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2009 GOTY Awards

by skonell

Best Graphics: Killzone 2 Resident Evil 5 Batman: Arkham Asylum Uncharted 2 And the winner is: Uncharted 2 Runner Up: Killzone 2 Best Story: Uncharted 2 Brutal Legend Batman: Arkham Asylum Silent Hill: Shattered Memories And the winner is: Uncharted 2 Runner Up: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories Best Racing Game: Forza Motorsport 3 WipEout HD Fury Need for Speed: Shift And the winner is: WipEout...


Best Graphics:

  • Killzone 2
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Uncharted 2
 
And the winner is: Uncharted 2
Runner Up: Killzone 2

Best Story:

  • Uncharted 2
  • Brutal Legend
  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

And the winner is: Uncharted 2
Runner Up: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories

Best Racing Game:

  • Forza Motorsport 3
  • WipEout HD Fury
  • Need for Speed: Shift

And the winner is: WipEout HD Fury
Runner Up: Forza Motorsport 3

Best Platform Game:

  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • Splosion Man
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

And the winner is: Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Runner Up: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Best Multiplayer Game:

  • Red Faction:  Guerrilla
  • Battlefield 1943
  • Uncharted 2
  • Killzone 2

And the winner is: Red Faction: Guerrilla
Runner Up: Killzone 2

Best Portable Game:

  • Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  • The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks
  • Pokemon Platinum

And the winner is: Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
Runner Up: Pokemon Platinum

Best RPG:

  • Dragon Age: Origins
  • Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
  • Pokemon Platinum
  • Borderlands

And the winner is: Borderlands
Runner Up: Pokemon Platinum

Best Sports Game:

  • WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
  • UFC 2009 Undisputed
  • NHL 10
  • Fight Night Round 4

And the winner is: UFC 2009 Undisputed
Runner up: Fight Night Round 4

Best Original Soundtrack:

  • Shatter
  • Uncharted 2
  • Assassin's Creed II
  • WipEout HD Fury

And the winner is: Shatter
Runner Up: WipEout HD Fury

Best Downloadable Game:

  • Shadow Complex
  • Shatter
  • PixelJunk Shooter
  • South Park Let's Go Tower Defense Play!

And the winner is: Shatter
Runner Up: PixelJunk Shooter
 
Best PC Game:
 
  • Osmos
  • Torchlight
  • The Sims 3
 
And the winner is: Torchlight
Runner Up: The Sims 3

Best Wii Game:

  • The House of the Dead: Overkill
  • Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
  • New Super Mario Bros. Wii
  • Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles

And the winner is: Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Runner Up: New Super Mario Bros. Wii

Best PS3 Game:

  • Killzone 2
  • inFAMOUS
  • Uncharted 2
  • Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

And the winner is: Uncharted 2
Runner Up: inFAMOUS

Best Xbox 360 Game:

  • Forza Motorsport 3
  • Halo 3 ODST
  • Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City
  • Left 4 Dead 2

And the winner is: Left 4 Dead 2
Runner Up: Forza Motorsport 3

Best Multiplatform Game:

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • Red Faction: Guerrilla
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Assassin's Creed II

And the winner is: Batman: Arkham Asylum
Runner Up: Red Faction: Guerrilla

2009 Game of the Year:

  • Batman: Arkham Asylum
  • inFAMOUS
  • Red Faction: Guerrilla
  • Uncharted 2
  • Killzone 2

And the winner is: Uncharted 2

Runner Up: Batman: Arkham Asylum
 

Here are my top ten games for 2009:

 

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. inFAMOUS
4. Red Faction: Guerrilla
5. Killzone 2
6. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
7. Shatter
8. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
9. Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
10. Resident Evil 5