2009 GAME OF THE YEAR

2009 Game of the Year - from media outlets

* Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console & PC Games, but not Handheld games, Mac games, Kids games, Indie games, etc.

* Professional Awards Only - The Media include Sites, Magazines, Newspapers, Publications, Broadcastings, but not Blogs have a staff of one.

* All-Format GOTY Awards Only - But a single GOTY pick must be a single title, except for a tie.

* In release order.

* More details are here.



G4TV G-phoria 2009 (US) : Fallout 3

T3 Gadget Awards 2009 (UK) : Call of Duty: World at War

Gamesmagazine-online (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Golden Joystick (UK) : Fallout 3

MTV Europe (DE) : Fallout 3

Gamekult Awards (FR) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameReactor (SE) : Killzone 2

IGN AU (AU) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Virgin Media (UK) : Street Fighter IV

Meristation (ES) : Dragon Age: OriginsYourEMGN (NZ) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Sarcastic Gamer Tweep's Choice GOTY (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Associated Press (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

TIME (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Hooked Gamers (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

iafrica.com (ZA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Brave New Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Geekshow (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Just Push Start (US) : Uncharted 2: Among ThievesSpike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Yahoo! Games (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VG247 (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Telegraph (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

EL33TONLINE (ZA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamesweasel (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

7outof10 (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Inside Gaming Awards 2009 (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

X-Play (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VG-Reloaded (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

GameFocus (CA/FR) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

GameFocus Community choice GOTY (CA) : Dragon Age: Origins

TheSixthAxis Staff's choice GOTY (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

TheSixthAxis (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Crispy Gamer (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

All Age Gaming (AU) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

GamesRadar (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

iTWire (AU) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Extreme Gamer (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Foxnews (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Digital Spy (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Destructoid (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Geeks (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VentureBeat (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameSpy (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

God is a Geek (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

The Globe and Mail (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Elder-Geek (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

411mania.com (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GamesLatest (AE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamingBolt (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GamePro (US) : Assassin's Creed II

OXCGN (AU) : Assassin's Creed II

Gameplanet (NZ) : Dragon Age: Origins

Playfire (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamasutra (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

GameZone (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

Loot Ninja (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamedaily (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Contra Costa Times (US) : Street Fighter IV Bitmob (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

WhatIfGaming (US) : Assassin's Creed II

HEXUS.net (UK) : Dragon Age: Origins

Actiontrip (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Actiontrip People's Choice GOTY (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

The Ledger (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

EastBayRI (US) : Borderlands

InThisWeek.com (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

GOONL!NE (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

ALT+F4 (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves D+PAD (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameZines (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Cheat Code Central (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameSpot (US) : Demon’s Souls

Gamestyle (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VideoGamer (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

VG Arabia (JO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VG Arabia Reader's Choice GOTY (JO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

eLhabib.at (AT) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

The Flickcast (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Middle East Gamers (AE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

SpazioGames (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gameplayer.se (SE) : Dragon Age: Origins

Feed Your Console (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

The New York Times (US) : Assassin's Creed II / Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (tie)

Play.tm (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

The New Indian Express (IN) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gameshark (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

The Salt Lake Tribune (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Los Angeles Times (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

CraveOnline (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (DK) : Assassin's Creed II

GamingShogun (US) : Assassin's Creed II

TrustedReviews (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Loading Reality (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Terminal Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Newsarama (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GamesPoint (AU) : Borderlands

IncGamers (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Wired (US) : Left 4 Dead 2

Softpedia (RO) : Dragon Age: Origins

Blast Magazine (US) : Demon’s Souls

PCWorld (US) : Demon’s Souls

CBC News (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamer365 Reader's Choice GOTY (HU) : Assassin's Creed II

Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (PT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

4PLAYER.DE (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

BLORGE (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

VGChartz (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

VGChartz Reader's Choice (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

The Lincoln Journal Star (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GamerNode (US) : Assassin's Creed II

Gametrailers (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Silicon Sasquatch (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Lens of Truth (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

DualShockers (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

NowGamer (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

WorthPlaying (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Giant Bomb (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

MANIAC.de (DE) : Assassin's Creed II

NYDailyNews (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Joystiq (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Console Monster (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Resolution Magazine Reader's Choice GOTY (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamervision (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer (FR) : Assassin's Creed II

Eurogamer (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Games On Smash Fan Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Binge Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Diehard GameFAN (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

The A.V. Club (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Orange (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

UFO Gamers (UK) : Dragon Age: Origins

MSNBC (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Threevue.com (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Suite101.com (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Game Observer (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

DarkZero (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamer Limit (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Thunderbolt (US/UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Mygamer (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

GamingXP (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

The Escapist Zero Punctuation (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Kotaku AU (AU) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Eurogamer (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Game Revolution (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Multiplayer.it (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Multiplayer.it Reader's Choice GOTY (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

New Game Network (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

NeoGAF (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Kombo (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameFAQs (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

eGamer (ZA) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Game Informer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Game Informer Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

IGN (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

IGN Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamerz Ink (AU) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

AceGamez (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

EVERYEYE.IT (IT) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

EVERYEYE.IT Reader's Choice GOTY (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

InsideGamer (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

3DJuegos (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

3DJuegos Reader's Choice GOTY (ES) : Assassin's Creed II

Games TM (UK) : Demon’s Souls

Game Hub (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

IndianVideoGamer (IN, formerly known as GamingIndians) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

XGN (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

1UP (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

1UP Readers' Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

e-AAGH.net (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

GWJ (US) : Dragon Age: Origins

Kotaku Reader's Choice Award (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Kotaku (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Games.on.net (AU) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GameSpot Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

GamersNET.nl (NL) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Gamer's Land (IR) : Assassin's Creed II

Gamer's Land Reader's Choice GOTY (IR) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Gamereactor (NO) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

The Bitbag (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY (SE) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

GAMEcore.se (SE) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

Gameswelt Reader's Choice GOTY (DE) : Dragon Age: Origins

Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY (NO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

AIAS - Interactive Achievement Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

PCWorld Vietnam (VN) : Dead Space Extraction

NAViGaTR Awards (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

GameFly Q Awards (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Game Industry News (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Game Developers Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

BAFTA Awards (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum

BAFTA The GAME Award 2009 - Reader's Choice (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Dataspelsgalan 2010 (SE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Dataspelsgalan People's Choice GOTY (SE) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Game Critics Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Computer Bild (DE) : Dragon Age: Origins

fokgames.nl (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

fokgames.nl Reader's Choice GOTY (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

Cinema e VideoGiochi (IT) : Assassin's Creed II

GAMEBLOG.fr (FR) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves

DOME.fi (FI) : Dragon Age: Origins

GRY OnLine (PL) : Assassin's Creed II

Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY (IT) : Dragon Age: Origins

Danish Game Awards (DK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Gullstikka (NO) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

PlayGround.ru (RU) : Dragon Age: Origins

PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice GOTY (RU) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum




* The Winners of this year *


Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 111

The Critics' Picks - 73

The Readers' Picks - 38


Batman: Arkham Asylum - 30

The Critics' Picks - 29

The Readers' Picks - 1


Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 25 (including Awards 2010)

The Critics' Picks - 13

The Readers' Picks - 12


Dragon Age: Origins - 21

The Critics' Picks - 12

The Readers' Picks - 9


Assassin's Creed II - 14

The Critics' Picks - 9

The Readers' Picks - 5


Demon’s Souls - 4

Borderlands - 2

Street Fighter IV - 2

Call of Duty: World at War - 1

Dead Space Extraction - 1

Killzone 2 - 1

Left 4 Dead 2 - 1




* The Big Winner of the Year *

*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves











IGN said "No game in 2009 presented a better overall package than Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. With jaw-dropping visuals, Hollywood-level storytelling, amazing action sequences, intriguing puzzles, and a killer online multiplayer component, Uncharted 2 simply wowed us over and over again from start to finish. Bravo, Naughty Dog; you made our year."




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