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A couple of months ago we asked you to vote on your favourite games of the year (up to the end of October, except for the blockbuster of the year award, which is still running now on the site). You've voted and now, in the coming weeks, we will unveil the results.

The process: Earlier in the year we asked you, our readers, to rank nine different games per category in order of preference (or how interested you are in a game, if you haven't played it before). We have taken those rankings, averaged them up, and the resulting list below are the top four games - three runners up and the winner.

Thanks largely to Steam, the PC has undergone a resurgeance in recent years. No longer is it for the most dedicated of gamers, and no longer is it the most niche of game developers that support PC over consoles; PC once again gets all the major game releases, and has a thriving indie and art scene backing the AAA-releases up. So what did you vote as your favourite games of the year for PC?

The tree is up, the lights are on, the stockings are over the fireplace and everyone's getting into the eggnog. It's Christmas and it's the best time of year.

Nothing beats Christmas; it's the time for fun and play, for family and friends. It's the chance to get away from work and reset the batteries. And, of course, it's the perfect time to knock off some of those games that you just haven't been able to get around to.

As is tradition for Digitally Downloaded we're going to count down the 24 games of Christmas - one a day for each day from December 1 through to December 24. The fun, the silly and the crazy, these games have been custom picked by the DDNet editorial team to give you plenty of ideas for stocking fillers, games to play with family and friends on Christmas Eve, or games you should use the extra time over the holiday to get stuck into.

Europa Universalis IV is without a doubt one of the finest strategy games we've played in some time. It's a game that essentially offers endless depth, which is why it's so impressive that there's even more to come via the first (comprehensive) expansion pack.

Have you read Matt’s masterful review of Europa Universalis IV? If you have, I’m pleased to award you a permanent +0.15 modifier to your Administrative Power and a congratulatory text message from me. If you haven’t, do it now and receive a one-time bonus of +0.3 to your Diplomacy rating. What’s that? You’ve still not read it? Then I’ll have to slap the ‘dishonorable scum’ Causus Belli on you and declare that a state of war exists between us. Can’t say I didn’t warn you.

For the past week my sleep has been badly affected. In fact, for the first time since I was at university and in the habit of putting off writing essays that I had three months to do for the night before they were due, I have found myself going completely without sleep.

For the first time since Civilization 2, I actually lost so much time playing this game that the sun came up, and I hadn't realised that it actually set the day before.