Table of Contents
Calendar of Events
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Monday
- DEC 13
- Awards Begin Categories Revealed
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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
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Monday
- JAN 10
- Readers' Choice Awards Voting Ends
About the Awards
GameSpot's Best of 2010 awards cover special achievements in the field of advancements for games, dubious honors for less-than-admirable qualities, and full awards for individual genres and every major platform. Nominations and awards are the result of rigorous debate among GameSpot's editors, who select up to five finalists and one winner for almost every category (the Game of the Year category includes up to 10 finalists). To qualify for an editorial award, games must have been reviewed by GameSpot between January 1, 2010, and November 30, 2010.
Award categories are intended to call out those games that truly deserve the attention--therefore, while each award is meaningful, it's considered an honor simply to be nominated.
Genre Awards
Best Action/Adventure Game
An action adventure game is the ultimate balancing act. It's the type of game that lets you make bad guys feel a world of pain. But do you put the whole thing against the backdrop of a deep story, or make it a lighthearted romp where all you do is blow things up? Creating this kind of balance, while also developing an outstanding game, isn't an easy thing to do, so we've gathered the best action adventure games of the year for this award.
Watch the video below for more!
Red Dead Redemption
This stunning Wild West epic raises the bar for open world action games, and stakes its claim as one of the most engaging games this year.
Readers' Choice Voting
- Winner
- Results
Red Dead Redemption
- Publisher: Rockstar Games
- Developer: Rockstar San Diego
Red Dead Redemption is a Western epic, set at the turn of the 20th century when the lawless and chaotic badlands began to give way to the expanding reach of government and the spread of the Industrial Age.
| Title | Vote Result Graph | % of Votes | # of Votes |
|---|---|---|---|
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood |
24% | 10,635 | |
Bayonetta |
6% | 2,754 | |
Dead Rising 2 |
3% | 1,362 | |
God of War III |
25% | 10,923 | |
Red Dead Redemption |
32% | 14,352 | |
Alan Wake |
3% | 1,289 | |
Enslaved: Odyssey to the West |
1% | 541 | |
Just Cause 2 |
3% | 1,160 | |
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light |
1% | 472 | |
Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker |
2% | 848 |
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