What's a Thursday without another exciting episode of The Game Informer Show? We're back to our regular scheduled release and today we're diving into our impressions of Forspoken, Sifu, and our Game of the Year pick for 2021. That's not all though. Jill, John, Stadnik, and Van Aken are here to go over their personal top ten lists and discuss what games made a huge impact on them in a stacked year. Later in the show, Marcus, Dan, and Kim join the madness to recap who won The Game Awards predictions from a few weeks ago and wrap the proceedings with another fun section of Listener Questions!

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The Game Informer Show is a weekly gaming podcast covering the latest video game news, industry topics, exclusive reveals, and reviews. Join hosts Alex Stadnik and Alex Van Aken every Thursday to chat about your favorite games – past and present – with Game Informer staff, developers, and special guests from all around the industry. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app.

Check out the timestamps below to jump to a particular point in the discussion:

00:00:00 - Introduction

00:03:30 - Game Informer's Top 10 Games of 2021

00:06:34 - Editor Top 10 Picks of 2021 (Part 1)

00:54:31 - The Playlist

00:55:00 - Forspoken Impressions

01:08:47 - Sifu Hands-On Preview

01:19:32 - Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker

01:34:09 - Housekeeping

01:38:46 - The Game Awards Predictions Winner

01:50:45 - Listener Emails