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.
Best Shooter:
The Conduit
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare: Reflex Edition
Ghostbusters: The Game
Dead Space Extraction
Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles
The House of the Dead: Overkill
Best Action-Adventure:
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
Avatar: The Game
Rabbids Go Home
Metroid Prime Trilogy
Deadly Creatures
A Boy and His Blob
MadWorld
Tenchu: Shadow Assassins
Cursed Mountain
Spore Hero
Best Fighter:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Smash Up
Naruto Shipuuden: Clash of Ninja Revolution 3
Punch-Out!!
Samurai Shodown Anthology
Guilty Gear XX /\ Core Plus
Best Platformer:
New Super Mario Bros. Wii
Lost Winds 2
Klonoa: Door to Phantomile
A Boy and His Blob
Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
Best Racing:
Excitebots: Trick Racing
Need for Speed: Nitro
Excitebike: World Rally
F1 2009
Nascar Kart Racing
Best RPG:
Muramasa: The Demon Blade
Rune Factory Frontier
Valhalla Knights: Eldar Saga
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
Best Puzzle Game:
Boom Blox Bash Party
LiT
Marble Saga: Kororinpa
You, Me, and the Cubes
Mr. Driller W
Trivial Pursuit
Roogoo Twisted Towers
Best Music & Peripheral:
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Guitar Hero 5
DJ Hero
Band Hero
The Beatles: Rock Band
LEGO Rock Band
Samba De Amigo
Strategy & Simulation:
Overlord: Dark Legend
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
Rune Factory: Frontier
Little King's Story
Swords and Soldiers
Dawn of Discovery
Best Sports:
Skate It
Wii Sports Resort
Shaun White Snowboarding: World Stage
Academy of Champions Soccer
Madden ‘10
NHL ‘10
Fifa ‘10
Tiger Woods '10
PES '10
Tony Hawk Ride
Grand Slam Tennis
Virtua Tennis 09
Best WiiWare:
Lost Winds 2
Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: My Life as a Darklord
Excitebike: World Rally
Cave Story
LiT
Swords and Soldiers
Final Fantasy IV: The After Years
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)
Wii Game of the Year (open voting)
Overall Voting Thread.
Xbox 360 Voting Thread.
PS3 Voting Thread.
PSP Voting Thread.
DS Voting Thread.
PC Voting Thread.
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