2009 GAME OF THE YEAR
2009 Game of the Year - from media outlets
* Video Game Awards Only - The Video Game includes Console & PC Games, but not Handheld games, Mac games, Kids games, Indie games, etc.
* Professional Awards Only - The Media include Sites, Magazines, Newspapers, Publications, Broadcastings, but not Blogs have a staff of one.
* All-Format GOTY Awards Only - But a single GOTY pick must be a single title, except for a tie.
* In release order.
* More details are here.
G4TV G-phoria 2009 (US) : Fallout 3
T3 Gadget Awards 2009 (UK) : Call of Duty: World at War
Gamesmagazine-online (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Golden Joystick (UK) : Fallout 3
MTV Europe (DE) : Fallout 3
Gamekult Awards (FR) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameReactor (SE) : Killzone 2
IGN AU (AU) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Virgin Media (UK) : Street Fighter IV
Meristation (ES) : Dragon Age: OriginsYourEMGN (NZ) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Sarcastic Gamer Tweep's Choice GOTY (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Vodafone Pocket-lint Gadget Awards (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Associated Press (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
TIME (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Hooked Gamers (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
iafrica.com (ZA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Brave New Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Geekshow (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Just Push Start (US) : Uncharted 2: Among ThievesSpike TV Video Game Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Yahoo! Games (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
VG247 (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Telegraph (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
EL33TONLINE (ZA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamesweasel (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
7outof10 (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Inside Gaming Awards 2009 (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
X-Play (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Geeks (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
VentureBeat (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameSpy (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
God is a Geek (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Globe and Mail (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Elder-Geek (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
411mania.com (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamesLatest (AE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamingBolt (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamePro (US) : Assassin's Creed II
OXCGN (AU) : Assassin's Creed II
Gameplanet (NZ) : Dragon Age: Origins
Playfire (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamasutra (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
GameZone (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
Loot Ninja (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamedaily (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Contra Costa Times (US) : Street Fighter IV Bitmob (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
WhatIfGaming (US) : Assassin's Creed II
HEXUS.net (UK) : Dragon Age: Origins
Actiontrip (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Actiontrip People's Choice GOTY (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
The Ledger (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
EastBayRI (US) : Borderlands
InThisWeek.com (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
GOONL!NE (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
ALT+F4 (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves D+PAD (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameZines (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Cheat Code Central (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameSpot (US) : Demon’s Souls
Gamestyle (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
VideoGamer (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
VG Arabia (JO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
VG Arabia Reader's Choice GOTY (JO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
eLhabib.at (AT) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
The Flickcast (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Middle East Gamers (AE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
SpazioGames (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gameplayer.se (SE) : Dragon Age: Origins
Feed Your Console (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The New York Times (US) : Assassin's Creed II / Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (tie)
Play.tm (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The New Indian Express (IN) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gameshark (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
The Salt Lake Tribune (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Los Angeles Times (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
CraveOnline (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (DK) : Assassin's Creed II
GamingShogun (US) : Assassin's Creed II
TrustedReviews (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Loading Reality (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Terminal Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Newsarama (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamesPoint (AU) : Borderlands
IncGamers (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Wired (US) : Left 4 Dead 2
Softpedia (RO) : Dragon Age: Origins
Blast Magazine (US) : Demon’s Souls
PCWorld (US) : Demon’s Souls
CBC News (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamer365 Reader's Choice GOTY (HU) : Assassin's Creed II
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (PT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
4PLAYER.DE (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BLORGE (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
VGChartz (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
VGChartz Reader's Choice (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The Lincoln Journal Star (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamerNode (US) : Assassin's Creed II
Gametrailers (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Silicon Sasquatch (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Lens of Truth (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
DualShockers (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
NowGamer (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
WorthPlaying (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Giant Bomb (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
MANIAC.de (DE) : Assassin's Creed II
NYDailyNews (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Joystiq (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Console Monster (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Resolution Magazine Reader's Choice GOTY (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamervision (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer (FR) : Assassin's Creed II
Eurogamer (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Eurogamer Reader's Choice GOTY (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Games On Smash Fan Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Binge Gamer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Diehard GameFAN (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
The A.V. Club (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Orange (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
UFO Gamers (UK) : Dragon Age: Origins
MSNBC (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Threevue.com (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Suite101.com (CA) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Game Observer (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
DarkZero (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamer Limit (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Thunderbolt (US/UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Mygamer (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
GamingXP (DE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
The Escapist Zero Punctuation (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Kotaku AU (AU) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Eurogamer (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Game Revolution (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Multiplayer.it (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Multiplayer.it Reader's Choice GOTY (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
New Game Network (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
NeoGAF (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Kombo (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameFAQs (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
eGamer (ZA) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Game Informer (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Game Informer Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
IGN (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
IGN Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamerz Ink (AU) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
AceGamez (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
EVERYEYE.IT (IT) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
EVERYEYE.IT Reader's Choice GOTY (IT) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
InsideGamer (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
3DJuegos (ES) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
3DJuegos Reader's Choice GOTY (ES) : Assassin's Creed II
Games TM (UK) : Demon’s Souls
Game Hub (UK) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
IndianVideoGamer (IN, formerly known as GamingIndians) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
XGN (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
1UP (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
1UP Readers' Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
e-AAGH.net (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
GWJ (US) : Dragon Age: Origins
Kotaku Reader's Choice Award (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Kotaku (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Games.on.net (AU) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GameSpot Reader's Choice GOTY (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
GamersNET.nl (NL) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Gamer's Land (IR) : Assassin's Creed II
Gamer's Land Reader's Choice GOTY (IR) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Gamereactor (NO) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
The Bitbag (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY (SE) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
GAMEcore.se (SE) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
Gameswelt Reader's Choice GOTY (DE) : Dragon Age: Origins
Gamereactor Reader's Choice GOTY (NO) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
AIAS - Interactive Achievement Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
PCWorld Vietnam (VN) : Dead Space Extraction
NAViGaTR Awards (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
GameFly Q Awards (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Game Industry News (US) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Game Developers Choice Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
BAFTA Awards (UK) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
BAFTA The GAME Award 2009 - Reader's Choice (UK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Dataspelsgalan 2010 (SE) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Dataspelsgalan People's Choice GOTY (SE) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Game Critics Awards (US) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Computer Bild (DE) : Dragon Age: Origins
fokgames.nl (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
fokgames.nl Reader's Choice GOTY (NL) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Cinema e VideoGiochi (IT) : Assassin's Creed II
GAMEBLOG.fr (FR) : Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
DOME.fi (FI) : Dragon Age: Origins
GRY OnLine (PL) : Assassin's Creed II
Gamemag Readers' Choice GOTY (IT) : Dragon Age: Origins
Danish Game Awards (DK) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Gullstikka (NO) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
PlayGround.ru (RU) : Dragon Age: Origins
PlayGround.ru Readers' Choice GOTY (RU) : Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
Box Office Prophet - Calvin Awards (US) : Batman: Arkham Asylum
* The Winners of this year *
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves - 111
The Critics' Picks - 73
The Readers' Picks - 38
Batman: Arkham Asylum - 30
The Critics' Picks - 29
The Readers' Picks - 1
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 - 25 (including Awards 2010)
The Critics' Picks - 13
The Readers' Picks - 12
Dragon Age: Origins - 21
The Critics' Picks - 12
The Readers' Picks - 9
Assassin's Creed II - 14
The Critics' Picks - 9
The Readers' Picks - 5
Demon’s Souls - 4
Borderlands - 2
Street Fighter IV - 2
Call of Duty: World at War - 1
Dead Space Extraction - 1
Killzone 2 - 1
Left 4 Dead 2 - 1
* The Big Winner of the Year *
*Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
IGN said "No game in 2009 presented a better overall package than Uncharted 2: Among Thieves. With jaw-dropping visuals, Hollywood-level storytelling, amazing action sequences, intriguing puzzles, and a killer online multiplayer component, Uncharted 2 simply wowed us over and over again from start to finish. Bravo, Naughty Dog; you made our year."
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