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The 2nd XBA Game of the Year Awards - Vote for Your Nominees!

Article | February 8, 2010 5:38 am
Well at the start of a new year (kind of :D ) many magazines and companies take the time to honor the best in gaming of the year's past. I believe XBA should do the same.

If you were here last year, you know it didn't go so well. Well I've thought of some changes that should hopefully make things more fair and make everyone happy. The main problem with last year was I was an idiot and choose the nominees myself. I know, big mistake. But this year, all the voting will be done by YOU.

THE RULES: This year I'm going to give you 7 generic categories in which you can vote for nominees. I will then tally up the nominees and the five games with the most votes will be the "official" nominees for the actual awards. You will then vote again on the "official" nominees to decide the winner in each category.

What you need to do is to pick TWO GAMES that you think deserve to win in each category and send them to me via a PM. Keep in mind the games must of been released between January 1st, 2009 and December 31st, 2009. If you give me a game that wasn't released in that time period it will not count. Now you probably need to know what the categories are to vote, so here they are:

Game of the Year
Best Single Player (not limited to but can include single player only games)
Best Multiplayer (not limited to but can include multiplayer only games)
Best Shooter (3rd or 1st person)
Best Open World or RPG Game
Best Rhythm or Music Game
Disappointment of the Year

So an example PM to me would look like:

My XBA GOTY nominees choices:
Game of the Year - Modern Warfare 2, Batman: AA
Best Single Player - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*
Best Multiplayer - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*
Best Shooter - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*
Best Open World or RPG Game - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*
Best Rhythm or Music Game - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*
Disappointment of the Year - *Insert Game*, *Insert Game*

The cut-off for voting for Nominees will be Sunday, February 14th 2010, 11:59pm


I think that's it so good luck to your favorite game and happy voting!
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I think there should be a category for best Xbox Live Arcade game too!
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I think there should be a category for best Xbox Live Arcade game too!



You know what, when I was writing the article I knew I was missing one! Thanks Evol :D I'll fix that right now.
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You know, article submissions don't show anything with gamertags, so I was checking to see what we had pending and I saw "2nd XBA Game of the Year Awards" by Aidan

I was like, who the fuck is Aidan and why is he doing an awards thing for XBA? then I figured what the hell, I'll publish it and see what kind of reactions it gets. So I published it.

Then I saw that it was you l337nes so it made sense. For awhile I seriously thought some random lurker had taken it upon himself to do an XBA awards thing
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You know, article submissions don't show anything with gamertags, so I was checking to see what we had pending and I saw "2nd XBA Game of the Year Awards" by Aidan

I was like, who the fuck is Aidan and why is he doing an awards thing for XBA? then I figured what the hell, I'll publish it and see what kind of reactions it gets. So I published it.

Then I saw that it was you l337nes so it made sense. For awhile I seriously thought some random lurker had taken it upon himself to do an XBA awards thing



Lulz Meta :p , Yeah I forgot to tell everyone I changed my name haha :D
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I nominate Trials HD for Arcade game of the year!
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Quote by Aidan :



Quote by theEVOL1:


I think there should be a category for best Xbox Live Arcade game too!



You know what, when I was writing the article I knew I was missing one! Thanks Evol :D I'll fix that right now.



Good stuff!

I'll have to get my shit together and get you a list of my nominees!
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Quote by theEVOL1:



Quote by Aidan :




You know what, when I was writing the article I knew I was missing one! Thanks Evol :D I'll fix that right now.



Good stuff!

I'll have to get my shit together and get you a list of my nominees!



Yeah go ahead. Business is slow, only two people have voted so far. I guess it's only the first day though.
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got a question is it ok to nominate one game for more than one category?

Edit: never mind already sent PM
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Hope this one is better than last years :no:
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Hope this one is better than last years :no:



Yeah that's my goal. I made it so you guys vote for everything. I do nothing except tally the votes and make the threads :p
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Game of the Year - Batman Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2
Best Single Player - Batman Arkham Asylum, Batman Arkham Asylum
Best Multiplayer - Modern Warfare 2, Borderlands
Best Shooter - Uncharted 2, Modern Warfare 2
Best Open World or RPG Game - Dragon Age origins, Bowser's Inside Story
Best Rhythm or Music Game - DJ Hero
Best XBL Arcade Game - Battlefield 1943, Shadow Complex



Disappointment of the Year - Please don't stab me for this:
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Assassin's Creed 2



Just some other categories I had in mind:

Best Racing: Dirt 2
Best fighting: Street Fighter 4
Best Co-op: Left 4 dead 2

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Quote by Aidan :



Quote by Repo Man 360:


Hope this one is better than last years :no:



Yeah that's my goal. I made it so you guys vote for everything. I do nothing except tally the votes and make the threads :p



lol yea last year kinda crashed n burned haha. but good luck this year 1337ness. il send u my votes later on.
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Game of the Year - Modern Warfare 2, Borderlands
Best Single Player - Batman Arkham Asylum, Brutal Legend
Best Multiplayer - Borderlands, Modern Warfare 2
Best Shooter - Modern Warfare 2, Halo 3 ODST
Best Open World or RPG Game - Brutal Legend, Borderlands
Best Rhythm or Music Game - The Beatles Rock Band, Guitar Hero 5
Best XBLA Game - Splosin Man, Shadow Complex
Dissapointment of the Year - Tony Hawk RIDE, Darkest of Days
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