Gamasutra’s Best Of 2008: Top 5 Surprises

Throughout December, Gamasutra will be presenting a year-end retrospective, discussing notable games, events, developers, and industry figures of 2008, from the perspective of our position covering the art, science, and business of games.

Next, they will cover this year’s biggest surprises, recalling some of the year’s most talked-about news stories, listed with no particular ranking imposed on importance — "surprise" is subjective, after all!