So the dust has settled, the votes have been counted, and Rockstar’s ‘Read Dead Redemption’ has walked away with the ‘Game of the Year’ award. We think that RDR is a deserving winner; not only is the standalone game a wonderfully designed adventure, but it has also received fantastic post release support by way of premium DLC such as ‘Undead Nightmare’.
Congratulations to all involved in making the game. Â The other winners are as follows:
STUDIO OF THE YEAR
BioWare
BEST XBOX 360 GAME
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
BEST PS3 GAME
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
BEST Wii GAME
Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Nintendo / Nintendo)
BEST PC GAME
StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Blizzard Entertainment / Blizzard Entertainment)
BEST HANDHELD GAME
God of War: Ghost of Sparta (Sony Computer Entertainment / Ready At Dawn Studios)
BEST SHOOTER
Call of Duty: Black Ops (Activision / Treyarch)
BEST ACTION ADVENTURE GAME
Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal)
BEST RPG
Mass Effect 2 (Electronic Arts / BioWare)
BEST MULTI-PLAYER
Halo: Reach (Microsoft / Bungie Studios)
BEST INDIVIDUAL SPORTS GAME
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 11 (Electronic Arts / EA Tiburon)
BEST TEAM SPORTS GAME
NBA 2K11 (2K Sports / Visual Concepts)
BEST DRIVING GAME
Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit (Electronic Arts / Criterion Games)
BEST MUSIC GAME
Rock Band 3 (MTV Games / Harmonix)
BEST SOUNDTRACK
DJ Hero 2 (Activision / FreeStyleGames)
BEST SONG IN A GAME
Far Away by José González (Red Dead Redemption)
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
BEST GRAPHICS
God of War III (Sony Computer Entertainment / SCE Studios Santa Monica)
BEST ADAPTED VIDEO GAME
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game (Ubisoft / Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Chengdu)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN MALE
Neil Patrick Harris as Peter Parker / Amazing Spider-Man (Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions / Activision)
BEST PERFORMANCE BY A HUMAN FEMALE
Tricia Helfer as Sarah Kerrigan (StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty / Blizzard Entertainment)
BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME
Costume Quest (THQ / Double Fine Productions)
BEST DLC
Red Dead Redemption – Undead Nightmare (Rockstar Games / Rockstar San Diego)
BEST INDEPENDENT GAME
Limbo (PlayDead)
MOST ANTICIPATED GAME
Portal 2 (Valve / Valve)
Porcupine_I
And the best thing: soon i can play the best 360 game on my PS3 :-D
solidsteven
They have improved this year. But what do they mean by best soundtrack and best score. They are both the same thing. I disagree with the voice actors. i would have put the person who voiced John Marston or Kratos. And do they think that we are dumb? “best perfomace by a human” We can tell the bleeding difference. At least,this year they did not have a cataogory that was powered by Mountain Dew.
SpikeyMikey23
the fact that the host won it makes it even more ominous (correct word for situation?? lol) but…… i aint played it so cant really judge
bunimomike
Score and soundtrack are different. You have to be careful when buying such a thing (in the film world). The soundtrack to The Crow is a collection of dirty-metal type tracks/songs. However, the “score” is on a second disc and consists of the orchestral and more symphonic pieces. The latter being most definitely for more. Utterly beautiful.
This is why RDR won the Score award as the incidental score changed with each new region and was absolutely spot on as an accompaniment.
TSBonyman
Well done to God of War 3 and i’m looking forward to playing the best xbox 360 game on my PS3 soon. :)
gazzagb
Agree with everything except Best Studio and Best Driving Game. NFS:HP is crap.
Forrest_01
In your opinion. Many (including myself) would wholeheartedly disagree with you that NFS:HP is crap. Personally, i think that it’s brilliant & the autolog is genius (IMO).
iBirch
Well deserved Red Dead is awesome.
bunimomike
Personally, I’m very pleased RDR won GOTY as there were a handful of excellent (but slightly more generic) titles that could’ve easily swooped in and nabbed it.
bunimomike
Oh, and Limbo? Bravo! *applauds*
Rocket_345
Glad to see RDR win. Awesome game IMO and thoroughly deserves GOTY.
rht992
great to see the love for the Red Dead soundtrack. far away was the bset song i’ve heard all year. it’ll take a hell of a lot to top ridding through the planes of mexico at night with only that song playing. utter beauty
Raider197
I’ve never heard of “Read Dead Redemption” Dan!
It’s a deserving winner.
kivi95
Platinum games should have had at least be nominated as the best studio of the year. 2great games released bayonetta and vanquished.