GS.com GOTY Overall Xbox360 PS3 PS2 PSP Wii NDS PC Genre Awards Special Awards PC Game of the Year: Bioshock With past hit titles like the System Shock and Thief series on their resume, the developers behind 2K Games' biggest release of 2007 certainly had some big shoes to fill. This is why it's doubly-impressive to see how they carried out Bioshock with such bravado. The graphics engine and artistic style contributed greatly to the game's immersion, and its ability to suck you right into its cruel and twisted underwater utopia-gone-wrong is but one part of what made this game such a masterpiece. The other part was in the compelling gameplay. The game not only succeeded thanks to the more noticeable elements - such as reliving essential pieces of the plot through the audio tapes scattered about, or the ability to upgrade your persona's abilities on the fly - but also in the minor, emergent things, like assembling your own patchwork army of buzzing security drones, or spending many minutes setting up the 'perfect' Big Daddy take-down (only to have it blow up in your face as you stumble into your own electrical trip-wires after accidentally pissing off your target). Bioshock truly was the culmination of what modern day first-person gaming should be about, and provides a new standard for future games to follow. - Dave VanDyk GameShark.com Review Runner-Up: Call of Duty 4 While the other games in this category brought some tasty treats to the table, Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare brought a drool inducing appetizer, main course and dessert to the 2007 gaming feast. The gorgeous graphics - which easily rivals any game released this year - mixed with the hectic gameplay all combine to make this a truly awesome experience. The single player campaign had more than a few "holy crap!" moments (which too many games lack these days), and the multiplayer aspect, with its upgradeable weapons options and the introduction of the perk system are the main reasons people wonder who or why anyone would bother with Halo 3 anymore. - Jeff McAllister GameShark.com Review Runner-Up: The Witcher Perhaps the biggest surprise of 2007, CDProjeckt's The Witcher rekindled our hope of the single player PC role-playing game. The world of The Witcher is grim, and yet while it's pure fantasy theres a sublime realism to the setting. It truly is a grim world of perilous adventure and it's easy to get sucked into the events that Geralt, the Witcher hero himself, has to deal with. Another game that deals with the gray areas of morality, the Witcher is arguably the best RPG since Baldur's Gate II - and tha's saying something. With a massive amount of gameplay, a fun, timing based combat system, a likeable yet disturbing and sex starved hero and a gruesome plot, it's certainly not for youngsters, but it's still a fantastic game and one that should not be missed for those that like their RPGs solo and their campaigns long - and bloody. - William Abner GameShark.com Review