- Name
- Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010
- Aliases
- Giant Bomb GOTY 2010,GB GOTY 2010
Giant Bomb Game of the Year 2010
The third annual Game of the Year awards from Giant Bomb.
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Overview
Giant Bomb's Game of the Year Awards celebrates 2010's best and worst in the world of video games.
This was the first year to feature guest lists from friends of the site. 2010 is also the only year where the awards spanned six days and the last year to feature platform-specific awards.
Deliberations
Daily Recap Videos
Articles
The Awards
===Game of the Year===
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| ===Best Multiplatform Game===
Runners-Up * Assassin's Creed Brotherhood
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| ===Best PlayStation 3 Game===
Runners-Up * Heavy Rain (Game)
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| ===Best Xbox 360 Game===
Runners-Up * Limbo (Game)
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| ===Best Wii Game===
Runners-Up * Kirby's Epic Yarn
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| ===Best PC Game===
Runners-Up * Sid Meier's Civilization V
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| ===Best DS Game===
Runners-Up * Super Scribblenauts (Game)
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| ===Best Download Only Game===
Runners-Up * Super Meat Boy (Game)
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| ===Worst Game of the Year===
Runners-Up * Motion Sports (Game)
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| ===Best Motion-Controlled Game===
Runners-Up * Sports Champions (Game)
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| ===Best Game Room Release===
Runners-Up * Jackal (Game)
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| ===The "Take a Break" Award===
Runners-Up * Guitar Hero (Franchise)
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| ===Best Ending===
Runners-Up * Bayonetta (Game)
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| ===Best Competitive Multiplayer===
Runners-Up * Call of Duty: Black Ops
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| ===Best Story===
Runners-Up * Mass Effect 2 (Game)
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===Worst Trend===
Runners-Up * Social Network Support
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| ===Dave's Eastern Bloc Game of the Year===
Runners-Up * Metro 2033 (Game)
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| ===Character We'd Most Like to Party With===
Runners-Up * Frank Woods (Character) (Call of Duty: Black Ops)
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| ===Worst Accent===
Runners-Up * Call of Duty: Black Ops II
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| ===Most Egregious Use of Product Placement / In-Game Advertising===
Runners-Up * Alan Wake (Game)
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| ===Most Improved Franchise===
Runners-Up * Red Steel 2 (Game)
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| ===Most Ridiculous Use of FMV===
Runners-Up * The Fight: Lights Out
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| ===Best-Looking Game===
Runners-Up * Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit
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| ===Best Co-Op===
Runners-Up * Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (Game)
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===Best Downloadable Add-On===
Runners-Up * Undead Nightmare (Red Dead Redemption (Game))
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| ===Best Debut===
Runners-Up * Super Meat Boy (Game)
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===Best Original Song===
Runners-Up * "Betus Blues" (Super Meat Boy (Game))
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===Best New Character===
Runner-Up * Francis York Morgan (Character)||
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| ===2010's 2009 Game of the Year===
Runners-Up * Forza Motorsport 3 (Game)
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Staff Picks
Links in names go to each staff member's video breakdown.
===Jeff Gerstmann===
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===Ryan Davis===
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===Vinny Caravella===
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===Brad Shoemaker===
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===Drew Scanlon===
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===Alex Navarro===
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Guest Lists
- Adam Boyes
- Carrie Gouskos
- Christina Norman
- Gary Whitta
- Greg Kasavin
- Jeff Green
- Jeremiah Slaczka
- John Vignocchi
- Paul Barnett
- Rocco Botte
- ZMF
Community GOTY
GAME (# OF LISTS, TOTAL POINTS) # Mass Effect 2 (3841, 33897)
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- Bayonetta (Game)
- BioShock 2 (Game)
- Borderlands (Game)
- Comic Jumper (Game)
- Dance Central (Game)
- Food Fight (Game)
- God of War III (Game)
- Halo: Reach (Game)
- Heavy Rain (Game)
- Kirby's Epic Yarn (Game)
- Mafia II (Game)
- Mass Effect 2 (Game)
- Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (Game)
- Pac-Man Championship Edition DX (Game)
- Picross 3D (Game)
- PowerGig: Rise of the SixString (Game)
- Red Dead Redemption (Game)
- S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (Game)
- Shaun White Skateboarding (Game)
- StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty (Game)
- Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Game)