GOTY Winners: Overall Game of the Year 2008

Well, here it is – the culmination of one year of great games, and one month of voting for IndianVideoGamer Game of the Year 2008. With a PlayStation 3 up for grabs as the prize in this category, we thought that many members would simply vote for the usual suspects in order to win the PS3, rather than for their favourite games. But looking at the top 10 list below, it’s hard to find fault with it. Most would agree that these are the 10 best games of 2008.

Before we proceed to the Top 10 games of the year, check out the winners in the smaller Game of the Year 2008 categories here, and below is the list of the top games voted by IVG members from 11 to 20.

11. Burnout Paradise
12. Left 4 Dead
13. Braid
14. Prince of Persia
15. Fable 2
16. Grid
17. Far Cry 2
18. Spore
18. Mirror’s Edge
20. God of War: Chains of Olympus

And now, here they are; the games you picked as IndianVideoGamer’ Top 10 Games of 2008:

METAL GEAR SOLID 4: GUNS OF THE PATRIOTS
Third-person Action // PS3
Also voted: Best Action Game, Best Franchise/Series Title, Most Epic Gaming Moment

GRAND THEFT AUTO IV
Third-person Action // Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Also voted: –

GEARS OF WAR 2
Third-person Shooter // Xbox 360
Also voted: Best Shooter, Best Multi-player Game

FALLOUT 3
RPG // Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Also voted: Best RPG, Best PC Game

LITTLEBIGPLANET
Platforming // PS3
Also voted: Best New IP, Best Platformer

RESISTANCE 2
First-person Shooter // PS3
Also voted: Best Use of Co-op

CALL OF DUTY: WORLD AT WAR
First-person Shooter //Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Also voted: Best Multi-platform Game

DEAD SPACE
Third-person Shooter // Xbox 360, PS3, PC
Also voted: –

CRYSIS WARHEAD
First-person Shooter // PC
Also voted: –

FIFA 09
Sports // Xbox 360, PS3, PC, PS2, PSP
Also voted: Best Sports Game

NEXT PAGE: The grand prize winner

We thought we had come up with a fairly good way to pick the grand prize winner for our Game of the Year contest – simply the person whose personal top 5 is exactly the same as the overall top 5 (listed on the previous page). But here’s something we didn’t anticipate – we have three people tied for the grand prize with only one PS3 to giveaway. Fortunately, we had mentioned in the rules that in the (unlikely) event of a tie, we would hold a tie-breaker. Aren’t we glad we put that little bullet point in there.

Naturally, we approached the master of giveaways, contests, and puzzles – Danny – to come up with a decisive tie-breaker for our three finalists. We will announce the tie-breaker in a bit, but for now here are the three IVG members with a 33% chance at winning a brand new PlayStation 3:

Pranav Malewadkar – GameNome
Nimish Pankaj Shah – in-fi-ni-ty
Sarthak Chawla – _Hellsboy_

Congratulations guys, and stay tuned for news on the tie-breaker.

And that brings to an end IndianVideoGamer’ Game of the Year 2008. We would like to thank all IVG members for voting and participating with so much enthusiasm, and our partners and sponsors for making this event, the first of it’s kind for IVG, such a success. Special props go out to the IVG Staff and IVG Authors for their valuable contributions that went into executing this event. We look forward to bringing you many such contests in the future, and hopefully, an even bigger Game of the Year 2009. Thank you.