Tuesday, December 9, 2008

X-Play Best of 2008 Winners!

Screencap from Fable 2

G4 just aired its Best of 2008 X-Play special. Winners listed below!

Game of the Year

  • Fable 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Gears of War 2
  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • Resistance 2

Most Original Game

  • Boom Blox
  • Braid
  • LittleBigPlanet
  • Mirror's Edge
  • No More Heroes
  • The World Ends With You


Best Gameplay Innovation

  • "Level creation/sharing" - LittleBigPlanet
  • "AI Director" - Left 4 Dead
  • "Objective-based multiplayer" - Resistance 2
  • "Voice command" - Tom Clancy's EndWar
  • "Right stick combat" - Too Human
  • "Public quests" - Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning


Best Multiplayer Game

  • Gears of War 2
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Madden NFL 09
  • Resistance 2
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
  • Too Human


Best Action/Adventure Game

  • Dead Space
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus
  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • No More Heroes
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots


Best Sports Game

  • FIFA 09
  • Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds
  • NBA 2K9
  • NHL 09
  • Madden NFL 09


Best Shooter

  • Call of Duty: World at War
  • Far Cry 2
  • Gears of War 2
  • Left 4 Dead
  • Resistance 2


Best RPG

  • Fable 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Persona 4
  • Tales of Vesperia
  • The World Ends With You


Best New Character

  • The dog - Fable 2
  • Niko Bellic - Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Sackboy - LittleBigPlanet
  • Drebin 893 - Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • Travis Touchdown - No More Heroes


Best Art Direction

  • Fable 2
  • Fallout 3
  • Far Cry 2
  • LittleBigPlanet
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • Prince of Persia


Best Animation

  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Left 4 Dead
  • NBA 2K9
  • Madden NFL 09
  • Prince of Persia
  • Resistance 2


Best Writing

  • Grand Theft Auto IV
  • Fable 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • No More Heroes
  • The Witcher: Enhanced Edition


Best Original Soundtrack

  • Gears of War 2
  • Mirror's Edge
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
  • No More Heroes
  • Resistance 2


Best Sound Design

  • Battlefield: Bad Company
  • Condemned 2: Bloodshot
  • Dead Space
  • Fable 2
  • Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots


Best Downloadable Content

  • Burnout Paradise - bikes/map expansion
  • Call of Duty 4 - maps
  • Rock Band 2 - DLC songs
  • Team Fortress 2 - class upgrades
  • Warhawk - PSN expansions


Best New Downloadable Game

  • Bionic Commando Rearmed
  • Braid
  • Geometry Wars 2
  • Ratchet & Clank: Quest for Booty
  • Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
  • World of Goo


Best Strategy Game

  • Advance Wars: Days of Ruin
  • Galactic Civilizations 2: Twilight of the Arnor
  • Sins of a Solar Empire
  • Tom Clancy's EndWar
  • Valkyria Chronicles


Best Racing Game

  • Burnout Paradise
  • GRID
  • Mario Kart Wii
  • MotorStorm: Pacific Rift
  • Pure


Best Music/Rhythm Game

  • Audiosurf
  • Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
  • Guitar Hero World Tour
  • Patapon
  • Rock Band 2


Best Handheld Game

  • Chrono Trigger DS
  • God of War: Chains of Olympus
  • Patapon
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village
  • The World Ends With You


Best M-M-O

  • Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures
  • Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning
  • World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King



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