2010 was the year we made contact with a lot of half-assed videogames. While there was much for gamers to celebrate over the past 12 months — and we here at Game|Life will be getting to that later — gamemakers also delivered an inordinate number of flops.

The following list isn't of the worst games of the year (such a list would be made up of Wii shovelware and movie games), but of the most disappointing titles, the ones that had great promise but fell way short.

Several of the following games appeared on Wired.com's list of most anticipated games of 2010, so we were extra bummed to find that they were lackluster. Some possessed redeeming qualities, but all failed due to massive flaws.

Here are the 10 biggest turkeys of '10.

10. Dark Void