I don't know how many of you actually watch X-Play still, but they're having their annual best of year awards... And the Nominees are:

Game of the Year * Mass Effect * Assassin's Creed * BioShock * Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare * Halo 3 * Super Mario Galaxy

Most Original Game
* Assassin's Creed
* Portal
* Overlord
* Crackdown
* Zack & Wiki: Quest for Barbaros' Treasure

Best Gameplay Innovation
* Assassin's Creed (free-running/climbing)
* Mass Effect (conversation system)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (online level-up system)
* Halo 3 (Forge/Replays/Screenshots)
* Crackdown (Advanced Co-op features)

Best Multiplayer Game
* World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade
* Team Fortress 2
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* Halo 3
* Rock Band

Best Action/Adventure Game
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Assassin's Creed
* Crackdown
* God of War II
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Sports Game
* MLB PowerPros
* NCAA Football 2K8
* Forza Motorsport 2
* DiRT
* Winning Eleven Pro Evolution Soccer 2007

Best Shooter
* BioShock
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* Halo 3
* Half-Life 2: Episode 2
* Team Fortress 2

Best Role Playing Game
* Mass Effect
* Final Fantasy VI Advance
* The Witcher
* Neverwinter Nights 2: Mask of the Betrayer
* Titan Quest: Immortal Throne

Best New Character
* Weighted Companion Cube (Portal)
* Saren (Mass Effect)
* Andrew Ryan (BioShock)
* GLaDOS (Portal)
* King Bohan (Heavenly Sword)

Best Art Direction
* BioShock
* Assassin's Creed
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Mass Effect
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best Animation
* Assassin's Creed
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* Heavenly Sword
* Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Best Writing/Story
* BioShock
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction
* The Simpsons Game
* Mass Effect
* Portal

Best Original Soundtrack
* Mass Effect
* Portal
* BioShock
* Super Mario Galaxy
* Halo 3

Best Sound Design
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
* Assassin's Creed
* Halo 3
* BioShock
* Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction

Best Downloadable Content
* The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (XBL)
* Pac-Man Championship Edition (XBLA)
* Super Stardust HD (PSN)
* Carcassonne (XBLA)
* Crackdown Download Packs (XBL)

Best Strategy Game
* World In Conflict
* Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts
* Supreme Commander
* Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar
* Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars

[ Via Kotaku]

I think Mp3 should have made it to teh Best shooter cat---but other then that seems to be a pretty fair list

Best New Character
* Weighted Companion Cube (Portal)

Go best friend!

 I think MANY things somehow missed that list lol, why is Crackdown on there so many times >< I personally did not enjoy that game in the slightest...

do i spy a PSN title. I guess Xplay isnt that bad.. oh wait.. adam is still is douche.

My choices:

Most Original Game
* Portal

Best Gameplay Innovation

*None of these, either the gravity and round planets from SMG or the Portal Gun from Portal

Best Multiplayer Game
* Team Fortress 2

Best Action/Adventure Game
* Super Mario Galaxy

Best Shooter
* Half-Life 2: Episode 2

Best New Character
* GLaDOS (Portal)

Best Art Direction
* Super Mario Galaxy

Best Animation
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

Best Writing/Story
* Portal (NOTE: I'd pick Half-Life 2: Episode Two for this if it was on there)

Best Original Soundtrack
* Super Mario Galaxy

Best Sound Design
* BioShock

 agreed. or of course GLaDOS. Best villian in a video game ever right there,.

Cod4 does not have the best graphics, all those ps3 games on the list top it graphicly and in animation...

i think SMG should win it,and mp3 deserves a spot in the best shooter category

Bioshock's best new character should've been Sander Cohen, screw Andrew Ryan.

I disagree with almost all of the Gameplay innovations.