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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

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.

Special Achievement

Best Graphics, Artistic

Video games are a visual medium, and some games take this fact as a challenge. This award recognizes games that use a strong artistic design to bring their worlds to life.

Watch the video below for more!

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

Kirby's Epic Yarn

Kirby's latest adventure takes place in a colorful world where everything is made of string, and this unusual setting reflects the game's beautiful-looking and unmistakably charming environments and characters.

Readers' Choice Voting

  • Winner
  • Results
And the winner is…

Mass Effect 2

GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice Winner

The Mass Effect trilogy is an emotionally charged science fiction adventure set in a vast universe filled with dangerous alien life and mysterious, uncharted planets. In Mass Effect 2, players will once again step into the role of the heroic Commander Shepard, commanding their crew of some of the most dangerous operatives from across the galaxy on a mission so challenging that it's potentially suicidal. Featuring intense shooter action, a rich futuristic storyline, space exploration and emotionally engaging character interaction, the game delivers an unparalleled cinematic experience.

Title Vote Result Graph % of Votes # of Votes

Alan Wake

 
6% 2,512

Castlevania: Lords of Shadow

 
6% 2,323

Kirby's Epic Yarn

 
18% 6,961

Mass Effect 2

 
26% 10,348

Red Dead Redemption

 
16% 6,109

LIMBO

 
6% 2,497

Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood

 
6% 2,503

Super Mario Galaxy 2

 
5% 1,818

Heavy Rain

 
4% 1,408

God of War III

 
7% 2,693
13 comments
GamerNerdTalk
GamerNerdTalk

This game looks amazing, I think I am going to pick it up

IslandBros15
IslandBros15

Glad to see Kirby beat out Red Dead Redemption.

yoyou225
yoyou225

Sophia Tong just loves this game.

Aylin2482
Aylin2482

This game is probably one of the best games made for Wii. My first system was an NES and I am def a fangirl!

FrogDude14
FrogDude14

Gamespot made the right choice here. I have Kirby's Epic Yarn, and one of the biggest reasons I played through it completely was to appreciate the awesome design.

THESonicBrain
THESonicBrain

is prety just this , 4 playstation 2 but not 4 win over so many titles that taked hundreds of hours to put together on xbox360 or ps3 , shame !

calvinsora
calvinsora ranger

Completely deserves it, congrats Good-Feel, you did a superb job. Look forward to seeing more yarn creations in the future.

Evillordexdeath
Evillordexdeath

Gamespot has made the right choice on this one, I think.

SloganYams
SloganYams

It never could have been anything else. Realistic recreations? Who cares! If I want realism I'll take a walk and soak in the scenery. It takes ingenuity to do something creative like Kirby.

zmanrwks
zmanrwks

Kirby's Epic Yarn deserved this award.

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