2006 – Best Games of the Year Awards

Below are a few of the major game publications' "best of"/"most important" game roundups for 2006 (and their top title in parenthesis): 

• 1Up.com (voting still ongoing as of Dec. 27 – click the link to vote)
• Fox News (Oblivion)
• Gamasutra (Wii Sports)
• Gamespot (Gears of War)
• GameSpy (The Legend of Zelda)
• Geekzine.com (Gears of War)
• IGN (Best Overall Game to be announced on January 12)
• Next Generation.bi (Gears of War)
• Spike Game Awards (Oblivion)
• Team Xbox (Gears of War)