[By Anthony]

It’s been one hell of a year and there’s been some really amazing games released in 2008 and I feel that XeNonX should honour these fine pieces of art (yeah, I said it) in the first annual ‘XeNonX Game Of The Year Awards’. I will post the nominees for each category now, but due to complications the winners will not be announced until early January (that’s my fault). Each genre (except RPG’s because of the lack of them) have a category, which all have five nominations, except for the main award which has ten. Hit the jump for the nominations.

Ok then, let’s get this thing kicked off:

Action Game Of The Year:

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Saints Row 2
• Fallout 3
• Prince Of Persia

Shooting Game Of The Year:

• Call Of Duty: World At War
• BioShock
• Resistance 2
• Far Cry 2
• Battlefield: Bad Company

Racing Game Of The Year:

• Burnout: Paradise
• MotorStorm 2: Pacific Rift
• WipEout HD
• Pure
• Gran Turismo 5: Prologue

Fighting Game Of The Year:

• Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix
• Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe
• Soul Calibur IV
• Naruto: Ulatimate Ninja Storm
• Dragon Ball Z: Burst Limit

Rhythm Action Game Of The Year:

• Rock Band 2
• Guitar Hero: World Tour
• SingStar Volume 3
• Rock Revolution
• Karaoke Revolution

Platforming Game Of The Year

• LittleBigPlanet
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed
• Lego: Batman
• Lego: Indiana Jones
• Ratchet & Clank: Quest For Booty

Sports Game Of The Year:

• FIFA 09
• Madden NFL 09
• NHL 09
• NBA 2K9
• Pro Evolution Soccer 2009

PlayStation Network Game Of The Year:

• Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix
• Echochrome
• PixelJunk Monsters
• WipEout HD
• Bionic Commando: Rearmed

Online Game Of The Year:

• Call Of Duty: World At War
• LittleBigPlanet
• Burnout: Paradise
• Resistance 2
• WipEout HD

Survival Horror Game Of The Year:

• Dead Space
• BioShock
• Silent Hill: Homecoming
• Siren: Blood Curse
• Condemmed 2: Blooshot
  

Worst Game Of The Year:

• Haze
• Legendary
• Vampire Rain: Altered Species
• Golden Axe: Beast Rider
• Rock Revolution

Overall Game Of The Year:

• Burnout: Paradise
• Dead Space
• Mirrors Edge
• Prince Of Persia
• Resistance 2
• Call Of Duty: World At War
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Fallout 3
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns Of The Patriots
• LittleBigPlanet

We’ll be deliberating and voting on each of those awards over the next couple of weeks ready to announce the results in January with…something a little special.

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