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In the unlikely event anyone cares, my top 50 this year (which will, as usual, simply be a list of my 50 favorite games, NOT some objective listing of games according to what I'd consider technical quality) will include seven games that weren't on my list from last year, including three that have been released within the last year and four older titles I've finally found the chance to play over the year. All of these new additions but one will be located in the top 25, moreover. The result is that independently-developed games have now just about taken over the list, displacing nearly all of the more properly corporate releases. Knowing myself, I figure that's a trend that will most likely continue in the coming years as well. There are some highly notable exceptions though that aren't likely going anywhere, including two new AAA releases from this last year that both now rank in my top 13.