X-Play Best of 2009 Awards

By - Posted Dec 15, 2009

Welcome to the seventh annual X-Play's Best of 2009 Awards.

Click any category to see the nominees and the video presentation of the award to the winner. Then add a comment and let us know how you feel about the decision.

GAME OF THE YEAR Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BEST ORIGINAL GAME Borderlands	BEST GAMEPLAY INNOVATION Demon's Souls (multiplayer)
BEST MULTIPLAYER GAME Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	BEST ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BEST SHOOTER Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2	BEST NEW CHARACTER Eddie (Brutal Legend)
BEST ART DIRECTION Brutal Legend	BEST ANIMATION Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BEST WRITING Uncharted 2: Among Thieves	BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK Flower
BEST SOUND DESIGN Modern Warfare 2	BEST DOWNLOADABLE GAME Shadow Complex
BEST DLC Fallout 3: Broken Steel	RACING GAME Forza Motorsport 3
ROLE-PLAYING GAME Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story	MUSIC GAME The Beatles: Rock Band
FIGHTING GAME Street Fighter IV	HANDHELD GAME GTA: Chinatown Wars (DS)
SPORTS GAME Fight Night Round 4	GAME OF THE YEAR ACCEPTANCE Naughty Dog for Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
TOP 5 STAFF RECOMMENDED GAMES of 2009 The X-Play and G4tv.com crews offer up their personal Top 5 games of the year.
X-Play's Adam Sessler and Abbie Heppe	G4tv.com's Patrick Klepek, Andrew Pfister and X-Play's Michael Demski
G4tv.com's Brian Leahy, X-Play's Rob Manuel and Matt Keil	G4tv.com's Jake Gaskill and Sterling McGarvey

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Doug Otto

I was hoping for Let 4 Dead 2 to win best multiplayer because of how they milked every corner of online gameplay by using the infected option. Scavenge is really really fun and is a landmark reason for me why L4D2 is not just another zombie shooter. Congrats to MW2 though, I can't wait to try out that game for myself.

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:11 PM
EdSabre

Oh boy. Uncharted and MW took home a million awards. Whoopty-friggin-do. I guess we americans just cant get enough of endlessly shooting guys over and over and over and over...

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:07 PM
bestclipfan

I agreed with all winners with the exception of Mario over Dragon Age. I mean really a kids game over a 60 hour RPG for shame Xplay for shame. Other then that congrats on all the other winners they really did deserve it.

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:04 PM
Luna46

im so Glad Uncharted 2 won! such a amazing game! im also glad borderlands won for best original game im still playing it and having a blast!
amazing games
but the only thing is i was kinda hoping ODST won for best original sounds track the music for odst is probably one of the best soundtrack in the halo franchise.
but i guess thats why its best "original" soundtrack but it was unique then all the other halo games. but anyways you guys did a awesome job!
Xplay your awesome!

Read more: http://g4tv.com/articles/69399 /XPlay_Best_of_2009_Awards#bes tof2009#ixzz0ZoEVdENo

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:02 PM
Luna46

im so Glad Uncharted 2 won! such a amazing game! im also glad borderlands won for best original game im still playing it and having a blast!
amazing games
but the only thing is i was kinda hoping ODST won for best original sounds track the music for odst is probably one of the best soundtrack if the halo franchise.
but i guess thats why its best "original" soundtrack but it was unique then all the other halo games. but anyways you guys did a awesome job!
Xplay your awesome!

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:01 PM
naughtydoggus

Well done Naughtydog! Ever sence the origional Crash Bandicoot trilogy on the origional Play Station, you guys have been my favorie game developer. Granted, none of your games have reinvented the wheel, but sometimes it's just a matter of taking familiar likable game mechanics and polishing them to perfection. You guys have never ever EVER made a bad game, and I am so impressed with your latest installment.

Here's to Uncharted 2, and a history of leading titles that have carried the legacy of Sony litteraly on their back.

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:01 PM
shitdick

call of duty mw2 is too good. It sold most copies.

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:01 PM
TheC0mm0nEnemy

g4 is slowly but surely making me hate uncharted 2.....

Posted: December 15, 2009 5:00 PM
L4Dfan550

I'm not upset at any of these choices because they all were good games. I don't want to sound like a kindergarten teacher but i consider all of them are winners.

Posted: December 15, 2009 4:59 PM
crwatkins

Best Role-playing Game almost turned me into a forum troll. I love you guys, but I think I kind of want to engage in fisticuffs over your choice.

Posted: December 15, 2009 4:57 PM