To celebrate Christmas week, we are announcing our Game of the Year winners over the span of the week. Here is a brief look at the schedule:
12/20 – Specialty Awards
12/21 – Technical Awards
12/22 – Genre Awards
12/23 – Platform Awards
12/24 – Game of the Year
Best Story
Winner: Mass Effect 2
Runner-up: Darksiders
Best Weapon
Winner: Bayonetta’s Hair from Bayonetta
Runner-up: Chaos Eater from Darksiders
Best Use of a License (Non-Sports)
Winner: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Runner-up: Transformers: War for Cybertron
Best Remake/Reboot
Winner: Donkey Kong Country Returns
Runner-up: Castlevania: Lords of Shadow
Best Downlodable Content
Winner: Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare
Runner-up: Borderlands: The Secret Armory of General Knoxx
Best Cooperative Game
Winner: Halo: Reach
Runner-up: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Best Boss Fight
Winner: Jubilee from Bayonetta
Runner-up: Trypticon from Transformers: War for Cybertron
Best New Character
Winner: Bayonetta
Runner-up: Meat Boy
Best Original IP
Winner: Bayonetta
Runner-up: Darksiders
Best Use of Atmosphere
Winner: Limbo
Runner-up: Alan Wake
Best Competitive Multiplayer
Winner: Halo Reach
Runner-up: Starcraft II
Check back tomorrow to find out the Technical Award winners.