It's been a long time since we've had a really great mech game, but hardcore PC gamers who loved the original Mechwarrior games should be excited for Hawken's unique take on traditional mech combat games when it launches this December. Hawken will be free to play and will feature a bunch of great multiplayer modes that let you choose and customize your mech before battling other players for glory and precious energy resources. We played a preview build of Hawken during a LAN party at E3 this year and really enjoyed the feeling of stomping around a post-apocalyptic battleground in hulking robots, using jump jets and giant cannons to blast other players for fun and profit.

If you haven't heard of The Banner Saga, know that it's a tactical strategy RPG featuring a barbarian clan seeking a new home in a beautifully hand-drawn fantasy world. The Banner Saga is being developed by Stoic after being successfully funded on Kickstarter, and the developers (experienced veterans who created their own indie studio) promise this game will feature intriguing character customization options, a complex system of classic tactical gameplay, and a mature story that changes depending on what choices you make while conversing with other characters both within your clan and without. If classic turn-based strategy in a mature Norse fantasy world sounds like something you'd enjoy, get excited for The Banner Sage when it (hopefully) comes to the Mac and the PC this November.

The most memorable PC game you'll play all year is probably a point-and-click adventure game based on a comic book. Telltale Games has been releasing episodes of The Walking Dead game since April, and after three episodes we can't wait to see how the series ends this fall. Each episode takes roughly two hours to play through and requires you to make tough decisions about who to trust when society falls apart. Though the games are available on almost every contemporary gaming device, they look best on the PC, with colorful characters and landscapes that look like they were ripped straight out of a graphic novel and then animated onscreen.