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Calendar of Events

  • Monday
    • DEC 13
    • Awards Begin Categories Revealed
  • Monday
    • DEC 20
    • Editors' Choice Awards Special Achievements
  • Tuesday Dec 21 - Dubious Honors
  • Wednesday Dec 22 - Genre Awards
  • Thursday Dec 23 - Platform Awards
  • Friday Dec 24 - Game of the Year
  • Monday
    • JAN 10
    • Readers' Choice Awards Voting Ends

Game of the Year

Game of the Year

While GameSpot's editors traditionally nominate 10 games for finalists in this category, GameSpot's Game of the Year award is given to one and only one game that stood out above all the rest as being the most enjoyable, most impressive, most memorable, and overall best experience of the year.

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GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice WinnerAnd the winner is…

Red Dead Redemption

It's hard to argue with a game as accomplished as Red Dead Redemption. This is a game with a lot of things going for it--a complete package that offers excellent gameplay, stirring music, memorable characters expertly given life with superb voice acting, and an enthralling story taken from the pages of classic Western films. Red Dead Redemption is GameSpot's 2010 Game of the Year.

Readers' Choice Voting

  • Winner
  • Results
And the winner is…

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice Winner

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is the sequel to Blizzard Entertainment's 1998 hit StarCraft, which has been hailed by players and critics worldwide as one of the top real-time strategy games of all time. Sporting a vibrant 3D-graphics engine, StarCraft II will once again center on the clash between the protoss, terrans, and zerg, with each side deploying legions of veteran, upgraded, and new unit types. Unparalleled online play for StarCraft II will be available through a new version of Battle.net, Blizzard Entertainment's world-renowned gaming service. Battle.net has been redesigned from the ground up to be the premier online gaming destination for Blizzard gamers, with several enhancements and new features, such as voice communication, cloud file storage, leagues and ladders, achievements, stat-tracking, and more.

Title Vote Result Graph % of Votes # of Votes

Battlefield: Bad Company 2
 
 6% 8,689

Bayonetta
 
 2% 2,495

Halo: Reach
 
 5% 7,254

Heavy Rain
 
 4% 5,846

Mass Effect 2
 
 22% 30,074

Red Dead Redemption
 
 14% 18,981

Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty
 
 28% 38,323

Super Mario Galaxy 2
 
 7% 8,800

Super Meat Boy
 
 1% 1,767

Vanquish
 
 1% 1,169

Alan Wake
 
 1% 1,389

Dead Rising 2
 
 0.4% 515

God of War III
 
 6% 7,584

Rock Band 3
 
 0.3% 388

Sid Meier's Civilization V
 
 1% 1,264

3910 Comments

  • Elard621

    Posted Dec 8, 2011 4:53 pm GMT

    @drkipper

    Man... I wish I could not have an argument to reply to your entire post, because I really hate Mario (even though I´m a Nintendo and Zelda fanboy). But I think it is my duty to reply when something is wrong.

    If Gamespot are condescending, why did Super Mario Galaxy win the 2007 Game of the Year award, even if it had the same 9.5 of Halo 3 but it was for Wii? In simple words for the people that do not get my argument, if Halo 3 did the same effort on the 360 that Super Mario Galaxy did on the Wii: why did the second one win the award if the first was better because it was on 360?

    Sorry dude.

  • tyfun5

    Posted Oct 3, 2011 11:01 am GMT

    The Readers` Choice Voting says all. I see the editors loved RDR, but it`s not as good as SC2 or ME2. Anyway, we wait for The Best of 2011 (I can predict it will be a really tough battle!)

  • turbomx42

    Posted Jul 24, 2011 4:28 am GMT

    RDR was great. but ME2 was better.

  • Razz9999

    Posted Jul 1, 2011 11:59 am GMT

    thumbs up if you kinda wish Heavy Rain had won.
    (it was amazing even if it wasn't the best)

  • S-181

    Posted Jun 22, 2011 8:56 pm GMT

    bayonetta... how does that get a nomination??? so many good games that missed out...

  • S-181

    Posted Jun 22, 2011 8:51 pm GMT

    1. Halo Reach
    2. Mass Effect 2
    3. Red Dead Redemption
    4. Battlefield: Bad Company 2
    5. Starcraft II: Wings of Liberty

  • alrocks2k9

    Posted Jun 5, 2011 1:28 pm GMT

    Vanquish should have won it is the best game ever but shame it wasnt really popular... I hope they make a Vanquish 2.

  • Epicurus-Reborn

    Posted May 28, 2011 7:24 pm GMT

    are you kidding! red dead??? sigh** that game got so repetitive. i was so disappointed. i felt like after 10 hours og gameplay i had seen and done everything worth doing in the game. Every thing i did beyond that felt like a chore or far too familiar. the only thing to keep me shooting wave after wave of bandits was to find out what happened next in the story. and imop 10 hours of quality isn't equal to GOTY. in the end poker was most fun aspect of the entire game for me.

  • eawise

    Posted May 3, 2011 12:39 pm GMT

    @drkipper What you're saying doesn't make sense. SMG2 getting a 10 doesn't mean its better or worse than red dead.Its an opinion that one is better. The fact the their genres are very different adds to that fact. The majority of gamespots editors just liked rd better than smg2 or any other game. On other critic sites red dead wast't really a contender.

  • drkipper

    Posted Mar 5, 2011 9:44 pm GMT

    Ooooookay... SMG2 fanboys... "10" does not mean "perfect." If you knew about the rating system, you would know that 10 means "could not have been improved upon in any meaningful way."

    Which is why the Wii is criticized in a different manner than the PS3 or Xbox 360. When Gamespot gives SMG2 a 10, they are being COMPLETELY CONDESCENDING! The Wii has FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT hardware than it's more powerful (but less popular) competitors. It's true that SMG2 could be the best thing for the Wii since a charge station... but Red Dead could still be better, simply because the other systems have the CAPACITY to be better. Sorry, but that's the way the mean world works. Now, if SMG2 had been released for PS3 and Xbox 360 as well... well, we'd have a monster of a game on our hands, wouldn't we?

  • Evillordexdeath

    Posted Feb 26, 2011 8:04 pm GMT

    It would be nice to see a popularity contest where StarCraft was included and DIDN'T rally it's way to victory.

  • jonnybutler11 posted Feb 20, 2011 5:06 pm GMT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    jonnybutler11

    Posted Feb 20, 2011 5:06 pm GMT (hide)

    you pc chuds are just mad you didn't get it

  • JohnnyWPSP

    Posted Feb 20, 2011 12:30 pm GMT

    Really?! Star Craft 2 won the Readers Choice award? Over Red Dead Redemption, Mass Effect 2, Heavy Rain, Halo Reach and Bad Company 2? What the hell is wrong with you people?

  • Razz9999

    Posted Feb 11, 2011 6:54 pm GMT

    Dear all fanboys,
    Stop voting for witch one had the most addictive multiplayer, or witch one had the most replayability, choose the one that is truly a marvel in memorable moments and key sets of gameplay. That goes to RED DEAD REDEMPTION!!!!!!!

  • Killer_73

    Posted Feb 7, 2011 3:04 pm GMT

    always rockstar games surprises us Red Dead Redemption deserve it i hope they gonna think about releasing pc version ..........

  • privateguy

    Posted Jan 29, 2011 10:25 pm GMT

    What's wrong with Red Dead. Nothing

  • privateguy

    Posted Jan 29, 2011 10:20 pm GMT

    @drabant You are Right! Red Dead derserved that Game of the Year award

  • bakagami

    Posted Jan 29, 2011 3:36 pm GMT

    I predict that next year the winner will be Duke Nukum Forever, after all it should be the best game ever made with all the time they've put into it

  • Mon6ana

    Posted Jan 27, 2011 12:34 am GMT

    strange that the fanboys of GoW didnt show up.. and its also strange that GoW didnt even enter the contest