Last year the VGChartz Game of the Year Awards were the most popular articles on the site, so this year we're once again hosting a set of Game of the Year Awards. Just as with last year we're also going to include the winners selected by you, the forum users, as well as those selected by the site staff. So simply follow the instructions below to get voting:
1) You vote simply by listing your winners (there's a sample ballot below which serves as an example) and posting them in this thread, there are other threads out there for each console, handheld and overall.
2) Voting is open straight away, but you only have until the 17th of December to get your votes in, so make sure you vote before that deadline otherwise you'll miss out on your chance to influence the winning games. You may edit your votes up until that deadline - votes won't be counted until the threads are locked.
3) Only votes from users with more than 200 posts will be counted.
4) Staff votes don't count here - all staff should head over to the staff forums to vote.
5) Please try and pick as many games as possible, up to a maximum of 5 games in each category. Note that voting is weighted to give those listing more games a stronger voice. However, please don't vote for games you've never played.
6) The list of nominees below is not definitive, feel free to vote for games that haven't been listed as long as they were released in NA or Europe during 2009, but do not vote for games that were released in the US in 2008.
7) Please check out the sample ballot below. If you fail to follow it and your votes are not clear then they will not be counted. If you're uncertain about anything just make a post in this thread or send Naznatips, Machina or Torillian a wall post/pm.
Thank you for participating in the VGChartz Game of the Year Awards. Happy voting!
Sample ballot:
First Person Shooter
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Borderlands
4. Left 4 Dead 2
5. The Chronicles of Riddick
Third Person Shooter
1. Resident Evil 5
2. Red Faction: Geurilla
Action-Adventure
No vote.
Fighter
1. Street Fighter IV
360 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Resident Evil 5
4. Red Faction: Geurilla
5. DiRT 2
note - the sample ballot lists 360 categories and nominees, but the principles are the same for all of the voting threads.
Shooter
Resistance Retribution
Star Wars Battlefront Elite Squadron
No Gravity: Plague of Mind
Action-Adventure
Grand Theft Auto Chinatown Wars
Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
Tenchu Shadow Assassins
Assassin’s Creed Bloodlines
Kenka Bancho: Badass Rumble
Platformer
Jak and Daxter The Lost Frontier
Locoroco 2
Hammerin Hero
LittleBigPlanet
Prinny Can I Really Be The Hero
Racing
Gran Turismo
Motorstorm Arctic Edge
Dirt 2
Need For Speed Shift
MX vs ATV Reflex
RPG
Disgaea 2
Persona
Half Minute Hero
Star Ocean Second Evolution
Phantasy Star Portable
Crimson Gem Saga
Fighter
Tekken 6
Soul Calibur Broken Destiny
Dissidia Final Fantasy
Fate/Unlimited Codes
WWE Smackdown vs RAW
Music/Rhythm
Rockband Unplugged
Beaterator
Patapon 2
DJ Max Fever
Puzzle
Vempire
Tetris
Numblast
Fieldrunner
Strategy
Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe
Crystal Defenders
Mytran Wars
Patapon 2
Sports
Madden NFL 10
MLB 09 The Show
Fifa Soccer 10
Pangya Fantasy Golf
NBA 10 The Inside
Best PSN Only
Holy Invasion of Privacy Badman
Locoroco Midnight Carnival
Zero Gravity Plague the Mind
Patapon 2
PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe
Best Graphics (open voting)
Best Original Music Score (open voting)
Most Innovative (open voting)
Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
Best Game No One Played (open voting)
Most Anticipated Game (open voting)
PSP Game of the Year (open voting)
Overall Voting Thread.
Xbox 360 Voting Thread.
PS3 Voting Thread.
Wii Voting Thread.
DS Voting Thread.
PC Voting Thread.
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