I'd like to thank Nobuo Uematsu and Koji Kondo for creating the soundtrack to my childhood. There will never be musical geniuses like you two in gaming again.
I'd like to thank Hideo Kojima for being a crazy bastard; but an incredibly smart crazy bastard at that. Neil Druckman and Ken Levine also deserve top thanks for being incredible game directors and creative directors, respectively.

Thank u nintendo for being the god of video games

Thank you CA for the wonderful Total War series, thank you Bungie & 343 for the wonderful Halo series, thank you Ensemble studios for classic the AoE series, and finally thank you Fire Axis for making the CIV series!!!

Thank you Thomas Mahler and everyone at Moon Studios for the surprise of the year for me.

I can't wait for your next game. You started with one heck of a bang!!

Thank you for my current game of the year 2015. And from what has been announced so far, I doubt any other game will claim that spot from Ori.

Thank you Masahiro Sakurai for Super Smash Bros and Kid Icarus: Uprising, incredible games.

Thank you Atlus for great gaming series like Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei.

Thank you From Software for the experience that is Demon's Souls.

Thank you Intelligent Systems for the Fire Emblem series and cool games like Pullblox and Codename STEAM.

Thank you Bandai Namco for supporting the Vita very good!

Thanks to Epic Games and Microsoft Studios for bringing me Gears of War, by far my favourite Xbox exclusive.
Thanks to Infinity Ward and Treyarch for making CoD games which I loved between 2007 and 2012, but screw you for the recent ones. :p
And of course thanks to Miyamoto, for making my childhood much happier through the medium of an Italian plumber.

Thanks to Notch for making Minecraft and it being a massive hit.

Thanks to Respawn for making a mech game fun again and bringing them to the spotlight (cough*FromAC*cough)

Thanks to Chris Roberts for pushing the envelope with a game that's really making use of PC hardware.

Thanks to ChuckleFish/RE-Logic for getting me back into 2D games again.

Thanks to Nintendo for getting the Animal Crossing series and getting me into it.

And a special hearty thanks to our Lord and saviour, the mighty Gaben for delivering us the client that is Steam, blessing upon us the holy deals and free games.

I thank Eji Aonuma, for taking the Zelda series to where it is today. 

I thank Shigeru Miyamoto, for saving the video game industry with his creations.

I thank Koji Kondo, for producing such beautiful music

I thank Masahiro Sakurai, for making such amazing games like Smash Bros, Kirby series, and Kid Icarus Uprising

I thank Phil Spencer for LYING TO US

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- Shinobi-san

Thank you IFI and Compile Heart for turning the PS Vita into the official PS Nep.