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