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T-shirts are probably the most important fashion statement most of us will ever make. We're not prancing down a runway, we're not debating whether to wear the navy blue suit or the dark gray one, and unfortunately we don't yet dress like the characters in Tron: Legacy, so we don't get to accessorize with our favorite shade of neon. But damn, are we particular about our t-shirts.

The point of all this jabbering? Threadless.com has some of the finest, coolest t-shirts on the planet, and they'd like to give you $100 worth of them for free.

Boy I tell ya what, GamesRadar is working extra hard to make sure we get all the end of the year content up before the year ends. And if that means the staff’s hearts may explode before then, so be it. In between working and occasionally not working, we found time to record you the last regular TDar of the year, our holiday gift to you. You’re welcome!

Looking for categories like Best PSP Driving Game? Greatest Achievement in Control Layout, Artistic? Eastern European Developer Most Worth Watching in 2011? Then our end-of-year awards might not be for you.

GamesRadar's Platinum Chalices are different. We're not interested in checking off a massively tedious list of genres, platforms and technical subdivisions… we'd much rather focus on the stuff that makes this hobby, you know, fun. And reward whichever games delivered the most of that stuff.

So if you're looking for the best fan service, most satisfying gore or greatest achievement in old-school kickassery in 2010, you've definitely come to the right celebration. Let's get it started…

We started this week by counting down overlooked games, so why not close it out with one of the most criminally overlooked (and, later, almost impossible to avoid) games of the past decade? Beyond Good & Evil's dismal sales in late 2003 ensured it a top spot on every critic's list of must-play games that nobody did, and for good reason: it was an amazing production, with a deeply involving photojournalist-against-the-state plot and some of the best, most varied action-exploration gameplay this side of Zelda. It also had an incredible soundtrack, as today's selection capably demonstrates...

With 2010 just weeks from being a bad memory, the time has once again arrived to do what we do at the close of every year: round up the ugliest, laziest, most misguided examples of box art that stank up store shelves over the last 12 months, drag them into the light and make fun of them until we get bored.

In some ways, 2010 hasn’t been a great year for awful box art. There’ve been very few that have jumped out at us as immediately, hideously awful, and if we didn’t know better, we’d think the industry was actually paying attention. Fortunately, there are more than enough shitty-to-mediocre attempts at box art to go around this year, giving us no fewer than 40 entries to work with, up from last year’s 25. Brace yourselves – this is going to suck...

While you can rack up a good number of Achievements and Trophies just by playing through Call of Duty: Black Ops on its easiest setting, there are so many more to garner with a little effort and know-how.  Since we’re all out of effort after writing this, it all falls on you. The know-how on the other hand, we can help you out with.  Below you will find descriptions on how to get the more straightforward achievements/trophies. For the trickier of the bunch, we have included videos to help show you just how to get them a little easier. If there is a particular one that you are stuck on, zoot on down the alphabetical list and get what you need. Otherwise, enjoy them all and have fun!

If earning CoD points, leveling up, and buying bigger guns weren’t enough to keep you saying “one more match” until 4 a.m., the addictive online gameplay of Black Ops is further bolstered by challenge-locked pro perks designed to eat up plenty of your time. We’ve got some advice on how to efficiently complete the trickier challenges without ripping your hair out in frustration and yelling into your headset obscenities that would make George Carlin blush. We’ve already got plenty of that out there. 

Disclaimer – employing some of the following tactics may or may not annoy the crap out of your teammates. Muting is highly recommended.

Let's face it: You'll probably never actually get around to playing most of the games you wanted to play this year. And if you do manage to eventually tackle a game from your backlog, chances are some asshole has already spoiled the ending for you.

So let's take a proactive approach, shall we? Spoil them for yourself before your friends have the pleasure of spoiling them for you. It'll be quick and painless – like taking off a band-aid...

You've already read plenty about Halo and Call of Duty. Mass Effect and Red Dead. Mario and Ezio. You already know they're good, you already know they're successful, and chances are, you've already played them to death.

So as 2010 draws to a close, why not try something a little less known… and a lot more surprising. Like our Top 7 overlooked games of 2010...

We know it’s been hard for you in Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood. You’re the cold dead lump of quivering failure who lies bleeding out in the gutter while everyone else is jumping around the rooftops having fun. No more.

This guide will describe to you every ability you can unlock during online play, and give you some of the best strategies for each. Finally, you will be the one to rack up the points, grab first place and get the girl. True, you’ll probably just stab her in the neck and move on to the next target, but at least you’ll have her.