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Special Achievement

GameSpot's special achievements awards cover a swath of categories meant to acknowledge those games that deserve recognition for excelling in specific areas that may otherwise go unnoticed with the incredible number of great games released in 2009. There's plenty of competition across all categories, ranging from those that honor technical and artistic excellence in graphics to those that recognize the best stories and the best downloadable content. As someone famous once said, "There can be only one," but to even be nominated in these competitive categories is itself an award.

717 Comments

  • BloodOfTheCreed

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 11:27 am PT

    Where the hell is Prototype?

  • Sir-Chibi

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:50 pm PT

    Bah, I'm disappointed that Ellis didn't win best new character. The character of Ellis in my opinion was the most believable characters compared to Etzio.

  • 00-Riddick-00

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:19 pm PT

    Killzone 2 for best MP? yeah right...

  • amin10

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:43 pm PT

    I like killzone 2,it is best game

  • Enriagu180

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 3:46 pm PT

    Holy Mule, killzone 2 rocked these awards

  • DCSchark

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 2:56 pm PT

    Sweet, but what? No more PS2?! That SUCKS! Still great games though.

  • Drkr_Zen

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 2:41 pm PT

    Nice to see a lot of PS3 love going around with this year's SAAs. All games were certainly deserving and Sony had a very strong presence with its 2009 exclusives - many outshining most of its competitors.

    From new IPs like inFAMOUS and Demon's Souls, to awesome mainstay series like R&CF: A Crack in Time, and finally games that just can't be done on any other system (or at least not as well) like Killzone 2 and Uncharted 2: Among Thieves and many more... 2009 was an excellent year for gaming.

    Especially with the Sucker Punch, Insomniac and Naughty Dog trio at it again, simultaneously, for the first year since 2005, or so.

  • darknesskeko

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 2:16 pm PT

    killzone 2 is great but batman arkham asylum was a great game to you need to give him more awards

  • flyingv16

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:04 pm PT

    gamespot sux. this site used to be so good until it got corrupted by some stupid people and now they cant even give out rewards right anymore

  • Rejukem

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 11:51 am PT

    What is this? The Killzone 2 awards show!

  • Koawinter

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 11:19 am PT

    50cent??? please...

  • Blackrasor

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:31 am PT

    This awards are ridiculous, so many ill delivered awards!

  • cornmancer1

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:52 am PT

    I'm glad to see Beatles Rockband won best music, if it didn't I would have left Gamespot and never returned.

  • Ravenlore_basic

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:56 am PT

    many of the choices were difficult and the games had their good points and some points that were not as good. This was a great year and full of great games. Everyone has their own personal taste and what one person loves another may not like at all.

  • supadave841

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 6:16 am PT

    blood on the sand? really? that should of went to killzone 2 which was a HUGE improvement over the first. not some mediocre game that 50 cent helped make.

  • Fintimimi

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 5:57 am PT

    COD MW2 didn't win multiplayer award? It wasn't even nominated. Are you ^%^%$ng serious?

  • VenomousDB

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:45 pm PT

    How was AC2 not nominated for best voice acting?

  • Ricochet93

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:04 pm PT

    Well I hope many Game devs actually see these awards and take a look at the winners and try to make something better than them. Maybe IW should look at KZ2?

  • Gooshnads

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:06 pm PT

    ELLIS

  • Gooshnads

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 5:03 pm PT

    @Wtfelo because then they would also be saying MW1 wins as well -.-
    what that means is that BASICALLY MW1 and MW2 ... basically the same

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Table of Contents

Winner Reveal Schedule

  • Dec 21
    Special Achievement
  • Dec 22
    Dubious Honors
  • Dec 23
    Genre Awards
  • Dec 24
    Platform Awards
  • Dec 25
    Game of the Year

Readers' Choice winners are announced Jan. 27, 2010