Red Dead Redemption, Enslaved, God of War lead IAA nominees

"Red dead could have let me make my own Cowboy" HAHA what a horrible idea, the game would've been crap. Red Dead always gets bashed here. Why do gamespot users have such bad taste?

Red Dead could have been dope. It isn't. Could have let me make my own cowboy. It didn't. Could have let me run my own farm. It didn't. Could have let me swim...It didn't. Could have let me solve quests my own way. It didn't. Give me the world of Red Dead mixed with Mass Effect's or Fallout's choices with a little bit of Harvest Moon. As is Red Dead is a crappy game in a really great game world. Red Dead is forever Meh...Thumbs up if you agree...Thumbs down if you agree...

I don't know why everybody has a hardon for Limbo. I enjoy artsy games, but Limbo was frustrating and boring as hell. Walk 10 feet, die. Duck instead of jump.. got it... walk 20 feet, die. Ok, the next obstacle is a move backwards, jump over pit... walk 30 feet die... it's like a game of Simon only less interesting.

Now lets pray for a new GTA set in miami or california.

@JangoF-76 The best games focus on gameplay and not storyline. Perfect Dark and Goldeneye on N64 had virtualy no good story line but the gameplay and the worlds you shot people in made the games sooo good. Red Dead Redemption was the best game released this year.

com on tell me when will bafta vga going to air

@Vozlov I think RDR wasn't nominated for story because, although it is a great story, it's quite derivative and not terribly original - it borrows heavily from pretty much every classic western movie ever made. Don't get me wrong, I loved RDR and it was definitely my choice for game of the year, but I have to admit other games had more innovative/original/intriguing storylines.

Enslaved was a game i had little interest in until i tried the demo and then i was sold but i had other games to play coming so i waited and then i saw it for 40 and had to get it and loved every moment of Enslaved and i would suggest it to all of you to at least try the demo you just might like it.

Yeah Alan Wake gets more than a small nod but an actual award or two! And as for Red Dead have been playing it recently and its a great game but not game of the year. Although I would like to get my hands on LA Noire.

Awards mean nothing until they become honest.....none of these are really honest, it's a joke, an insult to the collective intelligence. This is the same reason I ignore film, music and TV awards.....

Don't care about this award ceremony after I realized its a pile of BS. How did Valkyria Chronicles II or Infinity Blade beat out MGS: Peace Walker? Which is probably the most complete MGS game to date. With almost everything except Wi Fi. And then Medal of Honor getting a award for visual design. What a joke. There are more deserving games of that nomination slot.

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack: for Gran Turismo 5 ? On which planet do you live??!

Where the hell is Uncharted?! Pah! Keep you're crappy nominations. Drake should win everything ever in the history of man. Just plain awesomeness.

For me, Mass Effect has to grab the best story accolade. It still constitutes the best "Sci-fi" experience I've had (bar "Surface detail by Ian Banks :) ) in the whole of 2010 (whether movie, TV or game).

Good, maybe Enslaved can finally get some recognition.

Red Dead isn't even nominated in best story. I like these guys :).

Where's Deadly Premonition?

@Wylen0 Alan Wake has won or been nominated in a lot of categories this year. Not sure how sales did but it was not overlooked by these gaming award places. It was a great game and hopefully a sequel will follow.

I thought Heavy Rain would get a nomination for this: Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction // But they did make up for it on other great categories. I guess I understand, the plot holes, and few shortcomings also made me not go back to it after finishing it. I actually enjoyed Indigo Prophecy better.

@Solid_Sterb its a mad mad world! lol

@udobald yeah i really feel the music was a massive factor in this game, brilliant score...

GoW III took me to places in gaming i didnt realise were possible yet, awesome game. also enjoyed Enslaved, which i feel is heading down the cult following road. Heavy Rain although i found myself getting bored somtimes it really did trigger my emotions in other parts, (mission accomplished guys). Red Dead, what can i say but pure involving enjoyment, a masterpiece of gaming, roll on LA Noir guys for surely one of the better games of this year too. And errrrrr MoH did sound good though lol...

God of War FTW!

So many great games on this list

Enslaved WAS great, and underrated! Also MAJIN The Lost Kingdom was one of my favorites!!

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering - Red dead redemption? Outstanding Innovation in Gaming - Red dead redemption? I'd agree with the visuals, perhaps the online play, and perhaps sound, and why wasn't it even nominated for story? But what else do I see... Gameplay? Innovation? I'd lol but.... damn.

god of war is god of games

Black Ops nominated for GotY? Really?

Heavy Rain should have received one more nomination: Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction. They forgot Nier for Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition.

Finally, videogame awards with some integrity. Kind of funny how the horrific Spike Video Game Awards embarassed gamers everywhere while the real awards are quietly handed out behind closed doors.

Portable Game of the Year Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies--Nintendo--Square Enix God of War: Ghost of Sparta--SCEA--SCE Santa Monica Studio/Ready at Dawn Infinity Blade--Epic Games--Chair Entertainment Professor Layton and the Unwound Future--Nintendo--Level-5 Valkyria Chronicles II--Sega--Sega Wait, no Peace Walker?!

RDR and GoW with SSF4!

Finally, Enslaved gets some damn recognition. Bout time. That game is sorely underrated.

Glad to see Alan Wake get some recognition. It was the first game ive played in along time that i didn't take out of my disk tray until i had beaten it. Enslaved was also quite amazing. I have angry birds for my Itouch and i just don't see the appeal in it, i got bored of it very fast. Edit. Also for those of you that enjoy gritty FPS's i really recommend trying out Metro 2033 it had it's share of problems but it was a really enjoyable experience

WTF, Angry Birds? While I am all for that they recognize the rise the rise of mobile gaming, Angry Birds is just not a good game. It is a knock off of a million older flash games with similar gameplay, and not a very good one at that, as the controls are imprecise and consequently most of the gameplay is based on luck. Just because a game sells a lot doesn't make it a good game. If they wanted to showcase the rise of mobile gaming they should have nominated something with actual quality like GTA:Chinatown Wars or Infinity Blade, or at least just a quality casual game like Plants vs. Zombies or Cut the Rope.

RDR and FIFA 11

Just got Enslaved - Odyssey to the West yesterday and already on Chapter 6! Great game!

GOTY: Angry birds and black ops?? Can these nominators justify why the freaking hell cod is nominated every single year??

God of War 3 or Red Dead!

I hope Heavy Rain wins " Original Music Composition". First soundtrack I ever bought and I still listen to it!

Call of duty black ops sucking game is game of the year.

Wondering when these awards will include Outstanding Level Design. The loss of emphasis on level design in this current gen is unfortunate.

glad heavy rain got so many noms and wasnt forgotten just cuz it was released early in the year.

@Shoaka I'm sorry, but I don't agree with that. It's primarily an action-adventure (light on the adventure) with heavy story, not much else. When you're not shooting, you're talking or moving around a map with some silly goal. I love the game, but you don't have the option to take things slow if you want. Red Dead has a larger audience and allows more freedom for the player.

Read Dead Redemption :P

@solid_sterb Your right, especially with SMG2. That game is just very fun to play! I usually give my 360 a break and pop that one in the Wii for some late night gaming. Next thing you know it is 3:00 am!

I'm really glad Enslaved is getting some recognition... the dynamic, voice acting, and facial animations were just fantastic...it was one of the first games besides Uncharted series where the characters weren't dead behind the eyes... I'd love to see them beat out one or two of the big guys.

Rockstar is on fire, Red Dead Redemption is probably my favorite multiplat this generation.

they got Casual Game of the Year

@RadicalToenail It should not be implied that Mass Effect 2 is a hardcore game of any genre, it is an rpg yes, but not much of one. It is enjoyable by lots of people just like Red Dead Redemption. That said, Mass Effect 2 was by far the best game of 2010.