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To mark the 10th anniversary of the PlayStation 2 in North America, the US PlayStation Blog went around and asked a few recognised, legendary and celebrated game developers (as well as games press people) to name their top three favourite PlayStation 2 games of all time:

“Word quickly spread,” writes Sid Shuman on the blog, “the project swelled in scope, and the result is what you see here — a definitive list of ‘must-play’ PS2 games by some of the greatest living game developers in the business.”

27 folks made the list, which includes the likes of Warren Spector, Ken Levine, David Jaffe, Tim Schafer and Cliff Bleszinski.

Out of the 27, however, I couldn’t help but notice that there’s only one woman represented in the bunch – Double Fine’s Tasha Harris. Just sayin’ Sony.

You can find the full list of developers and their favourite PS2 games below:

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Ten years ago today, on March 4th 2000, the PlayStation 2 was released in Japan, kick-starting what most would agree to be a golden age in videogames, bringing with it a host of classic titles too numerous to mention (but you can insert your favourites here).

The PlayStation 2 then released officially in North America on October 26th and in Europe on November 24th of the same year, and as of the end of last year, has gone on to sell an incredible 140 million units, with sales spurred on by new hardware revisions, different colour offerings and hundreds of different bundles.

Congratulations to the console that keeps on trucking, and will probably continue to chug along into the foreseeable future thanks to Sony’s continued support.