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Our GOTY Nominations are finally here! We've picked 3 of the top titles for each award, and will reveal our final winners over the next few days. Make sure to comment on what you expect to win! So without further ado hit Read More to see the nominations.

Best PC Game = Left 4 Dead 2, Torchlight, Dragon Age Origins

 

Best Xbox 360 Game = Forza 3, Halo 3 ODST, GTA Episodes from Liberty City

 

Best PS3 Game = Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, InFamous

 

Best Nintendo DS Game = Scribblenauts, Zelda Spirit Tracks,  GTA Chinatown Wars

 

Best PSP Game = Little Big Planet PSP, Pixeljunk Monsters Deluxe, GTA Chinatown Wars

 

Best RPG = Demon Souls, Dragon Age Origins, Sacred 2

 

Best Shooter - Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Left4Dead 2, Borderlands 

 

Best Adventure = Tales of Monkey Island, Sam and Max Series 1 & 2 (XBLA), The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition

 

Best Puzzler = Professor Layton Pandoras Box, Braid (PSN & PC), Scribblenauts 

 

Best RTS = Halo Wars, Warhammer Dawn of War 2, Men of War

 

Best Action-Adventure = Uncharted 2, Batman Arkham Asylum, Assassins Creed 2

 

Best Casual Game = The Sims 3, Plants vs Zombies, Peggle & Peggle Nights (XBLA/PSN) 

 

Best MMO = Champions Online, Aion, Fallen Earth

  

Best Indie = Altitude, Torchlight, Eufloria   

 

Best Singleplayer = Uncharted 2, Assassins Creed 2, Batman Arkham Asylum

 

Best Multiplayer = Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Battlefield 1943, Left 4 Dead 2

 

Best New IP = InFamous, Borderlands, Dragon Age Origins

 

Best Use of Achievements/Trophies = Assassins Creed 2's UPlay, Left4Dead 2, Batman Arkham Asylum 

 

Hardest Achievement/Trophy = 'Achieve weekly honor rank 4' - Killzone 2, 'Achieve a gold trophy in every single race in the Event list in Season Play mode' - Forza 3, 'Survive all campaigns on Expert' - Left4Dead 2

 

Best Remake = God of War Collection, Chronicles of Riddick Assault On Dark Athena, The Secret of Monkey Island Special Edition 

 

Best Add-On = Borderlands: Mad Moxxie's Underdome Riot, GTA The Ballad of Gay Tony, Fallout 3 Point Lookout

 

Biggest Disappointment = Halo ODST, Killzone 2, Resident Evil 5

 

Biggest Surprise = Batman Arkham Asylum, Red Faction Guerilla, Borderlands 

 

Biggest Game-Pad Breaker (Difficult) = Men of War, Professor Layton Pandoras Box, Trials HD

 

Best Original Feature = Modern Warfare 2's Care Packages, Scribblenauts ability to spawn almost anything, Torchlight's ability to send your pet back to town to sell equipment 

 

Best Original Soundtrack = Modern Warfare 2, Shatter, Halo ODST 

 

Best Villain = Joker (Batman Arkham Asylum), The Helicopter (Various games), Makarov (Modern Warfare 2)

 

Best Hero = Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin's Creed II), Nathan Drake (Uncharted 2), Cole (Infamous) 

 

Best Storyline = Uncharted 2, Assassins Creed 2, GTA Episodes from Liberty City 

 

Most Anticipated of 2010 = God of War 3, All Points Bulletin, Mafia 2

 

Biggest Reveal = Mass Effect 2, Project Natal, Final Fantasy 14

 

Most Shocking Video Game Moment *POSSIBLE SPOILERS* = InFamous - 'Kessler is Cole's future self, back in time to prevent his wrong doings', Modern Warfare 2 - 'America is invaded by Russia', Modern Warfare 2 - 'The death of Ghost'

 

Best Value for Money = God of War Collection, GTA Episodes from Liberty City, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 

 

Best Downloadable Only Game = Shadow Complex, Battlefield 1943, Torchlight

 

2009's 2008 Game of the Year = Little Big Planet, Fallout 3, Saints Row 2

 

Overall GOTY = Uncharted 2, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2, Batman Arkham Asylum 

Last Updated ( Friday, 08 January 2010 00:27 )  

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    The Guvnor : england are playing very well tbh. Im shocked lol
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    The Guvnor : lol. ok
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    Lucifonz : on my notebook tonight with a shitty wired router, my wireless one has died but getting a new'en tomorrow morning, so any news tonight would appreciate guys popping up as i'll be off this soon and its difficult and slow
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    The Guvnor : oh duke nuke. Fuk that game, been waiting like 15 years 4 it lol
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    The Guvnor : dukes?
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    Lucifonz : «link» dukes gonna be shown
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    The Guvnor : id prob get the first-aid thing that can resuscitate others as well as heal self/others next. But of course, its your choice Razz
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    Menzeldinho : it is a real good game my only problem with it is that the animations are to abbrut like when you press aim you dont see the gun being liften it just goes straight into aiming
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    Menzeldinho : yeah i saw a good assault rifle but it was in the next tier
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    The Guvnor : think they like 2 or 3 skill points, so further up the upgrade tree
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    Menzeldinho : better grip and stuff couldnt find any sights
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    The Guvnor : what ya get with skill points then?
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    Menzeldinho : «link» - was a NFS video
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    Lucifonz : xfire dropped menz...think nets okay though
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    Menzeldinho : yeah
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    The Guvnor : u unlock skill points yet?
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    The Guvnor : lol, is hard like i said in my review. Very big learning curve
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    Menzeldinho : Im level 4 and no good guns! RAGE
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    Lucifonz : coz that progression stuff sounds so much better than the one there atm, i really hated the progression system in beta
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    Lucifonz : any word guv on when the beta stuff will make it into the proper game?
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