The Elder-Geek Game of the Year Award Nominees

To whet everyone’s appetites for the next week’s awards, here is the official list of our nominees for 2009! Feel free to discuss in the comments section below or in the forums!

Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)



Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)



Dragon Age: Origins (Bioware Edmonton, Electronic Arts)



inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)



Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Wii Game of the Year

Dead Space: Extraction (Visceral Games/Eurocom, Electronic Arts)



Metroid Prime Trilogy (Retro Studios, Nintendo)



Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Vanillaware, Ignition Entertainment)



Punch-Out!! (Nintendo IRD/Next Level Games, Nintendo)



Rabbids Go Home (Ubisoft Montepllier, Ubisoft)

Xbox 360 Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)



Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Rockstar North, Rockstar Games)

Halo 3: ODST (Bungie, Microsoft Games Studio)

Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve Corporation, Valve Corporation)

Playstation 3 Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

Demon’s Souls (From Software, Sony Computer Entertainment)

inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

PC Game of the Year

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Dragon Age: Origins (Bioware Edmonton, Electronic Arts)

Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve Corporation, Valve Corporation)

The Sims 3 (EA Black Box/Visceral Games, EA Play)

Nintendo DS Game of the Year

Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (AlphaDream, Nintendo)

Professor Layton and the Diabolical Box (Level-5, Level-5)

Scribblenauts (5th Cell, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Suikoden Tierkreis (Konami, Konami)

Super Robot Taisen OG Saga: Endless Frontier (Banpresto/Monolith Soft, Namco Bandai Games)

PSP Game of the Year

Dissida: Final Fantasy (Square Enix, Square Enix)

Gran Turismo (Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars (Rockstar Leeds, Rockstar North)

LittleBigPlanet (SCE Studio Cambridge/Media Molecule, Sony Computer Entertainment Europe)

Patapon 2 (Pyramid/Japan Studio, Sony Computer Entertainment)

RPG of the Year

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Demon’s Souls (From Software, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Dragon Age: Origins (Bioware Edmonton, Electronic Arts)

Mario and Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story (AlphaDream, Nintendo)

Nostalgia (Matrix Software/Red Entertainment, Ignition Entertainment)

Racing Game of the Year

Dirt 2 (Codemasters, Codemasters)

Forza Motorsport 3 (Turn 10 Studios, Microsoft Game Studios)

Fuel (Asobo Studio, Codemasters)

Gran Turismo (Polyphony Digital, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Need for Speed SHIFT (Slightly Mad Studioes, Electronic Arts)

Team Sports Game of the Year

FIFA Soccer 2010 (EA Canada, EA Sports)

Madden NFL 2010 (EA Tiburon, EA Sports)

NHL 2010 (EA Canada, EA Sports)

NBA Live 2010 (EA Canada, EA Sports)

PES 2010 (Konami, Konami)

Fighting Game of the Year

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works, Aksys Games)



Marvel vs. Capcom 2 (Backbone Entertainment, Capcom)



Street Fighter IV (Dimps/Capcom, Capcom)



Tekken 6 (Namco Bandai, Namco Bandai)



UFC Undisputed 2009 (Yuke’s Osaka, THQ)

Shooter of the Year

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality, Atari)

Halo 3: ODST (Bungie, Microsoft Games Studio)

Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Action Adventure Game of the Year

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Brütal Legend (Double Fine Productions, Electronic Arts)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Platformer of the Year

Trine (Frozenbyte, SouthPeak Interactive)

New Super Mario Brothers Wii (Nintendo EAD, Nintendo)

Ratchet and Clank Future: A Crack in Time (Insomniac Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

A Boy and his Blob (WayForward Technologies, Majesco Games)

Jak and Daxter: The Lost Frontier (High Impact Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Multiplayer Award

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve Corporation, Valve Corporation)

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (Codemasters, Codemasters)

Best Console Lineup

Nintendo DS

Nintendo Wii

PC

Playstation 3

Xbox 360

Downloadable Game of the Year

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Rockstar North, Rockstar Games)

Flower (ThatGameCompany, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment/Epic Games, Microsoft Game Studios)

Tales of Monkey Island (Telltale Games, Telltale Games)

Torchlight (Runic Games, Perfect World Entertainment)

Most Innovative Game of the Year

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Flower (ThatGameCompany, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Fat Princess (Titan Studioes, Sony Computer Entertainment)

FATALE (Tale of Tales, Tale of Tales)

Scribblenauts (5th Cell, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)

Most Improved Sequel

Assassin’s Creed II (Ubisoft Montreal, Ubisoft)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Need for Speed SHIFT (Slightly Mad Studioes, Electronic Arts)



Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Most Overlooked Game of the Year

Afrika (Rhino Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Techland, Ubisoft)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality, Atari)

The Godfather II (EA Redwood Shores, Electronic Arts)

The Path (Tale of Tales, Tale of Tales)

Biggest Surprise of the Year

50 Cent: Blood on the Sand (Swordfish Studios, THQ)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

Demon’s Souls (From Software, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Saw (Zombie Studios, Konami)

X-Men Origins: Wolverine (Raven Software, Activision)

Best Trailer of the Year

Assassin’s Creed II E3 2009 Trailer

Assassin’s Creed II “Ezio’s Destiny”

Halo ODST “We Are ODST”

God of War III “Epic Scale”

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 “Infamy”

Best Original Score

Borderlands (Gearbox Software, 2K Games)

Demon’s Souls (From Software, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Dragon Age: Origins (Bioware Edmonton, Electronic Arts)

Halo 3: ODST (Bungie, Microsoft Games Studio)

Nostalgia (Matrix Software/Red Entertainment, Ignition Entertainment)

Best Licensed Score

Band Hero (Neversoft, RedOctane)



The Beatles: Rock Band (Harmonix, MTV Games)



Brütal Legend (Double Fine Productions, Electronic Arts)

DJ Hero (FreeStyleGames, Activision)

Madden NFL 2010 (EA Tiburon, EA Sports)

Best News Story

EVERYTHING Delayed Until 2010

Hugh Jackman Top Pick for Uncharted Movie

Modern Warfare 2 Airport Level Controversy

Online Retailers Leak Most Exclusive Announcements

PS3 Price Drop Drama

Best Technical Presentation

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Sound Design

Afrika (Rhino Studios, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Batman: Arkham Asylum (Rocksteady Studios, Eidos Interactive/Warner Bros. Interactive)

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Infinity Ward, Activision)

inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Killzone 2 (Guerilla Games, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Narrative of the Year

Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood (Techland, Ubisoft)

Ghostbusters: The Video Game (Terminal Reality, Atari)

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City (Rockstar North, Rockstar Games)

inFAMOUS (Sucker Punch Productions, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Naughty Dog, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Most Artistic Presentation

BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger (Arc System Works, Aksys Games)



Flower (ThatGameCompany, Sony Computer Entertainment)

MadWorld (Platinum Games, Sega)

The Path (Tale of Tales, Tale of Tales)



Street Fighter IV (Dimps/Capcom, Capcom)

Most Disappointing Game of the Year

Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days (Square Enix, Square Enix)



Resident Evil 5 (Capcom, Capcom)



Tony Hawk Ride (RoboModo, Activision)



Turtles in Time: Re-shelled (Dimps/Capcom, Capcom)



Wolfenstein (Raven Software/id Software/Pi Studios, Activision)

Worst Game of the Year

Dead Rising: Chop Till You Drop (TOSE Software Inc./Capcom Production Studio 1, Capcom)



Eat Lead: The Return of Matt Hazard (Vicious Cycle Software, D3 Publisher)



Onechanbara (Tamsoft, D3)



Sonic and the Black Knight (Sonic Team, Sega)



Tony Hawk Ride (RoboModo, Activision)

