Best Original Game
Borderlands
Brutal Legend
Flower
Scribblenauts
Shadow Complex
Best Gameplay Innovation
Borderlands – Gun Tech
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Death Perks
Demon’s Souls – Multiplayer
Red Faction: Guerrilla – New Geo-Modding
Scribblenauts – Vocabulary
Best Multiplayer Game
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3: ODST
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Sports Game
FIFA 10
Fight Night Round 4
MLB 09: The Show
Tiger Woods PGA Tour 10 (Wii)
Wii Sports Resort
Best DLC
Burnout Paradise: Big Surf Island
Fallout 3: Broken Steel
Fallout 3: Point Lookout
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
GTA IV: The Lost & Damned
Best Downloadable Game
1 vs. 100
Battlefield 1943
Flower
Shadow Complex
‘Splosion Man
Best Shooter
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Halo 3: ODST
Killzone 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Best RPG
Demon’s Souls
Dragon Age: Origins
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Sin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Torchlight
Best New Character
Chloe (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)
Claptrap (Borderlands)
Cole (inFamous)
Eddie (Brutal Legend)
Ezio (Assassin’s Creed II)
Best Art Direction
Assassin’s Creed II
The Beatles: Rock Band
Borderlands
Brutal Legend
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Animation
Assassin’s Creed II
Fight Night Round 4
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Street Fighter IV
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Writing
Assassin’s Cred II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Brutal Legend
GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Original Soundtrack
Assassin’s Creed II
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Flower
Halo 3: ODST
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Sound Design
The Beatles: Rock Band
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Killzone 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Action/Adventure Game
Assassin’s Creed II
Batman: Arkham Asylum
inFamous
Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Best Racing Game
Dirt 2
Forza Motorsport 3
Fuel
Need for Speed: Shift
Best Music Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
DJ Hero
Guitar Hero 5
LEGO Rock Band
Rock Band Unplugged
Best Handheld Game
GTA: Chinatown Wars
LittleBigPlanet Portable
Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story
Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box
Rock Band Unplugged
Best Fighting Game
BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger
Soulcalibur: Broken Destiny
Street Fighter IV
Game of the Year
Assassin’s Creed II
Borderlands
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
inFamous
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
