At this rate,the top 4(in no particular order) will be smash bros,mgs4,LBP and gears 2.Portable will probably be FF:crisis core or world ends with you followed by prof layton,and award x still unpredictable until i do the math.
If you started a game of the year thread besides mine or have visited one,please post the link here.We'd like more opinions but i'll decide my winner based on only what is posted here.

Personal winner, eh?

ToS2!!!!!!!!!!!

Overall GOTY:

1. LittleBigPlanet
2. Metal Gear Solid 4
3. Gears of War 2

Handheld GOTY:

Patapon

Blast from the Past:

Wonder Boy 3: the Dragon's Trap

No matter what anyone says, the best game this year is fallout 3, followed by metal gear solid 4, and littlebigplanet.

and as far as award x goes, starcraft has to be it.

I'm tempted to say WOTLK simply because there's just so much content and the quests alone are so ridiculously fun and it's just ridiculous value. But I have to give it to Brawl since I just know I will never stop playing this game until the next iteration comes out.

Fallout 3
Fable 2
Star Wars Unleashed (HD)

Mario Kart

I'm not familiar with the abbreviations,what are TOS2 & WOTLK?Bugrimmar,enforcing pertsonal opinion huh?LOL!AT this rate,fallout 3 is sure 2 be in the top 5 on this thread.Don't forget tok back here within the 1st few days of 2009 for the results of our game of the year thread!

GotY: Super Smash Brothers Brawl

MGS4 deserves it too

Wii Fit (Got the most use all year long)
SSB Brawl (came a close second)
Fire Emblem (could and should be better graphically but I love it all the same)

Portable:
Havn't play any games that came out this year.

Old game I'm loving now: Tomb Raider Anniversary Wii.