SHOOTER GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: Team Fortress 2 (20% of total)
Valve Software (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

"I already have nearly 100 hours logged into Team Fortress 2 and that's a game with only 4 maps. I can't imagine the increased amounts of playability in the future with more maps. This game has truly been polished." -Drewus

"Team Fortress 2 wins by the smallest of margins. Episode Two is great, but TF2 has the new style and super-polished multiplayer. The game was almost perfect in pre-release beta, and it's getting closer with every small patch." -skankcore

Runner-up: Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare (19% of total)
Infinity Ward (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

"Call of Duty 4 has the best multiplayer experience of any shooter this year and that is why it narrowly beat out Half-Life 2: Episode Two for top shooter in my book." -Blackscythe125

"Call of Duty 4 on Veteran felt like a War. War is Hell." -wildbil52

Runner-up: BioShock (17% of total)
Irrational Games (PC, Xbox 360)

"Bioshock oozed with imagination that was sorely missing in every other FPS title this year. I find myself increasingly bored with the genre but Bioshock offered a level of immersion and storytelling that made the aim and shoot tedium of the FPS genre exciting and engaging." -synapse420

"Bioshock was a slight letdown in a few areas, but I have to say I loved its style, world, and story. The game is more creepy than the Silent Hill series is at times to me." -Link.

ACTION OR ACTION/ADVENTURE GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: God of War II (23% of total)
SCE Studios Santa Monica (PS2)

"God of War II brought a huge smile to my face playing it. Kratos is such a badass." -GrimmyD

Runner-up: The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass (21% of total)
Nintendo EAD (NDS)

"Another Zelda, another joy!" -A Sponge

"Great touch screen controls, fantastic visuals (stay away from realism Nintendo!), and a return to the ocean world I loved in Wind Waker. A great entry for the series." -Sturm08

Runner-up: Crackdown (18% of total)
Realtime Worlds (Xbox 360)

"This game remains one of the most underrated games on the 360. The online co-op is only 2 players, but it is an absolute blast." -wildbil52

"GTA on steroids." -GrimmyD.

ROLEPLAYING GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: Mass Effect (36% of total)
BioWare (Xbox 360)

"Mass Effect had the rare effect of making me actually care about the characters and how I interacted with them. I never felt like I needed to min/max characters like a Final Fantasy game or something. Everything I did fell into place in the story." -rauol duke

"How can you tell a better story than this?" -wildbil52

"The role playing part is much better than the shooting part." -Evil Bread

Runner-up: The Witcher (28% of total)
CD-Projekt (PC)

"Nothing even comes close to the full package The Witcher provides. Great graphics, good audio, a world that feels complete and real, a complex story that alows some freedom of choice without ever falling into good/evil for every decision. It's a complex world, without the simple Black/White good/bad of most games in the genre." -wchantland

"The Witcher is everything I've wanted in a RPG. Combat, dialogue and sex!" -GrimmyD

"Interesting and complex story, engaging combat, and good character building." -synapse420

Runner-up: The Elder Scrolls IV: Shivering Isles (12% of total)
Bethesda Game Studios (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

"Shivering Isles was a very fun if slightly surreal experience. A great addition to the world of Oblivion and the history of The Elder Scrolls." -GrimmyD

PLATFORM GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: Portal (44% of total)
Valve Software (PC, PS3, Xbox 360)

"I was expecting a curious little novelty but found an absolutely incredible experience." -A Sponge

"Portal blends FPS and platform game into one seamless package that reinvents how developers are going to think about both types of games for years to come. Plus, it's just damn fun." -wchantland

Runner-up: Super Mario Galaxy (39% of total)
Nintendo EAD Tokyo (Wii)

"As much as I'd love to give Portal's amazingly witty game the top spot I just can't help but come back to my roots of platforming re-done and so very well." -itsjeff9

"Galaxy eeks out Portal just because Galaxy has more gameplay and while having more gameplay, it keeps that fresh feeling that you have since the first star. That isn't to say Portal is supremely inferior to Galaxy, the difference is || <--- that small." -grayscale

Every level of Galaxy feels different and exciting. It's the new 'why I'm late for work' game." -wildbil52

If Portal had been longer and more in depth then it would have easily been my pick, but SMG just had so much more bang for the buck. If only Mario could take a gun and shoot green pipes places to solve puzzles it would be Game of the Century." -rauol duke

"See: Chris Remo's review. Couldn't have said it any better than that." Sevogajre [Yeah! -ed.]

Runner-up: Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction (7% of total)
Insomniac Games (PS3)

STRATEGY GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: Supreme Commander (19% of total)
Gas Powered Games (PC)

"It's the definitive open-ended RTS. SupCom is a game that asks a lot of the player but gives so much in return. Seeing a strategic plan come to fruition or even seeing it fail has never been this clear and rewarding." -DAELIN REKAR

"Hardest category to choose. Almost every game there is brilliant. But I've been coming back to Supreme commander more than the others." -UsediLLusioN

"Massive battles = Exciting." -synapse420

Runner-up: World in Conflict (18% of total)
Massive Entertainment (PC)

World in Conflict really evolved the RTS genre. Their game is faster paced, more direct and it focuses the battles on tactics, not resource hoarding. I love that even in the last minute the battle isn't decided. With a lot of multiplayer RTS games, after the first five minutes you know who is going to win." -Sturm08

Runner-up: Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts (16% of total)
Relic Entertainment (PC)

"Company of Heroes managed to reinvent the way RTS games are played for me. So much so, I can't go back to the conventional way RTS's are structured, since the super micro of those games drive me nuts." -grayscale

MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER GAME OF THE YEAR

Winner: World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade (54% of total)
Blizzard Entertainment (PC)

"WoW was my crack up until a month or so ago. GG Blizz." -GrimmyD

"TBC was enough to make me reactivate my account and play for a few months. The new content from level 60-70 is fantastic and the new instances are a lot better than the ones in the rest of the game. It's clear the Blizzard learned from what they did right and wrong and built this expansion with that knowledge. I'm always happy when I see a developer doing that." -OverloadUT

"I hate World of Warcraft, so that's saying something if I still think it is the best." -Evil Bread

"Out of these MMORPG's, WoW wipes the floor with them." -itsjeff9

Runner-up: Lord of the Rings Online: Shadows of Angmar (19% of total)
Turbine (PC)

"WoW: TBC is just more of the same. Lord of the Rings has flaws, but as a core experience, they actually have the best MMORPG." -gnoleb

"LOTRO was fun to play, too bad the Shack guild sorta fell apart." -GrimmyD

Runner-up: Hellgate: London (10% of total)
Flagship Studios (PC)

"Yes it's flawed, yes it's broken; yet somehow I could not help but love the beta. I'm not a maniac though so damned if I am going to buy the game before Flagship release a few more patches." -A Sponge