home designer's favorites range from the biggest triple-A titles to indie darlings.

With 2015 in the rearview mirror, this week was a time to reflect. From the best multiplayer games to the greatest tales told this year, plenty of blogs dissected the best games of the year. 

 A big fan of role-playing and horror games, Palermo has some interesting picks. 

Stevenson apparently played a ton of games this year, and shared his awesome list of the best of the best with us.

Insomniac's president and CEO runs down his five favorite games from the year.

The creator of Adr1ft and found of Three Zero One highlights his favorite mobile and console games of the year.

Game time was limited for Robb, but he managed to sink time into three titles.

Sean Vanaman may be best known for his work as project lead and lead writer for Telltale's The Walking Dead, but the now Campo Santo wunderkind is poised to shake things up in 2016 with the upcoming Firewatch.

Okay, so not all of Velasco's favorite games of the year actually came out in 2015, but just hear him out...

Game Informer friend Greg Miller shares his top picks of 2015, which include a game about instant messaging.

The voice actor from Batman: Arkham Knight and The Walking Dead picks 10 games that fit into his new daddy-gamer lifestyle.

Join us for a festive look at a terrible Wii game. Merry Christmas, everybody!

This week's edition is a bit shorter with the holidays coming up, but that doesn't mean the quality of blogs has tapered off.