A game's graphic style creates its atmosphere. Artistic know-how, creativity and extraordinary ideas - this is what you can appreciate and honor in this category!

Alan Wake Score: 83 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 84% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre Action/Adventure Publisher Microsoft Developer Remedy Entertainment Platforms Xbox 360 Released 14.05.2010 PEGI Summary When the wife of novelist Alan Wake disappears, it sets in motion a sinister plot that engulfs the town folk of Bright Falls in a mysterious darkness. With the body of an action game and the mind of a psychological thriller, Alan Wake is a pulse-pounding thrill ride for the Xbox 360.

Heavy Rain Score: 80 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 89% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre Adventure Publisher Sony Developer Quantic Dream Platforms PS3 Released 24.02.2010 PEGI Summary Heavy Rain is a dark, immersive and emotionally-engaging experience; one that expands upon the innovative ideas of 2005's acclaimed Fahrenheit to create a noir-thriller where decisions are charged with importance and actions can have drastic and unforseen consequences.

machinarium Score: 85 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 85% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre Adventure Publisher amanita design Developer amanita design Platforms PC Released 16.10.2009 PEGI Summary Machinarium is independent puzzle / adventure game developed by the makers of popular web-games Samorost and Samorost2. A little robot who’s been thrown out to the scrap yard behind the city must return and confront the Black Cap Brotherhood and save his robot-girl friend.

Batman: Arkham Asylum Score: 92 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 93% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre Action Publisher Eidos/Warner Developer rocksteady Platforms Xbox 360/PS3 Released 28.08.2009 PEGI Summary Batman: Arkham Asylum exposes players to a unique, dark and atmospheric adventure that takes them to the depths of Arkham Asylum –Gotham’s psychiatric hospital for the criminally insane.

Metro 2033 Score: 81 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 81% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre FPS Publisher THQ Developer 4A Games Platforms Xbox 360/PC Released 19.03.2010 PEGI Summary In 2013 the world was devastated by an apocalyptic event, annihilating almost all mankind and turning the earth’s surface into a poisonous wasteland. A handful of survivors took refuge in the depths of the Moscow underground, and human civilization entered a new Dark Age.

Darwinia+ Score: 80 (by Metacritic.com) Score: 82% (by Gamerankings.com) Genre Strategy Publisher Introversion Software Developer Introversion Software Platforms Xbox 360 Released 11.02.2010 PEGI Summary Over thousands of generations the peaceful Darwinians have been evolving in a beautiful digital world, but now their whole way of life is under threat from a devastating computer virus that has infected their world and decimated their numbers. Without your protection they don't stand a chance, and it’s up to you to lead them into battle to recapture their lost world in Darwinia+! Once you've proven your command ability, take your Darwinian army online and challenge your friends to strategic combat, as tribes of Darwinians slaughter one another in a desperate struggle for supremacy.