So the end of the year is nearing, as for me, after Halo: Anniversary & Assassin's Creed: Revelations 8 days ago , I am done with my game purchases for the year.

So I'd like to know what you picked up this year, feel free to update your posts with games you bought during Nov. 23-Dec. 31, as I assume a fair few of you will pick up something during Black Friday or Christmas.

I'll start with the games I bought this year:

1. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (2011) (Xbox 360)
2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (2010) (Xbox 360)
3. Assassin's Creed: Revelations (2011) (Xbox 360)
4. Batman: Arkham City (2011) (Xbox 360)
5. Battlefield 3 (2011) (Xbox 360)
6. Battlefield: Bad Company (2008) (Xbox 360)
7. Bulletstorm (2011) (Xbox 360)
8. Crysis 2 (2011) (Xbox 360)
9. Dead Space (2010) (Xbox 360)
10. Dead Space 2 (2011) (Xbox 360)
11. Duke Nukem: Forever (2011) (Xbox 360)
12. Gears of War 3 (2011) (Xbox 360)
13. Halo 2 (2007) (PC)
14. Halo: Anniversary (2011) (Xbox 360)
15. Halo: Wars (2009) (Xbox 360)
16. L.A Noire (2011) (Xbox 360)
17. Mafia 2 (2010)(Xbox 360)
18. Medal of Honor (2010) (Xbox 360)
19. Portal 2 (2011) (Xbox 360)
20. Rage (2011) (Xbox 360)

The  games i regret buying are:

Ace Combat: Assault Horizon (It's just boring)

Duke Nukem: Forever (This game dissapointed me extremely, the next Duke better be awesome)

Gears of War 3 (Freezing problems, didn't work for 2 months and support from Epic was pretty non-exsistant, so they ruined one of my favourite franchises by screwing up the last game)

Halo 2 (I love Halo, and I love Halo 2, but Halo 2 on pc doesn't work, GFWL is just broken on all fronts, after 3 hours of trying I finally got the game to start, but now I can't play it because GFWL doesn't work)

So, what did you pick up spartans?

Brutal Legend (ps3) - sold
Sly Trilogy (ps3) - sold
SW:KOTOR (steam)
Killzone 3 (ps3)
Dante's Inferno (ps3) - sold
Assassin's Creed Brotherhood (ps3) - sold
The Darkness (ps3) - sold
Vanquish (ps3)
Prince of Persia Trilogy (ps3) - sold
Enslaved (ps3) - sold
Dead Space 2 (ps3) - sold
L.A. Noire (ps3) - sold
Tomb Raider Trilogy (ps3) - sold
Motorstorm Apocalypse (ps3)
Ninja Gaiden Sigma (ps3) - sold
Battlefield 3 (pc)
I've also played a large number of pirated games.

I've bought Killzone 3 and Battlefield 3 new and the others second-hand.
I only tend to keep the games I really enjoyed or that are PS360 exclusive meaning I won't be able to play them on pc at a later time.

Worst game I'd say is Ninja Gaiden Sigma as I feel no need to finish it. Best game has been Killzone 3 so far.

In order:
. Pokemon White (DS) (2011)
. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (PS3) (2009)
. Gran Turismo 5 (PS3) (2010)
. LittleBigPlanet2 (PS3) (2011)
. inFamous 2 (PS3) (2011)
. F1 2011 (PS3) (2011)
. RAGE (PS3) (2011)
. Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception (PS3) (2011)

Games I'll be getting for the rest of the year:
. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword (Wii) (2011)
. Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (PS3) (2011)

In the "maybe list":
. Mario Kart 7 (3DS)
. Fifa 12 (PS3)

Last Window
Super Mario All Stars
Dead Space
Dead Space 2 Limited Edition
Last Window
Okami Wii (rebuy)
Okamiden
Gray Matter
Mass Effect 2
Super Street Fighter 4 3DS
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Ghost Trick
Conduit 2
Muramasa(rebuy)
Fragile Dreams(rebuy)
Kingdom Hearts 358/2
Kingdom Hearts Recoded
Mortal Kombat
LA Noire
Infamous 2
Resident Evil Mercenaries
The Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Tme 3D
Bioshock
Bioshock 2
Xenoblade Chronicles
Deus Ex Human Revolution
Aliens Infestation
Professor Layton and the Last Specter
Ace Combat Assault Horizon
Batman Arkham City
Uncharted 3
ICO/SOTC Collection
Assassin's Creed Revelations
The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword Limited Edition
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Kart 7

Pokemon Black
Pokemon White
Skyrim
Dark Souls
Killzone 3
Catherine
Disgaea 4
LittleBigPlanet 2
L.A. Noire
The Sly Collection
ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Split/Second
Vanquish
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Start The Party
Fallout: New Vegas
Zelda: Skyward Sword
Mortal Kombat


Games Pirated in 2011: (Just 1)

Xenoblade Chronicles (Blame this one on Reggie, NoA, NoJ, whoever) Sad, because this is easily my top game of 2011.

So out of my list here are my personal awards.

Best Game of 2011:

Xenoblade Chronicles

Runner-Up:

None. "What a bunch of jokers!" 

Biggest Disappointment of 2011:

L.A. Noire

Dead Space 2
Rise of the Argonauts
Lord of the Rings: War in the North
L.A. Noire
Siren Blood Curse
Folklore
Heavy Rain
Uncharted 1 & 2
Aquanaut's Holiday
Little Big Planet
Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition
Fallout 3 GOTY
Oblivion
Assassin's Creed
Afrika
Tron Evolution
Test Drive Unlimited 2
Divinity II The Dragon Knight Saga
Ico & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Shadows of the Damned

and... Skyrim.

A lot of them are older games that I got cheap. I only have my PS3 since september, so all of them were under 20$ new.

My top games:

1. Skyrim. Honestly, simply amazing.
2. Divinity II: The Dragon Knight Saga. Already 50 hours on it and I still have a ton of stuff to do.
3. Lord of the Rings: War in the North. I enjoyed every minute of it.
4. Shadows of the Damned. You have to play it to understand IMO. Weirdest game I have played. It was a blast.

That's going to be it for me. Skyrim will get me well into 2012.

PS3:
LA Noire
Mass effect 2
Assassin's creed Brotherhood
Uncharted 3
Killzone 3
Dante's Inferno

PC:
Call of Duty : MW3
Battlefield 3

PC:
Dragon Age II
The Witcher 2
Skyrim
Battlefield 3

PSP:
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 Portable
Jeanne d'Arc
The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Dissidia 012: Duodecim Final Fantasy

X360:
Gears of War 3

PS3:
The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection
Uncharted 3

PS2:
Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
Persona 4

I have bought unsual amount of PSP games this year as I was in military service (Finland has mandatory military service) until the october so I needed some past time while in the barracks. Good thing I did. Especially Trails in the Sky and Persona 3 were awesome games. For home consoles it has been pretty empty year especially as I buy all multiplat games for PC.

Games purchased this year:

Catherine
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
Yakuza 4
Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
Street Fighter 4
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2
Fallout 3
Dark Souls
LBP (Free)
Infamous (Free)
The Shadow and Ico collection
Another Code R
Xenoblade (Screw you NOA, best game I've played this year)

And I'll be picking up U3 either on BF or some time shortly thereafter.

Super mario galaxy 2  - Wii
Little big planet 2  - PS3
Dead space 2  - PS3
Killzone 3  - PS3
Test drive unlimited 2   - PS3 sold
Pixeljunk Shooter 2  - PS3
Dragon Age 2  - PS3 sold
Need for speed Shift 2 Unleashed  - PS3 sold
Portal 2   - PS3/PC
Motorstorm Apocalypse   - PS3 sold
LA Noire   - PS3 sold
The Witcher 2: Assasin of kings  - PC
Terraria  - PC
Universe sandbox  - PC
Catherine   - PS3
From Dust  - PC
Deus Ex Human revolution  - PC
Dirt 3   - PS3 2nd hand
Cities in Motion   - PC
El Shaddai: Ascension of the metatron   - PS3
The ICO & Shadow of the Colossus Collection   - PS3
Dragon Age Origins: Awakenings   - PS3
Resistance 3   - PS3
Majin and the forsaken Kingdom   - PS3
Ratchet & Clank All 4 one   - PS3
Pixeljunk Sidescroller   - PS3
Batman Arkam City   - PS3
Uncharted 3   - PS3
Skyrim   - PS3
Legend of Zelda skyward sword   - Wii
Limbo   - PS3
Rayman Origins (soon)   - PS3

Nothing for 360 this year :/ Oh well Forza 4 is on my to buy list for next year. Geow3 when it's cheap.