Hey everyone,

Welcome, once again,to our Official 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 100 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.

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 2010, but do not vote for games that were released in the US in 2009.

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, myself 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. Halo Reach
2. BioShock 2
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops
4. Metro 2033
5. Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Third Person Shooter
1. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction
2. Crackdown 2

Action-Adventure
No vote.

Fighter
1. Super Street Fighter IV

360 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Halo Reach
2. BioShock 2
3. Call of Duty: Black Ops
4. Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell: Conviction

and so on.

note - the sample ballot lists 360 categories and nominees, but the principles are the same for all of the voting threads.
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The Nominees:

FPS:
Halo Reach
BioShock 2
GoldenEye 007
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
MAG

TPS:
Vanquish
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction
Alan Wake
Red Dead Redemption
Lost Planet 2
Crackdown 2
Mafia II
Kane & Lynch 2
Just Cause 2
Army of Two: the 40th Day

Platformer:
SMG 2
LIMBO
Super Mario All-Stars 25th Anniversary
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Sonic Colors Wii
Sonic Colors DS
Disney's Epic Mickey
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Ivy the Kiwi?

Action/Adventure:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Dead Rising 2
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West
Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Darksiders
Prince of Persia: Forgotten Sands
Yakuza 3
Monster Hunter Tri

No More Heroes 2

3D Dot Game Heroes

Action:
God of War III
God of War: Ghost of Sparta
Dante's Inferno
Red Steel 2
Bayonetta
Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

Adventure:
A New Beginning
Runaway: A Twist of Fate
Disgaea Infinite
Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck's Revenge
Sam & Max Season 3: The Devil's Playhouse
Jolly Rover
The Whispered World
Heavy Rain
Sam & Max Episode 5
Monkey Island 2
Dementium II


Puzzle:
Invizimals
Cubix
Supermarket Mania
Puzzle Chronicles
BreakQuest
Prof. Layton & the Unwound Future
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Super Scribblenauts
Picross 3D
Bejeweled Twist
Tetris Party Deluxe
Puzzle Quest 2
Color Cross
Bejeweled 3
Puzzle Dimension
Bob Came in Pieces
Tidalis
Puzzle Agent
Toki Tori

Fighter:
Super Street Fighter IV
Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 2
BlazBlue: Continuum Shift
WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2011
EA Sports MMA
UFC 2010 Undisputed

Racing:
F1 2010
Gran Turismo 5
ModNation Racers
Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
Split/Second
Blur
Sonic & Sega ALL Stars Racing
MotoGP 09/10

Western RPG:
Mass Effect 2
Fallout: New Vegas
Fable III
Dragon Age Origins: Awakening
Mount and Blade: Warband
Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
Din's Curse
Divinity II

Japanese RPG:
Final Fantasy XIII
Resonance of Fate
NIER
Persona 3 Portable
Dragon Quest IX
Pokemon SoulSilver/HeartGold
Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals
Golden Sun
Etrian Odyssey III
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light
Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
Cladun: This is an RPG
Ys: The Oath of Feighana
Ys Seven
Atelier Rorona

MMORPG:
Age of Conan: Rise of the Godslayer
City of Heroes: Going Rogue
Everquest II: Sentinel's Fate
WoW Cataclysm
Global Agenda

Strategy:
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
Sid Meier's Civilization V
Supreme Commander 2
RUSE
Napoleon Total War
Worms Reloaded
The Settlers 7
Sol Survivor
Heroes of Newerth
Knights in the Nightmare
Valkyria Chronicles II
What Did I Do to Deserve This, My Lord!?! 2

Music & Peripheral:
Rock Band 3
Just Dance 2
Dance Central
DJ Hero 2
Def Jam Rapster
Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
Green Day: Rock Band

Sports:
NBA 2K11
NHL 11
FIFA 11
NBA Jam
PES 11
NCAA Football 10
Madden 10
2010 FIFA World Cup
Skate 3
Tiger Woods 11
Shaun White Skateboarding

DLC and Expansion Packs:
Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell: Conviction: Deniable Ops
Alan Wake: The Writer
Left 4 Dead: The Passing
Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
BioShock 2: Minerva's Den
Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Resident Evil 5: Lost in Nightmares
Dragon Age: Origins - Awakening
Napoleon: Total War - Peninsular Campaign
Sins of a Solar Empire: Diplomacy
Warhammer 40k: Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
Dawn of Discovery: Venice
King's Bounty: Crossworlds
The Sims 3: Ambitions
Dragon Age: Origins - Return to Ostagar
WoW: Cataclysm

Shouldn't Tatsunoko vs Capcom be in the fighter category, and Metroid: Other M in the action-adventure category?

FPS:

1. Bioshock 2

TPS:

1. Red Dead Redemption

2. Vanquish

3. Just Cause 2

Platformer:

1. Super Mario Galaxy 2

2. Disney's Epic Mickey

Action-Adventure:

1. 3D Dot Game Heroes

2. No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

Action:

1. God of War III

2. Bayonetta

WRPG:

1. Mass Effect 2

fps:

-1- mag

-2- battlefield bad company 2

-3- medal of honor

-4- call of duty:black ops

-5- bioshock 2

tps:

-1- read dead redemption

-2- vanquish

-3- lost planet 2

-4- tom clancy's splinter cell conviction

-5-  army of two the 40th day

platformer:

-1- smg2

-2- sonic colors wii

-3- donkey kong counrty returns

-4- kirby's epic yarn

-5- limbo

action adventure:

-1- assasins creed:brotherhood

-2- monster hunter tri

-3- yakuza 3

-4- dead rising 2

-5- darksiders

action:

-1- god of war 2

-2- castlevania: lords of shadow

-3- bayonetta

-4- star wars the force unleashed 2

-5- dantes inferno

adventure:

-1- heavy rain

-2- 3d dot game heroes

fighter:

-1- ufc 2010 unleashed

-2- ea sports mma

-3- wwe smack down vs raw 2011

-4- super street fighter 4

racing:

-1- gran turismo 5

-2- need for speed: hot pursuit

-3-  modnation racers

-4- split second:velocity

-5- blur

western rpg:

-1- mass effect 2

-2- Dragon Age Origins: Awakening

-3- fable 3

japanese rpg:

-1- nier

-2- final fantasy 13

mmorpg:

-1- wow: cataclysm

strategy:

-1- starcraft 2:wings of liberty

-2- heroes of newearth.

sports:

-1- fifa 11

-2- nba 2k11

-3- 2010 fifa world cup

dlc and expansion packs:

-1-WoW: Cataclysm

-2-Dragon Age Origins: Awakening

-3- Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare

-4-Mass Effect 2: Lair of the Shadow Broker

-5-  Dragon Age: Origins - Return to Ostagar

-4-

FPS:
1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2

TPS:
1. Alan Wake
2. Red Dead Redemption
3. Just Cause 2

Platformer:
nothing

Action/Adventure:
nothing

Action:
1. God of War III
2. Red Steel 2

Adventure:
1. Heavy Rain

Puzzle:
nothing

Fighter:
nothing

Racing:
nothing

Western RPG:
nothing

Japanese RPG:
nothing

MMORPG:
nothing

Strategy:
nothing

Music & Peripheral:
nothing

Sports:
nothing

DLC and Expansion Packs:
nothing

I don't think I've played a lot of games this year. :/

FPS:
1. Call of Duty: Black Ops
2. Halo Reach
3. BioShock 2
4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2

TPS:
No vote

Platformer:
1. Super Mario Galaxy 2

Action/Adventure:
1. 3D Dot Game Heroes
2. Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
3. Yakuza 3

Action:
1. God of War III
2. God of War: Ghost of Sparta
3. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
4. Dante's Inferno

Adventure:
1. Heavy Rain

Puzzle:
No vote

Fighter:
No vote

Racing:
1. Gran Turismo 5

Western RPG:
1. Mass Effect 2

Japanese RPG:
1. Final Fantasy XIII

MMORPG:
No vote

Strategy:
No vote

Music & Peripheral:
No vote

Sports:
1. 2010 FIFA World Cup

DLC and Expansion Packs:
No vote

FPS: Halo Reach

TPS: Alan Wake (tps?)

platformer: no vote

Action/adventure: AC brotherhood

Action: No vote (would have voted RDR)

Adventure: no vote

Puzzle: no vote

fighter: no vote

racing: GT5

WRPG: ME2

jrpg: no vote

MMORPG: no vote

Strategy: CIV 5

Music: no vote

Sports: NHL 11

DLC: DA:O Awakening

Pretty weird selections for genres... how is RDR not an action game?

FPS:
Halo Reach

Platformer:
1- Super Mario Galaxy 2
2- Donkey Kong Country Returns

Action:
Bayonetta

Adventure:
Heavy Rain

Fighter:
UFC 2010 Undisputed

Western RPG:
Mass Effect 2

Strategy:
Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

FPS:
Halo Reach
GoldenEye 007
Call of Duty: Black Ops
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
MAG

TPS:
Alan Wake
Lost Planet 2
Crackdown 2
Mafia II
Just Cause 2

Platformer:
SMG 2
LIMBO
Kirby's Epic Yarn
Sonic Colors Wii
Donkey Kong Country Returns

Action/Adventure:
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Yakuza 3
Monster Hunter Tri

Note to everyone who has voted:

3DDGH has been moved from Adventure to Action/Adventure to better fit its genre.  Please change your votes accordingly.

Feel free to argue about the legitimacy of this change, but do no do it in this thread.