GIN GAME OF THE YEAR NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Thousands of passionate GiN readers have cast their ballots to choose the nominees for the Game Of the Year Awards. Like a caucus, the top vote getters in each category have advanced to the final vote process. Nominees had to garner at least ten percent of the vote.
Now however, all things are equal once again. Each and every subscriber to the free weekly GiN newsletter gets one vote to cast. If you are not already a subscriber, you can still Subscribe Now so you can vote.
And so, in a very difficult year with thousands of worthy titles, here are the nominees for the 2010 GiN Games of the Year.
Best Adventure Game
- Alan Wake
- Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
- Enslaved: Odyssey To The West
- Heavy Rain
- Red Dead Redemption
Best Family Game
- Bejeweled 3
- Disney Epic Mickey
- How To Train Your Dragon
- My Boyfriend
- The Whispered World
Best Mobile Game
- Cobra Command
- Infinity Blade
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep
- Samantha Swift and the Hidden Roses of Athena
- Save the Turtles
Best Online Only Game
- Free Realms
- Halo: Reach Multiplayer
- LEGO Universe
- Star Trek Online
- Star Wars: Clone Wars Adventure
Best Peripheral
- Crossfire Integrated Remote Pistol
- Dreamgear NASCAR Racing Wheel
- Microsoft Kinect
- Nerf Switch Shot
- PlayStation Move
Best Puzzle Game
- Bejeweled 3
- Bejeweled Twist
- City Builder
- Puzzle Agent
- Unsolved Mystery Club: Amelia Earhart
Best Rhythm/Music Game
- DJ Hero 2
- Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
- Karaoke Revolution
- Rock Band 3
- We Cheer 2
Best RPG
- Alpha Protocol: The Espionage RPG
- Fable III
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Mass Effect 2
Best Shooter
- Bioshock 2
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Halo Reach
- Red Steel 2
- Splinter Cell Conviction
Best Simulation
- Food Network: Cook or be Cooked
- Landit Bandit
- Railworks 2 Train Simulator
- Ship Simulator Extremes
- Split/Second
Best Sports Game
- Major League Baseball 2K10
- NBA 2K11
- Out of the Park Baseball 11
- UFC 2010 Undisputed
- WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2010
Best Strategy Game
- Achtung Panzer: Kharkov 1943
- Civilization V
- Lionheart: Kings' Crusade
- Order of War: Challenge
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Best Environment
- Alan Wake
- Bioshock 2
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Mass Effect 2
- Red Dead Redemption
Best Soundtrack
- Disney Epic Mickey
- Enslaved: Odyssey To The West
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
- Red Dead Redemption
Best DS Game
- Bejeweled Twist
- Book Worm
- Intellivision Lives
- Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
- Wipeout: The Game
Best Expansion Pack or DLC
- Borderlands: Claptrap's New Robot Revolution
- Dragon Age: Awakening
- Faery: Legends of Avalon
- Red Dead Redemption Undead Nightmare
- World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
Best PC Game
- Civilization V
- Dragon Age: Awakening
- Metro 2033
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Call of Pripyat
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty
Best PlayStation 3 Game
- Final Fantasy XIII
- Heavy Rain
- Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
- Star Ocean: The Last Hope International
- Yakuza 3
Best PSP Game
- Need for Speed Most Wanted
- Burnout Legends
- Dragon Ball Z Tenkaichi Tag Team
- Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep
- Tekken 6
Best Wii Game
- Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Reflex Edition
- Disney Epic Mickey
- GoldenEye 007
- Namco Museum Megamix
- Super Mario Galaxy 2
Best Xbox 360 Game
- Alan Wake
- Call of Duty: Black Ops
- Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City
- Halo Reach
- Mass Effect 2
And the overall GOTY is wide open. Any game, even one not already nominated in another category, can win the big prize. Each reader gets one vote, and we look forward to the results.
Congratulations to everyone nominated this year and may the best game (and the developer/publisher team behind it) win!