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Special Achievement

Best Original Downloadable Console Game

Downloadable games have become quite a big deal this generation. As more developers jump into the fray, the ideas continue to grow bigger and more imaginative, creating experiences that frequently rival those of full-priced retail releases. This year had a string of awesome new downloadable games, so those disinclined to leave the comfort of their couch could enjoy memorable and unique games. As development costs continue to rise and large-scale games take longer and longer to develop, downloadable games become ever more important, and these nominees were the best of the year.

Editorial Nominees

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Readers' Choice Voting

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Comet Crash

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Flower

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Trials HD

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Fat Princess

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Bit.Trip Void

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Shadow Complex

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Panzer General: Allied Assault

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Splosion Man

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Shatter

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Battlefield 1943

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133 Comments

  • derk4

    Posted Dec 27, 2009 10:39 pm PT

    Never heard of it.

  • Krusher26

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 10:48 pm PT

    Are these editors serious? Neither Shadow Complex nor Trine won? Heck, I would have even settled for Trials HD or Splosion' Man. Comet Crash is okay in its own right, but it doesn't hold a candle to Shadow Complex. Have any of these guys played NyxQuest? That one is also worth mentioning.

  • guyxeno

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 6:38 pm PT

    last year was pretty weak cause the frontrunners were braid, street fighter and castle crashers. other games that were nominated seem to have been there to just simply round out their nominees.

  • guyxeno

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 6:36 pm PT

    i dont think this year was weak at all considering there were still great downloadable games that werent even nominated. shadow complex and battlefield 1943 are ambitious games as far as downloadable games. this year the quality of dl games have really been a improvement.

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:41 am PT

    but compared to the last year this categorie is weak, I mean Braid was there last year and it won

  • DredWulf

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 8:19 am PT

    Shadow Complex should have won easily..

  • nero_rules

    Posted Dec 26, 2009 2:54 am PT

    I'm disappointed that Flower didn't win this one (or any of the Editor's Choice awards), but it's good to see it leading in the poll. Well-deserved. The game is a masterpiece.

  • Peng33

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 9:39 pm PT

    We'll look back at this list 5 years hence, and realize how much of a travesty is was that Flower did not win. It's one of those under-the-radar games that will be thought of much more highly in hindsight than upon initial release. Flower is one of, if not the most subversive game ever made. Check it: http://stupididioticramblings.wordpress.com/2009/11/01/flower_critique/

    Also, for the guy who complained about the Sony bias, this category is predicated on the word "original." Did you ever stop to think that a good chunk of the downloadable games on the PSN ARE more original than those on Live Arcade?

    And for the guy who made some ridiculous comment about only playing "serious games," seriously, get a clue.

  • alter-echo

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 6:17 am PT

    For Shadow Complex not to be in the editor's picks and Trine not to be nominated at all is just a travesty. Shadow Complex is head and shoulders above everybody else and is a great homage to Super Metroid, arguably the best game ever made, in any platform, along with Vagrant Story.

  • knicknut17

    Posted Dec 25, 2009 1:14 am PT

    I DEMAND PIXELJUNK SHOOTER among the Nominees!

  • Geo1676

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 5:15 pm PT

    Not a major category for me, I hardly ever play downloadable games.

  • Drkr_Zen

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:04 pm PT

    No Trine? Seriously?

  • DrEvilKoala

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 8:34 am PT

    Comet Crash was good, but 'Splosion Man and Shadow Complex destroy all five nominees. Why the hell weren't they nominated?

  • Rockleelives

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:56 am PT

    i voted fat princess. how can a game get more original?

  • bessy67

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 7:51 am PT

    How is it that for best downloadable console game neither 'Splosion Man nor Shadow Complex even got nominated!?!?!?

  • Darth_Pietrus

    Posted Dec 24, 2009 1:07 am PT

    I dont really care about this, i never download games anyway, i only play serious games. but i thought trials hd looked pretty fun.

  • suomalainen_66

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 8:38 pm PT

    Yes comet crash. Very fun and addictive game. Really needed good strategy and to be quick.

  • VXLbeast

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 10:09 am PT

    Are you kidding me? FLower and Fat Princess walked all over this game...Oh well, whatever...

  • AnelZukic

    Posted Dec 23, 2009 4:20 am PT

    Flower for me, but comet crach was entertaining

  • oajlu

    Posted Dec 22, 2009 11:50 pm PT

    flower +1...

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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