The 2009 Games of the Year Aggregator (Special) @ Gaming Target

Written by John Scalzo on January 04, 2010

Special: We calculate the definitive games of the year for 2009

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Other Games Awarded Accolades by the Panel

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Associated Press: Games of the Year (Honorable Mention)

Afro Samurai

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Ar Tonelico II: Melody of Metafalica

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

ArmA II

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Battlefield 1943

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: Best Xbox Live Arcade Game (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Downloadable Game (Nominee)

Battlefield Heroes

IGN: Best Free-To-Play Multiplayer Game (Winner)

The Beatles: Rock Band

Associated Press: Games of the Year (Honorable Mention)

Crispy Gamer: Games of the Year (#9)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

GameSpot: Best Wii Game (Nominee)

Gaming Target: The Best of the Best (Selection)

MetaCritic: Best Wii Games (#2)

Wired GameLife: 10 Best Videogames of 2009 (#9)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Multi-Platform Games (#4)

Bejeweled Blitz

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: Best Facebook Game (Winner)

Big Bang Mini

GameSpot: Best DS Game (Nominee)

Bit.Trip Beat

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Wii Games (#5)

Bit.Trip Void

GameSpot: Best Original Downloadable Console Game (Nominee)

Borderlands

Associated Press: Games of the Year (#8)

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Nominee)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Joystiq: Top 10 of 2009 (#8)

Time Magazine: Top 10 Video Games (#4)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Multi-Platform Games (#5)

Braid

IGN: PC Game of the Year (Nominee)

MetaCritic: Best PC Games (#5)

MetaCritic: Best PS3 Games (#4)

Brutal Legend

Crispy Gamer: Games of the Year (#7)

Canabalt

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Comet Crash

GameSpot: Best Original Downloadable Console Game (Winner)

Crawlian

IGN: Best Facebook Game (Nominee)

Crazy Planets

IGN: Best Facebook Game (Nominee)

Critter Crunch

IGN: Best PlayStation Store Game (Nominee)

Cube

IGN: Best Free iPhone Game (Nominee)

Dead Space: Extraction

GameSpot: Best Wii Game (Winner)

GameSpy: Wii Game of the Year (Nominee)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Demon's Souls

Associated Press: Games of the Year (Honorable Mention)

Crispy Gamer: Games of the Year (#9)

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

GameSpot: Best PS3 Game (Winner)

GameSpot: Game of the Year (Winner)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 PS3 Games (#3)

Dirt 2

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Dissidia: Final Fantasy

GameSpot: Best PSP Game (Nominee)

IGN: PSP Game of the Year (Nominee)

DJ Hero

Associated Press: Games of the Year (Honorable Mention)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Time Magazine: Top 10 Video Games (#3)

Empire: Total War

IGN: PC Game of the Year (Nominee)

Excitebike: World Rally

IGN: Best WiiWare Game (Nominee)

Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Fat Princess

GameSpot: Best Original Downloadable Console Game (Nominee)

IGN: Best PlayStation Store Game (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Downloadable Game (Nominee)

FIFA 10

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Final Fantasy IV: The After Years

VGChartz: WiiWare Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Firemint Real Racing

IGN: iPhone Game of the Year (Nominee)

Flight Control

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Flipnote Studio

VGChartz: DSiWare Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Flower

GameSpot: Best Original Downloadable Console Game (Nominee)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: Best PlayStation Store Game (Nominee)

VGChartz: Best Original Downloadable Game (Runner-Up)

VGChartz: PS3 PlayStation Network Game of the Year (Winner)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 PS3 Games (#4)

Forza Motorsport 3

Associated Press: Games of the Year (#9)

GameSpot: Best Xbox 360 Game (Nominee)

GameSpot: Game of the Year (Nominee)

GameSpy: Xbox 360 Game of the Year (Nominee)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: Xbox 360 Game of the Year (Nominee)

MetaCritic: Best Xbox 360 Games (#4)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Xbox 360 Game (Nominee)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Xbox 360 Games (#5)

Free Realms

IGN: Best Free-To-Play Multiplayer Game (Nominee)

Geo-Defense Swarm

Time Magazine: Top 10 Video Games (#6)

God of War Collection

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

MetaCritic: Best PS3 Games (#5)

Gran Turismo

GameSpy: PSP Game of the Year (Nominee)

Grand Theft Auto: Episodes From Liberty City

GameSpy: Xbox 360 Game of the Year (Winner)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Xbox 360 Games (#1)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Guitar Hero 5

IGN: Wii Game of the Year (Nominee)

MetaCritic: Best Wii Games (#3)

Half-Minute Hero

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

MetaCritic: Best PSP Games (#4)

Halo 3: ODST

GameSpy: Xbox 360 Game of the Year (Nominee)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Xbox 360 Game (Nominee)

Time Magazine: Top 10 Video Games (#8)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Xbox 360 Games (#3)

Halo Wars

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Xbox 360 Games (#2)

Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

GameSpot: Best DS Game (Nominee)

IGN: DS Game of the Year (Nominee)

The House of the Dead: Overkill

GameSpot: Best Wii Game (Nominee)

iBlast Moki

IGN: iPhone Game of the Year (Nominee)

Infamous

Associated Press: Games of the Year (#5)

GameSpy: PS3 Game of the Year (Nominee)

Joystiq: Top 10 of 2009 (#5)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best PS3 Game (Nominee)

Katamari Forever

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Killzone 2

GameSpot: Best PS3 Game (Nominee)

GameSpot: Game of the Year (Nominee)

GameSpy: PS3 Game of the Year (Nominee)

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: PS3 Game of the Year (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best PS3 Game (Nominee)

Knights Onrush

IGN: Best Free iPhone Game (Nominee)

League of Legends

GameSpy: PC Game of the Year (Nominee)

LittleBigPlanet

GameSpy: PSP Game of the Year (Winner)

IGN: PSP Game of the Year (Nominee)

MetaCritic: Best PSP Games (#2)

VGChartz: PSP Game of the Year (Winner)

Little King's Story

Joystiq: Top 10 of 2009 (#10)

LostWinds: Winter of the Melodias

IGN: Best WiiWare Game (Winner)

VGChartz: WiiWare Game of the Year (Winner)

Maboshi's Arcade

IGN: Best WiiWare Game (Nominee)

Machinarium

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

MadWorld

IGN: Wii Game of the Year (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Wii Game (Nominee)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Wii Games (#4)

Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story

Associated Press: Games of the Year (#7)

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

GameSpot: Best DS Game (Nominee)

GameSpy: DS Game of the Year (Nominee)

IGN: DS Game of the Year (Nominee)

MetaCritic: Best DS Games (#2)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Handheld Game (Nominee)

Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again!

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

VGChartz: DSiWare Game of the Year (Winner)

The Maw

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Metroid Prime Trilogy

MetaCritic: Best Wii Games (#1)

Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes

MetaCritic: Best DS Games (#4)

Mighty Flip Champs

GameSpy: Downloadable Game of the Year (Nominee)

Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

MotorStorm: Arctic Edge

IGN: PSP Game of the Year (Nominee)

Muramasa: The Demon Blade

IGN: Wii Game of the Year (Nominee)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Wii Games (#3)

NHL 10

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Noby Noby Boy

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 PS3 Games (#5)

N.O.V.A.

IGN: iPhone Game of the Year (Nominee)

NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits

IGN: Best WiiWare Game (Nominee)

OutRun Online Arcade

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

Patapon 2

IGN: PSP Game of the Year (Winner)

VGChartz: PSP Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

VGChartz: PSP PlayStation Network Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Portable Games (#4)

Peggle

Gaming Target: Favorite Games of 2009 (Selection)

IGN: Best Xbox Live Arcade Game (Nominee)

Peggle: Dual Shot

MetaCritic: Best DS Games (#5)

PixelJunk Monsters Deluxe

MetaCritic: Best PSP Games (#3)

VGChartz: PSP PlayStation Network Game of the Year (Winner)

PixelJunk Shooter

IGN: Best PlayStation Store Game (Nominee)

VGChartz: PS3 PlayStation Network Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 PS3 Games (#2)

Plants vs Zombies

Crispy Gamer: Games of the Year (#3)

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

Eurogamer: Games of 2009 (Selection)

GameSpy: PC Game of the Year (Winner)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Downloadable Game (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best PC Game (Nominee)

Prinny: Can I Really Be a Hero?

GameSpot: Best PSP Game (Nominee)

Professor Layton & the Diabolical Box

Associated Press: Games of the Year (Honorable Mention)

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

GameSpy: DS Game of the Year (Nominee)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Handheld Game (Nominee)

Punch-Out!!

Destructoid: Game of the Year (Runner-Up)

GameSpy: Wii Game of the Year (Nominee)

Gaming Target: The Best of the Best (Selection)

Spike TV Video Game Awards: Best Wii Game (Nominee)

Wired GameLife: Top 5 Wii Games (#2)

More awards and nominations from our panel of sites and links to other Game of the Year awards can be found on the next page.