2013 is shaping up to be an interesting year for video games; we're just over half way into January and we already have a surprisingly active start to the year. We have the announcement of the 6th Generation of Pokemon , a controversial collectors edition that just makes you ask 'why ' , the unfortunate collapse of a publisher in addition to two major retail outlets going into administration , a new game reveal from Suda51 , new console efforts on the way from Nvidia and Valve and of course; the next generation arms race from Sony and Microsoft is now officially under way with countdowns and pre-E3 events in a match of one-upmanship. There is so much left to be revealed but already we have a great line up of titles and this year is just going to keep hitting us with new titles, new IPs and news stories. I originally tried putting together a top 13 but there was many unknowns and such a good range of titles that it became so hard to choose so instead I have put toge

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