A late burst may not have been able to stop 2008’s gaming record of nine games finished for the first time falling short of 2007’s solid performance of 14, but 2009 is feeling good so far as a year in which I won’t bring shame on myself.

• Fallout 3 (9/1)
• Call of Duty: World at War (16/1)
• Left 4 Dead (19/1)
• Final Fantasy VII (29/1)
• F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (25/2)
• Killzone 2 (8/3)
• Resident Evil 5 (15/4)
• GTA IV: The Lost and Damned (27/4)
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Trials and Tribulations (31/5)
• inFamous (21/6)
• The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (19/7)
• Apollo Justice: Ace Attorney (14/8)
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village (16/8)
• Shadow Complex (31/8)
• Spider: The Secret of Bryce Manor (4/9)
• The Beatles: Rock Band (12/9)
• Chrono Trigger (14/9)
• Halo 3: ODST (9/10)
• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (18/10)
• Batman: Arkham Asylum (26/10)
• Grand Theft Auto: The Ballad of Gay Tony (7/11)
• Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (10/11)
• Mass Effect (31/12)