New List: PC Gamer's Top 100 PC Games (2011)

As PC gaming magazines continue to disappear, PC specific lists are becoming harder to find.  Luckily, the new issue of PC Gamer will feature the 2011 installment of its international staff's top 100 PC games ever made. Find out more, including the list in full and some analysis, after the jump.

Notably, this is one of the first lists to feature Minecraft, which is certain to secure a spot among the Acclaimed Video Games Top 200 at some point in the near future (although probably not in the next update). The PC Gamer Top 100 also features other new games that have been placing well on recent lists, such as StarCraft 2, Mass Effect 2, Neptune's Pride, and VVVVVV.  However, it is not without its winningly esoteric picks, including the critic list debuts of 2010 titles like Supreme Commander 2 (a strong #29)  and S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (#38), as well as Minecraft designer Notch's 2006 outing Wurm Online (#56). The list also has some love for trendy cult selections, like 2006's divisive Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth (#86) and Prince of Persia mastermind Jordan Mechner's lost classic The Last Express (#93).  (As an aside, The Last Express was recently made available for download by online retailer DotEmu.) But at the top of the list, canon wins out, with Deus Ex securing the number one spot for the second year in a row. However, the list's biggest winners are Doom and Age of Empires II: Age of Kings, both of which failed to place in last year's outing, but now sit at a respectful #42 and #26, respectively. So go out and support print media and buy the latest issue of PC Gamer.

Update: The full list (with commentary) is now up at PC Gamer's website.

PC Gamer's Top 100 PC Games: 2011 Edition

1. Deus Ex
2. World Of Warcraft
3. The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion
4. Team Fortress 2
5. Half-Life 2
6. Rome: Total War
7. Diablo 2
8. Portal
9. StarCraft 2
10. Ultima VII: The Black Gate
11. Company Of Heroes
12. UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-Com: UFO Defense
13. ARMA 2
14. Half-Life
15. Left 4 Dead
16. Sid Meier's Civilization IV
17. Minecraft
18. Counterstrike
19. Planescape: Torment
20. Half-Life 2: Episode 2
21. Hitman: Blood Money
22. The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
23. Starsiege: Tribes
24. Unreal Tournament
25. Mass Effect
26. Age Of Empires II: Age of Kings
27. Fallout 3
28. Freespace 2
29. Supreme Commander 2
30. System Shock 2
31. Star Wars: Knights Of the Old Republic
32. Homeworld
33. Braid
34. Bioshock
35. Combat Mission: Beyond Overlord
36. Fallout
37. Monkey Island 2: Lechuck's Revenge
38. S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call Of Pripyat
39. The Longest Journey
40. Dragon Age: Origins
41. Doom
42. Mass Effect 2
43. Medal Of Honour: Allied Assault
44. Planetside
45. The Sims 3
46. Star Wars: TIE Fighter
47. Battlefield 2
48. Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
49. Battle Of Britain 2: Wings of Victory
50. Neptune's Pride
51. Quake III
52. Star Control 2
53. System Shock
54. Thief 2: The Metal Age.
55. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
56. Wurm Online
57. Dungeon Keeper
58. Maniac Mansion: Day Of the Tentacle
59. Anachronox
60. Counter-Strike: Source
61. Frontier: Elite 2
62. Left 4 Dead 2
63. Sim City 2000
64. VVVVVV
65. Zeno Clash
66. Torchlight
67. Anchorhead
68. Dwarf Fortress
69. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
70. League Of Legends
71. Spelunky
72. Wing Commander III
73. Zuma's Revenge
74. Burnout Paradise
75. Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
76. Baldurs Gate II: Shadows of Amn
77. Command & Conquer: Red Alert
78. Crysis
79. Galactic Civilizations II
80. Grim Fandango
81. Kings Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow
82. Mechcommander
83. The Curse Of Monkey Island
84. Silent Hunter III
85. Sins Of A Solar Empire
86. Starcraft
87. Call Of Cthulhu: Dark Corners Of The Earth
88. Dungeon Siege
89. Gothic II
90. Mirror's Edge
91. Mount & Blade
92. Red Faction:Guerrilla
93. Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
94. The Last Express
95. Audiosurf
96. Football Manager 2011
97. Max Payne
98. Ultima Underworld II
99. Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45
100. Grand Theft Auto IV