Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2009

Game of the Year

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum

Multiplatform Game of the Year

• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Modern Warfare 2
• Assassin's Creed II

PC Game of the Year

• Dragon Age Origins
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Trine
• Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II

PlayStation 3 Game of the Year

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• inFamous
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

Xbox 360 Game of the Year

• Shadow Complex
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Halo 3: ODST
• Forza Motorsport 3

Wii Game of the Year

• Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Wii Sports Resort
• Rabbids Go Home

PSP Game of the Year

• Patapon 2
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Half-Minute Hero
• Resistance: Retribution

DS Game of the Year

• Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
• Article - Video

Runners-Up

• Grand Theft Auto: Chinatown Wars
• Rhythm Heaven

Weirdest Game

• Noby Noby Boy
• Article

Runners-Up

• Zeno Clash
• Demon's Souls

Best Competitive Multiplayer

• Modern Warfare 2
• Article

Runners-Up

• Street Fighter IV
• Left 4 Dead 2

Most Disappointing Game

• Scribblenauts
• Article

Runners-Up

• Ghostbusters: The Video Game
• Brütal Legend

The Northies

• Nathan Drake (Uncharted 2)
• Article

Runners-Up

• Jason Fleming (Shadow Complex)
• Sgt. Forge (Halo Wars)
• Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed II)
• War Machine (Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2)
• Guard (The Chronicles of Riddick: AoDA)
• Additional Voices (Dragon Age Origins)
• Additional Voices (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen)
• Additional Voices (inFamous)
• Additional Voices (X-Men Origins: Wolverine)

Best New NPC

• Tenzin (Uncharted 2)
• Article

Runners-Up

• Ghost (Modern Warfare 2)
• Girl (Noby Noby Boy)

Best Classic Revival

• Street Fighter IV
• Article

Runners-Up

• Punch-Out!!
• Tales of Monkey Island

Characters We'd Like to Party With

• Eddie Riggs (Brütal Legend)
• Article

Runners-Up

• Ellis (Left 4 Dead 2)
• Chris Cashman (1 vs 100)
• John Vignocchi

Best Big-Ass Ramp

• Borderlands
• Article

Runners-Up

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• Modern Warfare 2

Second Annual Soulja Boy Award for Games to Play If You Drink and Get Drunk or Smoke and Get High

• Modern Warfare 2
• Article

Runners-Up

• Noby Noby Boy
• Flower

Best Download Only Game

• Shadow Complex
• Article

Runners-Up

• Shatter
• Noby Noby Boy

Guilty Pleasure of the Year

• 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand
• Article

Runners-Up

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• The Godfather II

Best Add-On

• Point Lookout (Fallout 3)
• Article

Runners-Up

• The Lost and the Damned (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned (Borderlands)

Worst Game of the Year

• Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust
• Article

Runners-Up

• Tony Hawk RIDE
• Velvet Assassin

Best Villain

• Helicopters
• Article

Runners-Up

• Zoran Lazarevic (Uncharted 2: Among Thieves)
• Doviculus (Brütal Legend)

Dave Snider's Eastern Bloc Game of the Year Brought To You By Dave Snider

• Cryostasis: The Sleep of Reason
• Article

Runners-Up

• Majesty 2
• Drakensang: The Dark Eye

Best Graphics

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Article

Runners-Up

• Batman: Arkham Asylum
• Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time

The Brad Shoemaker "I'm Callin' It" Award for Best Use of Zombies

• Left 4 Dead 2
• Article

Runners-Up

• Borderlands: The Zombie Island of Dr. Ned
• Plants vs. Zombies

Best Co-Op

• Modern Warfare 2
• Article

Runners-Up

• Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
• Resident Evil 5

Best Debut

• inFamous
• Article

Runners-Up

• Borderlands
• Shadow Complex

Best Original Soundtrack

• Shatter
• Article

Runners-Up

• The Saboteur
• Halo 3: ODST

Best Late Title Card

• X-Men Origins: Wolverine
• Article

Runners-Up

• Assassin's Creed II
• inFamous

Best Song in a Non-Rhythm Game

• "Everybody Loves Donuts" ('Splosion Man)
• Article

Runners-Up

• "End Credits" (Rogue Warrior)
• "Indestructible" (Street Fighter IV)

Most Divisive Game

• Flower
• Article

Runners-Up

• Demon's Souls
• Altitude

2009's 2008 Game of the Year

• Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4
• Article

Runners-Up

• Fallout 3
• Fable II

Jeff Gerstmann

1. Modern Warfare 2
2. Shadow Complex
3. Borderlands
4. Street Fighter IV
5. Batman: Arkham Asylum
6. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
7. Assassin's Creed II
8. Forza Motorsport 3
9. UFC 2009 Undisputed
10. Rhythm Heaven

Ryan Davis

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. Assassin's Creed II
4. Modern Warfare 2
5. The Beatles: Rock Band
6. Fallout 3
7. F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin
8. Rabbids Go Home
9. Punch-Out!!
10. DJ Hero

Vinny Caravella

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum
2. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
3. Resident Evil 5
4. inFamous
5. Assassin's Creed II
6. Dragon Age: Origins
7. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
8. Shadow Complex
9. Street Fighter IV
10. Tales of Monkey Island

Brad Shoemaker

1. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum
3. Flower
4. inFamous
5. Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story
6. Modern Warfare 2
7. Silent Hill: Shattered Memories
8. Shadow Complex
9. Resident Evil 5
10. Street Fighter IV

Dave Snider

1. Batman: Arkham Asylum
2. Dragon Age: Origins
3. Cryostasis
4. Street Fighter IV
5. Ratchet & Clank Future: A Crack in Time
6. Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II
7. inFamous
8. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
9. Empire: Total War
10. Forza Motorsport 3

Drew Scanlon

1. Borderlands
2. Shadow Complex
3. DiRT 2
4. Modern Warfare 2
5. Wii Sports Resort
6. Halo 3: ODST
7. 'Splosion Man
8. Zeno Clash
9. Batman: Arkham Asylum
10. Battlefield 1943