VGC is currently holding voting among its contributor staff for our GoTY selections in several categories.   Now we would like to find out what is YOUR GoTY.  So if you have a few minutes to give your opinion please cast your votes and take note that scoring is weighted based on the number of games you list for the category to give those who have played more games in that category more importance.  Please don't add games if you've never played them at all.

Voting is now open. Voting will be open until December 20th.

When voting: Please pick at least top 2 choices for each category whenever possible. Preferably top 3 if you can come up with that many. You may list up to the top 5 in each category.

NOTE: The games listed are not the only options, feel free to add games we forgot so long as they were released in NA during 2008.

Thank you for participating in the VGC Game of the Year. Happy voting!

THIS IS HOW YOUR VOTES WILL BE COUNTED

If you vote for 5 games, your votes are worth 3, 2, 1, .5, and .25 points .
If you vote for 4 games, your votes are worth 3, 2, 1, .25 points.
If you vote for 3 games, your votes are worth 3, 2, and 1 points.
If you vote for 2 games, your votes are worth 2.5 and 1.5 points.
If you only vote for 1 game, your vote is worth 1.5 points.

Third-Person Shooter
Mercenaries 2
Dead Space
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV
Saints Row 2

First-Person Shooter
Rainbow 6: Vegas 2
Battlefield: Bad Company
Unreal Tournament 3
Far Cry 2
007 Quantum of Solace
Call of Duty: World at War
Left 4 Dead

Action – Adventure
Devil May Cry 4
Ninja Gaiden 2
Too Human
Star Wars: The Force Unleased
LEGO Indy
LEGO Batman
Tomb Raider Underworld
Mirror's Edge
Condemned 2: Bloodshot
Alone in the Dark
Silent Hill: Homecomin
Prince of Persia

Platformer
Banjo-Kazooie
Prince of Persia
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Mega Man 9
Sonic Unleashed
Braid
N+

Fighter
Soul Calibur IV
WWE Smackdown v Raw 09
MK v DC Universe
Super Street Fight 2 Turbo HD Remix

Racing
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Burnout Paradise
Midnight Club LA
Race Driver: GRID
Pure
Moto GP 08
Need For Speed Undercover

RPG
Lost Odyssey
Tales of Vesperia
Infinite Undiscovery
Fable 2
Fallout 3
The Last Remnant

Music & Peripheral
Guitar Hero Aerosmith
Scene It: Box Office
Guitar Hero World Tour
Rock Band 2
Lips
You're in the Movies

Strategy & Simulation
Civilisation Revolution
Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Tom Clancy's EndWar
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Sports
Top Spin 3
NCAA Football 09
Fifa Street 3
Madden 09
Tiger Woods 09
NHL 2K9
NHL 09
Fifa 09
NBA 2K9
NBA Live 09
PES 09
Shaun White Snowboarding

Xbox Live Arcade
Portal: Still Alive
Rez HD
N+
Ikaruga
Castle Crashers
Braid
Geometry Wars 2
Bionic Commando Rearmed
Mega Man 9
Banjo-Kazooie
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode One
Penny Arcade Adventures: On the Rain-Slick Precipice of Darkness Episode Two
Assault Heroes 2
Galaga Legions
Duke Nukem 3D
Ticket to Ride
Roogoo
Soul Calibur
Schizoid
Frogger 2


Best Graphics (open voting)

Best Music Score (open voting)

Most Innovative (open voting)

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)

Best Game No One Played (open voting)

360 Game of the Year (open voting)

Best Graphics (open voting)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Best Music Score (open voting)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

360 Game of the Year (open voting)
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

1) Fallout 3
2) GTA 4
3) Dead Space

Gears 2 might be in spot 3 instead of dead space if the multi player in gears had been expanded better and if dead space wasn't by far the best survival horror game since Resident Evil 4. I bought Dead Space on reviews alone and was just amazed. If anything a 9 underrates dead space.

If I could, I would just make 1-3 Fallout 3 and then put GTA 4 and Dead Space in 4 and 5. Fallout 3 was without a doubt the game of the year for the 360 (since MGS4, LBP and others aren't in that particular running). I might even say game of the year period but that might just be because I just finished Fallout 3 and played MGS4 months ago so one is fresher in my mind. It's damn close regardless.

Third-Person Shooter

1.Gears of War 2
2.Dead Space


First-Person Shooter
N/A

Action – Adventure

Too Human

Platformer
N/A

Fighter

1.Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo HD Remix
2.Soul Calibur IV


Racing
N/A

RPG
1.Lost Odyssey
2.Tales of Vesperia
3.The Last Remnant

Music & Peripheral
N/A

Strategy & Simulation
N/A

Sports
N/A

Xbox Live Arcade

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix



Best Graphics (open voting)
Gears of War 2
Best Music Score (open voting)
Lost Odyssey
Most Innovative (open voting)
The Last Remnant
Biggest Disappointment (open voting)

1.Grand Theft Auto IV

2.Infinite Undiscovery

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
Tales of Vesperia
360 Game of the Year (open voting)

1. Gears of War 2

2. Lost Odyssey

3. Tales of Vesperia

What about Fable 2.

1. Fable 2
2. Gears 2
3. Dead Space.
4. Battle Field : BC

Third-Person Shooter
Saints Row 2


Action – Adventure
Prince of Persia

Too Human
LEGO Batman


Platformer
Banjo-Kazooie

Braid

Prince of Persia



Racing
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

Yaris

RPG
Lost Odyssey
Fable 2
Fallout 3

Strategy & Simulation
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Civilisation Revolution



Xbox Live Arcade

Banjo-Kazooie

Portal: Still Alive

Kingdom For Keflings



Best Graphics (open voting)

Prince of Persia

Banjo Kazooie:Nuts and bolts

N+

Best Music Score (open voting)

Lost Odyssey

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Fable 2

Most Innovative (open voting)

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Braid

Last Remnant

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)

SW: TFU

GTA4: Fuckin Thing Sucks

Mercenaries 2

Best Game No One Played (open voting)

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Viva Pinata Trouble in Paradise

Too Human

360 Game of the Year (open voting)

Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Lost Odyssey

Fable 2

Third-Person Shooter
1. Gears of War 2
2. Saints Row 2
3. Grand Theft Auto IV

First-Person Shooter
1. Call of Duty: World at War
2. Battlefield: Bad Company
3. Rainbow 6: Vegas 2

Action – Adventure
1. Star Wars: The Force Unleased
2. Too Human
3. Prince of Persia

Platformer
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
2. Braid
3. Bionic Commando Rearmed

Fighter
1. Super Street Fight 2 Turbo HD Remix
2. Soul Calibur IV
3. WWE Smackdown vs Raw 09

Racing
1. Race Driver: GRID
2. Need For Speed Undercover
3. Midnight Club LA

RPG
1. Fallout 3
2. Fable 2
3. Lost Odyssey

Music & Peripheral
1. Rock Band 2
2. Lips
3. Scene It: Box Office

Strategy & Simulation
1. Civilization Revolution
2. Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
3. Tom Clancy's EndWar

Sports
1. Tiger Woods 09
2. Fifa 09
3. NBA Live 09

Xbox Live Arcade
1. Portal: Still Alive
2. Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
3. Braid

Best Graphics (open voting)
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
2. Gears of War 2
3. Racedriver GRID

Best Music Score (open voting)
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Lost Odyssey
3. Saints Row 2

Most Innovative (open voting)
1. Portal: Still Alive
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Too Human

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
1. Burnout Paradise
2. Grand Theft Auto IV
3. Alone in the Dark

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
1. Too Human
2. Tales of Vesperia
3. Banjo Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts

360 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Gears of War 2
2. Fallout 3
3. Call of Duty: World at War

Third-Person Shooter

Grand Theft Auto IV


First-Person Shooter

Left 4 Dead

Action – Adventure

Prince of Persia

Platformer

Prince of Persia


Fighter

MK v DC Universe


Racing

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts


RPG

Fable 2
Fallout 3


Music & Peripheral

Lips


Strategy & Simulation

Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Third-Person Shooter
Gears of War 2
Grand Theft Auto IV


First-Person Shooter
Skipped

Action – Adventure
Devil May Cry 4

Platformer
Braid


Fighter
Skipped

Racing
Skipped

RPG
Fallout 3
Lost Odyssey
Fable 2


Music & Peripheral
Rock Band 2
Guitar Hero World Tour


Strategy & Simulation
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

Sports
Skipped

Xbox Live Arcade
Braid
Geomertry Wars 2
Castle Crashers


Best Graphics (open voting)
Gears of War 2

Fallout 3

Best Music Score (open voting)
Lost Odyssey

Fallout 3

Most Innovative (open voting)
Braid

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
Ninja Gaiden II

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

360 Game of the Year (open voting)

Gears of War 2

Fallout 3

Grand Theft Auto IV

Lost Odyssey

Third-Person Shooter
1. Dead Space
2. Gears of War 2
3. Saints Row 2

First-Person Shooter
1. Left 4 Dead
2. Call of Duty: World at War
3. Far Cry 2

Action – Adventure
1. Mirror's Edge
2. Prince of Persia
3. Ninja Gaiden 2

Platformer
1. Braid
2. N+
3. Prince of Persia

Fighter
1. Soul Calibur IV
2. Super Street Fight 2 Turbo HD Remix

Racing
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
2. Burnout Paradise
3. Pure

RPG
1. Fallout 3
2. Fable 2

Music & Peripheral
1. Rock Band 2
2. Guitar Hero World Tour

Strategy & Simulation
1. Civilisation Revolution
2. Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
3. Tom Clancy's EndWar

Sports
1. Madden 09
2. NHL 09
3. Fifa 09

Xbox Live Arcade
1. Braid
2. Portal: Still Alive
3. N+

Best Graphics (open voting)
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
2. Prince of Persia
3. Gears of War 2

Best Music Score (open voting)
1. Rock Band 2

Most Innovative (open voting)
1. Braid
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Portal: Still Alive

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
1. Grand Theft Auto IV
2. Star Wars: The Force Unleased
3. Mercenaries 2

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
1. Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
2. Mirror's Edge
3. Ticket to Ride

360 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Fallout 3
2. Rock Band 2
3. Fable 2