Meridian4 (http://www.meridian4.com) and Hermitworks Entertainment Corporation are pleased to announce that their Trading Sim/FPS game; Space Trader – Merchant Marine has been nominated for Best Simulation game of the year and is looking for your votes.

"Every year we let our readers choose to nominate their favorite games for the year. We believe this gives a true measure of what games are good, as opposed to some editors sitting around in a back room and plotting the results. This year over 50,000 readers took up the call and put their favorite games up for a vote," said John Breeden II, chief editor of Gameindustry.com. "The top five games in each category are the nominees for the year, and now the full voting takes place. We anticipate over 100,000 votes will be cast between now and February 15th. But just getting nominated is tough, and there are a ton of great games to choose from. I don't envy the readers' jobs, trying to pick out the best from this fine group."

"Meridian4 has always known that Space Trader is a great game and it is wonderful to see that it is getting this kind of recognition. What makes it even better, is that this independently developed game was nominated by the gamers." said Andy Sher, CEO of Meridian4. "So we encourage everyone to vote and vote often because it is great to be nominated, but even better to win."

To vote got to www.gameindustry.com and click on the GiN Game of the Year icon.