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2010 Game of the Year Awards Round-Up

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/31/2010

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Don’t want to look through each reward category? Here’s a round-up of Binary Messiah’s 2010 Game of the Year Awards.

Red Dead Redemption

Awarded

Game of the Year
Best DLC
Best Voice Acting

Nominated

Best New Character
Best Story
Best Sound Design
Best Atmosphere
Best Music

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

Awarded

Best Strategy

Nominated

Game of the Year
Best Multiplayer

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Call of Duty: Black Ops

Awarded

Best Shooter
Best Multiplayer

Nominated

Game of the Year

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Fallout: New Vegas

Awarded

Best RPG

Nominated

Game of the Year

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Rock Band 3

Awarded

Best Rhythm

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Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

Awarded

Best Puzzler

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Super Mario Galaxy 2

Awarded

Best Platformer

Nominated

Game of the Year

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God of War III

Awarded

Best Action
Best Graphics, Technical

Nominated

Game of the Year
Best Graphics, Artistic
Best Sound Design
Best Voice Acting

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Epic Mickey

Awarded

Most Disappointing Game

Nominated

Best Graphics, Artistic

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Limbo

Awarded

Best Downloadable Game

Nominated

Best Graphics, Artistic

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Bayonetta

Awarded

Best New Character
Best Music

Nominated

Game of the Year
Best Action

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Kirby’s Epic Yarn

Awarded

Best Graphics, Artistic

Nominated

Best Platformer

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Alan Wake

Awarded

Best Story

Nominated

Game of the Year
Best Sound Design
Best Atmosphere
Best Downloadable Content
Best Music

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Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Awarded

Best Sound Design

Nominated

Best Shooter
Best Multiplayer

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Game of the Year is one of the hardest decisions because so many games are created every year. But to come out on top the game must be excellent in its genre (usually re-define it) and have great production values, and not feel repetitive, and usually, it changes the way we think about games.

Red Dead Redemption

What sets Red Dead apart from all of these other excellent games is how authentic its world is. It feels so real and feels just like the wild west. With excellent voice acting, a huge open world to explore, lots of missions, and it’s just the subtle details that make it a winner. Hunting, gambling, horseback riding, even down to the drinks, attitudes of the people, clothing, accents, it just all adds up to something spectacular and really shows what a game can do. It’s Red Dead’s subtle details that truly make this game shine over the others.

Runner-Ups

Heavy Rain

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God of War III

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Mass Effect 2

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Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

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Bayonetta

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Call of Duty: Black Ops

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StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

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Super Mario Galaxy 2

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Alan Wake

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Fallout: New Vegas

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Dante’s Inferno

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Civilization V

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2010 Game of the Year Awards — Genre — Platformer

Posted by BinaryMessiah on 12/17/2010

Posted in: 2010, Game of the Year Awards. Tagged: 2010, apple, awards, donkey kong country returns, ds, game of the year, indie, kirby's epic yarn, mac, Microsoft, Nintendo, pc, platformer, playstation, playstation 3, sonic colors, Sony, steam, super mario galaxy 2, super meat boy, wii, xbox, Xbox 360. Leave a comment

A great platformer has responsive controls, unique gameplay, good puzzles, and good graphics. Platformers go all the way back to the beginning of video games so there’s is a lot of scrutinies involved in them.

Super Mario Galaxy 2

While Mario may be the same thing over and over again the Galaxy games really show what the Wii was meant for, and truly offer unique gameplay, charming visuals, and fun combat and puzzle-solving. Galaxy 2 succeeds on the first game with pretty much better everything. The game is more epic, it feels like it’s on a larger scale, and you just can’t get enough of that Galaxy feel.