Last year the VGChartz Game of the Year Awards were the most popular articles on the site, so this year we're once again hosting a set of 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 200 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. However, please don't vote for games you've never played.

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 2009, but do not vote for games that were released in the US in 2008.

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, Machina 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. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Borderlands
4. Left 4 Dead 2
5. The Chronicles of Riddick

Third Person Shooter
1. Resident Evil 5
2. Red Faction: Geurilla

Action-Adventure
No vote.

Fighter
1. Street Fighter IV

360 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Halo 3: ODST
3. Resident Evil 5
4. Red Faction: Geurilla
5. DiRT 2

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

Nominees:

Best First Person Shooter:
Killzone 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Borderlands
F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
The Chronicles of Riddick
Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood
Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising
Battlefield 1943

Best Third Person Shooter:
Uncharted 2
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Resident Evil 5
Red Faction: Geurilla
WET
Bionic Commando
The Godfather 2
The Saboteur

Best Action-Adventure:
Uncharted 2
God of War: Collection
Ratchet & Clank: A Crack in Time
Infamous
Assassin’s Creed 2
Batman: Arkham Asylum
X-Men Origins: Wolverine
Bionic Commando
Prototype
Ghostbusters
Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2
Brutal Legend
The Saboteur

Best Fighter:
Street Fighter IV
UFC 2009: Undisputed
Fight Night Round 4
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Tekken 6
WWE Smackdown 10

Best Racing:
DiRT 2
MX vs. ATV Reflex
NFS: Shift
Fuel

Best RPG:
Borderlands
Sacred 2: Fallen Angel
Dragon Age: Origins
Demon's Souls
Marvel UA 2

Best Music & Peripheral:
Guitar Hero: Metallica
Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
Guitar Hero 5
DJ Hero
Band Hero
The Beatles: Rock Band
LEGO Rock Band

Strategy & Simulation:
Tom Clancy’s HAWX
IL-2 Sturmovik: Birds of Prey
Battlestations Pacific
Dynasty Warriors: Gundam 2
Dynasty Warriors 6 Empires
Overlord 2
Brutal Legend

Best Sports:
Skate 2
MLB 09: The Show
Madden ‘10
NHL ‘10
MLB 09: The Show
Fifa ‘10
Tiger Woods '10
Fight Night Round 4
PES '10
UFC 2009: Undisputed
NBA Live '10
Tony Hawk Ride

Best DLC:
WipEout HD Fury
Valkyria Chronicles: Behind Her Blue Flame
Killzone 2: Steel & Titanium
Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
Fallout 3: Point Lookout
Fallout 3: Broken Steel
Fallout 3: The Pitt
Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island
Rock Band Track Pack: Classic Rock
Red Faction: Geurilla - Demons of the Badlands
Prince of Persia: Epilogue
Resident Evil 5: Versus

Best PSN:
Critter Crunch
Shatter
Trash Panic
Worms
Noby Noby Boy
Flower
Trine
Comet Crash
Battlefield 1943
Cuboid
Fat Princess
Braid
Gravity Crash
Bomberman Ultra
Pixeljunk Shooter
Call of Duty Classic


Best Graphics (open voting)

Best Original Music Score (open voting)

Most Innovative (open voting)

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)

Best Game No One Played (open voting)

Most Anticipated Game (open voting)

PS3 Game of the Year (open voting)

Overall Voting Thread.
Xbox 360 Voting Thread.
Wii Voting Thread.
PSP Voting Thread.
DS Voting Thread.
PC Voting Thread.

Before i even start voting do i have to use the games you nominated?

ignore.

okay here is my vote in

Best First Person Shooter:
Killzone 2

Best Third Person Shooter:
Uncharted 2

Best Action-Adventure:
Uncharted 2

Best RPG:
Dragon Age: Origins

Best Graphics: Uncharted 2

Best Music Score:I really like the music in Dragon Age:Origins

Most Innovative: Killzone 2 (added a few extra features onto the shooter genre i thought)

Biggest Disappointment: forgot about Resident Evil 5 -yeh it was bad

Best Game No One Played: Ratchet and Clank ACIT

Most Anticipated Upcoming Game: FFXIII

PS3 Game of the Year: Uncharted 2 - yeah baby

Updated because i got reminded that VC was a 2008 release

Best First Person Shooter:
Killzone 2
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2


Best Third Person Shooter:
Uncharted 2
Ratchet and Clank A crack in time ( Its basicly platform third person shooter right?)

Best Action-Adventure:
Uncharted 2
Infamous
Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2 (You forgot :/ )
Batman: Arkham Asylum


Best Fighter:
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Tekken 6


Best Racing:

Best RPG:

Best Music & Peripheral:
Guitar Hero: Metallica

Strategy & Simulation:


Best Sports:

NHL ‘10


Best DLC:
Killzone 2: Steel & Titanium




Best PSN:
Trine
Metal Gear Solid
Fat Princess


Best Graphics (open voting)
Uncharted 2

Best Music Score (open voting)
Trine
Most Innovative (open voting)
Trine
Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
Resident Evil 5
Best Game No One Played (open voting)
Ratchet and Clank Crack in Time
Most Anticipated Upcoming Game (open voting)
God of war 3

PS3 Game of the Year (open voting)
(I come back after finishing Batman AA and Ratchet and Clank but)
Uncharted 2

Best First Person Shooter:
1. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
2. Killzone 2
3. Borderlands


Best Third Person Shooter:
1. Uncharted 2
2. Resident Evil 5
3. Red Faction: Geurilla

Best Action-Adventure:
1. Uncharted 2
2. Assassin’s Creed 2
3. Batman: Arkham Asylum
4. inFamous

Best Fighter:
1. Street Fighter IV
2. Tekken 6

Best Racing:
1. NFS: Shift

Best RPG:
1. Dragon Age: Origins

Best Sports:
1. FIFA 10

Best PSN:
1. Flower

Best Graphics (open voting)
1. Uncharted 2
2. Killzone 2
3. Resident Evil 5
4. Assassin's Creed II
5. Modern Warfare 2

Best Music Score (open voting)
1. Flower
2. Uncharted 2
3. Modern Warfare 2
4. Killzone 2
5. inFamous

Most Innovative (open voting)
1. Flower
2. Ratchet: A Crack In Time

Biggest Disappointment (open voting)
1. FEAR 2 
2. Tekken 6
3. Resident Evil 5

Best Game No One Played (open voting)
1. Flower

Most Anticipated Upcoming Game (open voting)
1. The Last Guardian
2. God of War III
3. Gran Turismo 5
4. Final Fantasy XIII

PS3 Game of the Year (open voting)
1. Uncharted 2
2. Assassin's Creed II
3. Killzone 2
4. Batman AA
5. Modern Warfare 2

^ is it ok like this?

woops forgot about that, i bought my copy this year that's probably why i was thinking of it.

@ Ghazi4

Valkyria Chronicles isn't from this year.