We hand out this accolade to the title released in the last 12 months that does most to further the creative culture of gaming – in other words, to mark out new directions for the form.
Above is the criteria for the award, according to the article.
If that is the case, this is not about who has the best on-line experience. I think that if that were the criteria, certainly Halo 3 would be the winner.
The question is -- or at least should be, if the stated criteria was actually used -- whether or not Halo 3 moved "new directions for the form" of video games. That is a very different question and is open to debate, especially given what the other games mentioned in the article bring to the table.
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