Guild Wars 2 comes in at #1 on TIME's top 10 games of 2012

By Tracey Lien on Dec 06, 2012 12.06.12

Guild Wars 2 has taken out the top spot in Time Magazine's top 10 games of 2012. Chosen by Time's technology and games writer, Matt Peckham, the complete list is below: Guild Wars 2 Xenoblade Chronicles XCOM: Enemy Unknown Dishonored Assassin's Creed III Papo & Yo The Last Story LittleBigPlanet Halo 4 Torchlight 2 Writing about Guild Wars 2, Peckhams says: "Guild Wars 2 is one of those rare games that unexpectedly knocks your life off-kilter, like a meteoroid banging into a satellite. Call it the pinball machine of MMOs, devoted to keeping you entertained by the minute, whatever you're doing." Peckham says that all the elements of Guild Wars 2 — from the scavenger hunts to defending homesteads to protecting towns from bear hordes — give the game the "feel of a living...