It's all fun and games until you have to pick the Game of the Year. Looking back, this year certainly had its share of contenders for the top spot in our annual video game list. From new gaming IPs such as "Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice" to older stalwarts making a return to form like "Resident Evil 2," there was no shortage of games worthy of the crown. Like every year, however, we have to pick one title as the best of the best. Then again, that doesn't mean that we shouldn't recognize all of the other great games that came out, either.

We played a test build of Monster Hunter World Iceborne prior to release. From Barioth to hot spring Palico pals, here's what we learned. Itching to see some "Monster Hunter World: Iceborne" content before the game's official release on Sept. 6? We recently had a chance to play and record video of the first few hours of the full game-length "Iceborne" expansion during a visit to Capcom's U.S. headquarters in San Francisco a few days ago. The test build we tried out remains a work in progress and we weren't allowed to show equipment loadouts, new jewels and mods or go too in-depth about monster weaknesses for spoiler reasons.