2012

Podcast episodes

Winner

• Dishonored

Runner up

• Far Cry 3

Besties Mini (honorable mention)

• The Walking Dead

Semi finalists

• FTL: Faster Than Light
• Journey

Quarter finalists

• Hotline Miami
• The Walking Dead
• Spelunky
• Persona 4 Golden

Nominees

• Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Mark of the Ninja
• Black Ops 2
• Max Payne 3
• Borderlands 2
• X-Com Enemy Unknown
• Halo 4
• Mass Effect 3

2013

Podcast episodes

Winner

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds

Runner up

• Gone Home

Semi finalists

• Tower Fall
• Grand Theft Auto V

Quarter finalists

• Saints Row IV
• The Last of Us
• Stanley parable
• Bioshock Infinite

Nominees

• Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Fire Emblem Awakening
• Tearaway
• Rogue Legacy
• Super Mario 3D World
• Tomb Raider
• Brothers
• Kentucky Route Zero

2014

Podcast episodes

Winner

• Dark Souls II

Runner up

• Hearthstone

Semi finalists

• Far Cry 4
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U

Quarter finalists

• Wolfenstein
• Shovel Knight
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare
• Dragon Age: Inquisition

Nominees

• Shadows of Mordor
• Mario Kart 8
• Transistor
• PT
• Bayonetta 2
• Destiny
• Titanfall
• Sunset Overdrive

Readers' picks

• Destiny
• Sunset overdrive
• Titanfall
• Transistor

2021

Podcast episodes

Winner

• Resident Evil: Village

Runner up

• Metroid Dread

Semi finalists

• Inscryption
• Halo: Infinite

Quarter finalists

• Wildermyth
• Monster Hunter: Rise
• Forza Horizon 5
• Unsighted

Nominees

• Loop Hero
• Death's Gambit: Afterlife
• The Forgotten City
• Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye
• Psychonauts 2
• Death's Door
• Deathloop
• Ratchet and Clank

2022

Podcast episodes

Top five

1. Elden Ring
2. Tunic
3. Citizen Sleeper
4. Vampire Survivors
5. Kirby and the Forgotten Land

Other finalists

• Cult of the Lamb
• God of War Ragnarök
• Pentament
• Nobody Saves the World

Nominees

• Mario + Rabbids Sparks of Hope
• Neon White
• Horizon Forbidden West
• Case of the Golden Idol
• Immortality
• Marvel Snap
• Pokémon Legends: Arceus (reader nomination)
• Stray

Readers' picks

• Pokémon Legends: Arceus
• Stray

2023

Podcast episodes

Top four

1. Baldur's Gate 3
2. The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
3. Alan Wake 2
4. Resident Evil 4 Remake

Other finalists

• Connections
• Dredge
• Sea of Stars
• Lies of P

Nominees

• Chants of Sennaar
• Armored Core 6
• Dave the Diver
• Blasphemous 2
• Spider-Man 2
• Cocoon
• Super Mario Wonder
• Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty

2024

Podcast episodes

Top five

1. Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
2. UFO 50
3. Balatro
4. Animal Well
5. Metaphor: ReFantazio

Other finalists

• Astrobot
• Steamworld Heist 2
• Crow Country
• Helldivers 2

Nominees

• Rise of the Golden Idol
• Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown
• Fields of Mistria
• 1000 x Resist
• Tactical Breach Wizards
• Elden Ring: Shadow of the Erdtree
• Dragon's Dogma 2

2012 - all brackets

* denotes winner

Round 1

• Hotline Miami* vs Need for Speed: Most Wanted
• Mark of the Ninja vs Journey*
• Black Ops 2 vs The Walking Dead*
• Max Payne 3 vs Far Cry 3*
• Dishonored* vs Borderlands 2
• X-Com Enemy Unknown vs Spelunky*
• Persona 4 Golden* vs Halo 4
• FTL: Faster Than Light* vs Mass Effect 3

Quarter final

• Hotline Miami vs Journey*
• The Walking Dead vs Far Cry 3*
• Dishonored* vs Spelunky
• Persona 4 Golden vs FTL: Faster Than Light*

Semi final

• Journey vs Dishonored*
• Far cry 3* vs FTL: Faster Than Light

Final

• Dishonored* vs Far Cry 3

2013 - all brackets

* denotes winner

Round 1

• Grand Theft Auto V* vs Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag
• Saints Row IV* vs Fire Emblem Awakening
• Towerfall* vs Tearaway
• The Last of Us* vs Rogue Legacy
• Super Mario 3D World vs The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds*
• Tomb Raider vs Bioshock Infinite*
• Brothers vs Stanley Parable*
• Kentucky Route Zero vs Gone Home*

Quarter finals

• Grand Theft Auto V* vs Saints Row IV
• Tower Fall* vs The Last of Us
• Gone Home* vs Stanley parable
• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds* vs Bioshock Infinite

Semi finals

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds* vs Grand Theft Auto V *
• Gone Home* vs Tower Fall

Final

• The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds* vs Gone Home

2014 - all brackets

* denotes winner

Round 1

• Dragon Age: Inquisition* vs Shadows of Mordor
• Super Smash Bros. for Wii U* vs Mario Kart 8
• Hearthstone* vs Transistor
• Far Cry 4* vs PT
• Dark Souls II* vs Bayonetta 2
• Wolfenstein: The New Order * vs Destiny
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare* vs Titanfall
• Sunset Overdrive vs Shovel Knight*

Quarter finals

• Wolfenstein: The New Order vs Far Cry 4*
• Shovel Knight vs Hearthstone*
• Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare vs Super Smash Bros. for Wii U*
• Dragon Age: Inquisition vs Dark Souls II*

Semi finals

• Hearthstone* vs Super Smash Bros. for Wii U
• Dark Souls II* vs Far Cry 4

Final

• Hearthstone vs Dark Souls II*