TOP 2 GAMES OF 2012

2. HALO 4

Halo 4 is a first-person shooter
video game developed by 343
Industries and published by
Microsoft Studios for the Xbox
360 video game console . The
game was released in most
territories worldwide on
November 6, 2012. Halo 4 's
story begins four years after the
ending of Halo 3 ; the player
assumes the role of the Master
Chief , a cybernetically-enhanced
supersoldier. The story is mainly
set on a Forerunner planet,
where Master Chief encounters
the collection of alien races
known as the Covenant and
ancient warriors of the
Forerunner empire known as the
Prometheans. Master Chief is
accompanied by the artificial
intelligence construct Cortana.
Halo 4 grossed US$ 220 million
on its launch day, with an
estimated gross of $300 million
in its opening week, marking a
new record for the franchise.
[1]
As of December 6, 2012, the
game has sold approximately
four million copies. [2]
The game
received generally positive
reviews from professional critics
on release.

2. The Walking Dead

The Walking Dead (also known
as The Walking Dead: The
Game)[8] is an episodic point-
and-click adventure role-playing
video game, based on Robert
Kirkman 's The Walking Dead
comic book series, for iOS , Mac
OS X , Microsoft Windows,
PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. The
game was developed by Telltale
Games .[9] The Walking Dead was
planned to be released in the
last months of 2011 [10] but due
to the production and
development of the project, the
game was held back to early
2012. The game consists of five
episodes, released between April
and November 2012. The iOS
versions of each episode
followed shortly afterwards.
Telltale has also published retail
versions of the complete first
season.
The game takes place in the
same fictional setting as the
comic, with events occurring
during the same chronological
period shortly after the onset of
a zombie apocalypse in the
state of Georgia. Most of the
characters are new creations for
the game, centering on
university professor and
convicted killer Lee Everett who
helps to rescue and care for the
young girl Clementine as they
work with other survivors to
make their way to safety.
Kirkman provided oversight of
the game's story to assure it fit
well with the theme of the comic,
but allowed Telltale to handle
the bulk of the game
development and story writing.
Some characters from the
original comic book series make
appearances in-game, including
Hershel Greene and Glenn[11