for me
Dead Space being really awesome.
Demon Soul's being really awesome.
TWEWY bing really awesome.
Bioware making a shooter, that doesn't shoot poorly :D.
The 3rd Birthday being really aweome... (I know this site hates it, and its not as good as PE1)
But it's a shooter made by SE on the PSP... 2 things I normally hate. But I loved it.
Peace Walker. My favorite MGS game in about 10 years... is a shooter on the psp >_< game. wtf
Not that there weren't lots of games being really aweseome! These were the "surprises" for me.