We are about to run a public user vote, but first, here are our editor’s picks for 2009:

Category	Editor’s Choice	Comments
Best Narrative/Fiction	Uncharted 2
Biggest WOW Factor	Uncharted 2
Most Innovative Design	Demon’s Souls	This game had tons of new original game mechanics, and most of them worked pretty well. This will surely inspire some more quality titles along these lines.
Best Internet Multiplayer	Uncharted 2	Multiplayer to Uncharted 2 was very polished and fun. Second place was Killzone 2
Most Overhyped	Resident Evil 5
Most Overrated	Modern Warfare 2	Still a great game, but overrated.
Best Sleeper Hit	Demon’s Souls	Wow, the previews looked bland, but this turned out to be the best RPG thus far of this generation.
Most Underrated	Wipeout Fury	This is only an expansion, but really, every single new game mode in this expansion is better than every mode from the original. The new ships, tracks, effects were all fantastic.
Biggest News or Trend of the Year	Motion Gaming	Right now, it’s mostly talk and tech demos and a few mini-games on the Wii, but motion control was the biggest growing trend of the year.
Best Downloadable Game	Tie: Wipeout Fury + Flower	Very different style of games. We were split down the middle between these two.
Best Platformer	Ratchet & Clank: Crack in Time	Not much competition, but Crack in Time was an excellent game
Best Action/Adventure	Uncharted 2
Best First Person Shooter	Killzone 2
Best Third Person Shooter	Uncharted 2
Best Open World Action	inFamous	There was some great competition with Prototype and Red Faction (and recently, Saboteur). Those were great game with arguably better graphics and better “engines”, but after playing the games Infamous really had the best compaign missions, side missions, and was just the most fun to play through.
Best RPG	Demon’s Souls
Best Puzzle	Critter Crunch
Best Racing	Need for Speed: SHIFT	Second place: Wipeout Fury
Best Fighting	Tekken 6	Second place: Street Fighter IV
Best Survival Horror	Resident Evil 5	Wasn’t much else this year.
GOTY 2008 with one year hindsight	Valkyria Chronicles + Metal Gear Solid 4	Third place: LittleBigPlanet
GOTY 2009	Uncharted 2	Predictable choice, but it really is that good. Great tech, narrative, campaign, and multiplayer.