X-Play "Best of 2008" nominees

[Jim]

If anyone cares.

NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR SIXTH ANNUAL "X-PLAY BEST OF 2008 AWARDS" Special One-Hour Awards Presentation Will Honor Titles Across 20+ Categories, Including the Highly Coveted 2008 Game of the Year on Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 8:00PM ET/PT Only on G4 "X-Play," the most watched videogame series on television, announced its nominations for the Sixth Annual "Best of 2008 Awards" as selected by the show's team of gaming experts. This year's list boasts more than 20 categories ranging from Most Original Game, Best Strategy Game, Best New Character and Best Sound Design. The show also includes five new categories: Best New Downloadable Game, Best Racing Game, Best Music/Rhythm Game, Best Handheld and Best M-M-O. The special takes fans through each category, revealing the winners and explaining in detail exactly why each game won, finally culminating with the highly coveted Game of the Year Award. Gaming fanatics and occasional fans alike should not miss seeing how the reliable heavy hitters like "Fallout 3," "Gears of War 2" and "GTA IV" match up against some of the newer titles like "Left 4 Dead" and "Mirror's Edge." "X-Play's" hosts, Adam Sessler and Morgan Webb will reveal all in a special one-hour "X-Play Best of 2008 Awards" premiering Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 8:00PM ET/PT only on G4. "It seems commonplace to expect and find every year to improve on the one before," says Adam Sessler, Host and Managing Editor, "X-Play." "But the level of sophistication and depth found in 2008's standout titles are truly extraordinary." "Every year, it gets tougher and tougher to pick the winners," says Morgan Webb, Host, "X-Play." "This year was no exception and we had to really challenge ourselves to whittle down the list of nominees to come up with the best of the best." The Complete List of "X-Play Best of 2008" categories and nominees: 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

[BenjaminBirdie]

No writing Emmy for Banjo?

Pff.

[MirageDwarf]

Yay. More system wars time ahead as other sites start doing this.

[Ysiadmihi]

Glad to see NMH nominated for best OST.

[Chiggs]

I'd like that GoTY list a lot more without Gears of War 2 and Resistance 2.

[ZealousD]

Best Gameplay Innovation "Right stick combat" – Too Human

[Y2Kev]

"Right stick combat" – Too Human


edit: fuck!

[Flyguy]

Oh noes. The lack of LBP for GOTY will cause meltdowns.

[Hellraizer]

"Right stick combat" – Too Human

Dyack redeemed.

[MisterHero]

wow No More Heroes has only been here since February

nevertheless, it must win in every category it was nominated for!

[Wario64]

Best Music/Rhythm Game

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




Haha, two Guitar Hero games what.


And no PixelJunk Eden = crap list

[Pojo]

Umm...didn't Smash Brothers Brawl come out this year? I know the Wii had a shitty year, but it's undoubtedly one of the best games released.

[Y2Kev]

Not one handheld game nominated for GoTY. Why does the western media treat the handhelds like second class citizens?

Where is Valkyria in best original soundtrack?

[SpokkX]

Too human - right stick combat?

uh.. this was done in another commercial hit a few years ago: Grabbed by the ghoulies (which I still love btw)

[anddo0]

Oh noes. The lack of LBP for GOTY will cause meltdowns.

I mean WTF????

[VASPER]

I see too many Too human nominees, Best co-op my ass.

[Wario64]

Gears of War 2 had no memorable music. It's like generic epic music.

[Amir0x]

Out of their list, I'd select Left 4 Dead as GOTY... definitely close to being mine

[Ranger X]

I love to see how NO GAME except Left for Dead in the innovation nominee can also be a "Game of the year".
I'm also not surprised at the terrible lack of LBP in the GOTY nominees.

[f3niks]

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

A lot of these innovations were already in a few games. I would have to go with the AI Director from L4D simply because just when you think you got it figured out, it throws ya a curveball. Why not have Dead Space's "hidden" HUD?

[Waluvil]

No Frontlines for Best Sound Design?

Nice popularity contest they're running here. It's pointless if they're not going to nominate the actual best games in their respective categories.

[soldat7]

Not enough Dead Space.

[JonathanEx]

Where's Professor Layton?

ON ANY OF THESE LISTS

*apart from handheld game of the year, which is like the retarded stepchild of game of the year

[Death_Born]

Best Gameplay Innovation "Level creation/sharing" – LittleBigPlanet

Sorry to burst your bubble guys, but there were like 1000 games with level creators and online sharing before this. Including things like Blast Works, Sim City.....

"Right stick combat" – Too Human

I'm proposing that they change this to "worst gameplay innovation."

[drakesfortune]

Best Gameplay Innovation "Right stick combat" – Too Human

Where's Professor Layton? ON ANY OF THESE LISTS

It's there, you just missed it.

[fistfulofmetal]

Resistance 2 nominated for GOTY
that's a laff.

[Kyoufu]

Right stick combat was already done before in Monster Hunter games........................

[gofreak]

I love to see how NO GAME except Left for Dead in the innovation nominee can also be a "Game of the year". I'm also not surprised at the terrible lack of LBP in the GOTY nominees.

I am. No LBP GOTY nomination, no sale, X-Play >:|

[MisterHero]

Umm...didn't Smash Brothers Brawl come out this year? I know the Wii had a shitty year, but it's undoubtedly one of the best games released.

Holy shit you're right.

it could be nominated for some multiplayer category and some sort of sound/music category at least.

DAMN YOU X-PLAY

[TheExodu5]

I'd probably give innovation to Public Quests in Warhammer. They were the only fun part of PvE...if someone like Blizzard used that idea, it would be implemented so beautifully.

How the fuck did Resistance 2 make that GOTY list and LBP did not? I'd choose Valkyria Chronicles anyways.

[yoopoo]

Best Multiplayer Game - Too Human and not Mario Kart.

I hope Hilary Clinton molests whoever made that choice.

[mushy45]

Ps3 n xbox360 awards??????????????????????

[Wario64]

Right stick combat was already done before in Monster Hunter games........................

And Rise to Honor. What makes it so special with Too Human? Big budget, long overdue game that bombed? Hah.

[jj984jj]

I like this list actually. As long as Right Stick Combat doesn't win Best Gameplay Innovation and GTAIV doesn't win Best Writing.

[Jtyettis]

GOTY nominees look pretty solid.

[Ysiadmihi]

Holy shit you're right. it could be nominated for some multiplayer category and some sort of sound/music category at least. DAMN YOU X-PLAY

That bothered me too but when they have GTA4 and Resistance 2 as GOTY nominees...it's hard to care too much

[Francias Castiglione]

I guess they can't just give Left 4 Dead an award for innovation.

Saying that I bet it doesn't win it!

[h3ro]

Resistance 2 nominated for GOTY that's a laff.

LBP should have been there instead...

[SolidC213]

Oh noes. The lack of LBP for GOTY will cause meltdowns.

Well LBP definitely should have been in the Best Multiplayer category -_-

[Monocle]

Best Gameplay Innovation "Right stick combat" – Too Human

Yeah, that list is jokes. Very sly, X-Play. Very sly.

[womfalcs3]

Oh noes. The lack of LBP for GOTY will cause meltdowns.

How could they not include LBP?

[Kabouter]

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

[MiamiWesker]

Their GOTY category is broken. :P

[~Kinggi~]

Dead Space needs more love.

[Milabrega]

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

Mega Man 9 got robbed! Also good to see NMH didn't get lost in the wind.

[sajj316]

How can a game so much critically acclaimed not be a GOTY contender? Especially considering X-PLAY gave this game a 100.

http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/reviews/18...ig_Planet.html

[TheJollyCorner]

no Crisis Core noms. :(

[Amir0x]

no Crisis Core noms. :(

Do videogames even have an equivalent to the Razzies yet?

[lawblob]

No LBP for GOTY? The bitter tears will be flowing.

No Crisis Core anywhere? That is fucking disgusting! :(

[Septimus]

Can't have that many PS3 exclusives in each category. Thought it was common knowledge, guys.