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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 New Character

While everyone knows the Master Chiefs and Marios of the gaming world, each year a handful of new characters emerge, enriching a world dominated by an established cast with memorable new mannerisms and quotable catchphrases. The Best New Character category celebrates the best newcomers of the year.

Watch the video below for more!

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

Red Dead Redemption

John Marston is a man who's done terrible things, having roughed up, robbed, and killed countless people. But he's also a man trying to turn his life around, and that painful struggle to redeem himself made him a fascinating, complex character.

Readers' Choice Voting

  • Winner
  • Results
And the winner is…

Red Dead Redemption

GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice Winner

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.

8 comments
Jethrob3
Jethrob3

wtf gamespot. good game, but not the best. besides, marston isnt very deep. he just shoots stuff and is a general badass. oh wait, ive seen that before

ayhokkuu
ayhokkuu

i really am starting to wonder if gamespot even played heavy rain. if you have never played heavy rain don't you even dare thumbs down this.

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