So Here are finally my GOTY Awards for 08. These are just nominations. The actual winners will come within the next couple days. Enjoy!

Keep in mind there will be genre awards for action, music, platform, racing, role playing, shooting, and sports games.

Best Trailer for a Game Released in 2008

• Dead Space - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UOZp6J0tjw
• Grand Theft Auto IV - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nr7dDyUUgI
• Gears of War 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL_ZjJgbDmc
• Lost Odyssey - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTicI3dcnys
• Burnout Paradise - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTicI3dcnys
• Metal Gear Solid 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzP-Nb5hSlo
• Prince of Persia - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GwGuB6n1L8

Best New Character

• Kaim (Lost Odyssey)
• Niko Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• Brucie (Grand Theft Auto IV)
• Issac (Dead Space
• Yuri (Tales of Vesperia)

Best Multiplayer

• Rock Band 2
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Gears of War 2
• Burnout Paradise
• Unreal Tournament III

Biggest Disappointment

• Unreal Tournament III
• Fable II
• LOST: Via Domus
• Bully: Scholarship Edition
• Gears of War 2
• Super Smash Bros Brawl

Biggest Surprise

• Devil May Cry 4
• Army of Two
• Prince of Persia
• Fallout 3
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Best Orchestrated Score

• Mirror's Edge
• Lost Odyssey
• Prince of Persia
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts

Best Licensed Music

• Saints Row 2
• NHL 09
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Burnout Paradise
• Madden 09

Best New IP

• Little Big Planet
• Lost Odyssey
• Mirror's Edge
• Dead Space
• Army of Two

Best Graphics

• Gears of War 2
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Tales of Vesperia
• Prince of Persia
• Burnout Paradise

Best Story

• Dead Space
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
• Lost Odyssey
• Tales of Vesperia
• Grand Theft Auto IV

Best Part / Moment / Chapter in a Game

• Devil May Cry 4's Opening Scene
• Prince of Persia's Ending
• The Entire Last Chapter of Dead Space
• Grand Theft Auto IV's Final Mission
• Metal Gear Solid IV - Scene with Naomi on the Screen

Game I Most Wanted to Play But Didnt

• The Last Remnant
• Braid
• Battlefield: Bad Company
• Valkyria Chronicles
• Too Human
• Final Fantasy Tactics Advance 2
• Left 4 Dead
• Tomb Raider: Underworld

Best Game of 06/07 That I Played in 08

• Orange Box
• Blue Dragon
• Stranglehold
• Folklore
• Mass Effect
• Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Game of the Year:

• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriot
• Burnout Paradise
• Lost Odyssey
• Prince of Persia
• Grand Theft Auto IV
• Dead Space
• Tales of Vesperia
• Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts