It's that time of the year. There will be no further releases of major games this year, so it's time to look back at the best games released in 2016. Personally, I believe that this year was slightly less stellar than 2015 when it comes to gaming but of course, your opinion may vary. 2017 is looking fantastic though, and we'll cover all the most anticipated upcoming games over the next couple weeks.
Our end of the year schedule begins by giving you the power to choose with Wccftech's Reader's Awards 2016. We'll delve much deeper on our choices for each category with subsequent articles, but for now it's all about your votes. Some categories have many contestants while others have a few, but that's just the byproduct of this year's particular output in game releases, skewed towards certain genres while others were scarcely found.
Of course, you're more than welcome to explain your votes in the comments section. Without further ado, let the votes begin! The polls will automatically close on December 31st, while on January 1st, 2017 we'll present the Reader's Awards 2016 winners alongside our own picks for the Staff Awards.
About the author: With over two decades of experience in gaming journalism, Alessio Palumbo has led the gaming vertical at Wccftech since August 2015. He started working at a young age for Italian websites like Everyeye.it, Gamestar.it, Nextgame.it, and Multiplayer.it before kickstarting the indie English-language publication Worlds Factory as its founder and Editor in Chief. In the last decade, he has coordinated the overall output of Wccftech's gaming section, managed PR relations, assigned reviews, produced daily news coverage, edited gaming content as needed, and delivered game reviews. Arguably, his trademark content is the long series of exclusive developer interviews that have been cited by Wikipedia and by the biggest news media and gaming publications. His passion for technology also makes him knowledgeable when it comes to gaming hardware and tech. His favorite genres include RPGs, MMORPGs, and action/adventure games.
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