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The DeanBeat: The 10 most anticipated games of 2014 (poll)

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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I sat down to come up with this list of the top 10 games of 2014. Then I cheated. Since I couldn’t decide what to cut, I expanded the list to 13, and then I shrank it down again. Like many gamers, I agonize over which games I’d like to play the most. Now I feel pretty good about this list, which reflects my natural biases as a gamer. I favor new intellectual property, intense drama, spectacular shooters, cinematic moments, strong stories, great characters, and something fresh. But occasionally, plain and simple fun and humor will trump all of those things.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.