Inside Gaming Awards 2009 Nominees

For my fellow gamers who have been following Machinima this year, you may already know about a “little” thing known as the Inside Gaming Awards– what quite possibly may be the largest video game award show on YouTube. The awards are tomorrow, and a special will be airing to the public on December 15th reporting the winners and other news from the event tomorrow night!

I am so ridiculously stoked to be attending this.

With that being said, here are the nominees:

Game of the Year
1. Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros, Rocksteady Studios)
2. Borderlands (2K Games, Gearbox Software)
3. Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
4. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Trailer
1. Castlevania: Lords of Shadow (Konami)
2. Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
3. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
4. Star Wars: The Old Republic (LucasArts/BioWare)
5. Resident Evil: The Dark Side Chronicles (Capcom)

Best Multiplayer
1. Borderlands (2K Games, Gearbox Software)
2. Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve, distributed by EA)
3. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
4. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Narrative
1. Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
2. Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
3. Halo 3 ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
4. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Uncharted 2 (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Art Direction
1. Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
2. Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros, Rocksteady Studios)
3. Borderlands (2K Games, Gearbox Software)
4. Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Ignition Entertainment, VanillaWare)
5. The Saboteur (EA, Pandemic)

Best Animation
1. Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
2. Batman: Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros, Rocksteady Studios)
3. Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
4. Street Fighter IV Capcom)
5. Uncharted 2 (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Game Cinematography
1. Assassin’s Creed (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
2. Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros, Rocksteady Studios)
3. Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
4. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Replayability
1. Borderlands (2K Games, Gearbox Software)
2. Fat Princess (Sony, Titan Studios)
3. Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve, distributed by EA)
4. Modern Warefare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)

Best Indie Game
1. Auditorium (Cipher Prime)
2. Groov (Funkmasonry Industries)
3. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH ZOMBIES 1N IT!!!1 (Ska Studios)
4. Osmos (Hemisphere Games)
5. Zeno Clash (ACE Team)

Most Compelling Character
1. Eddie Riggs ‐ Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
2. The Joker – Batman Arkham Asylum (Eidos/Warner Bros, Rocksteady Studios)
3. Nathan Drake – Uncharted 2 (Sony, Naughty Dog)
4. Ezio – Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
5. “Gay Tony” Prince – GTA IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Rockstar, Take Two Interactive)

Best DLC (best content pack/expansion content)
1. Burnout Paradise – Big Surf Island (EA, Criterion)
2. Call of Duty: World at War – Map Packs (Activision, Treyarch)
3. Fallout 3 – Expansions (Bethesda)
4. Gears of War 2 – All Fronts Collection (Microsoft, Epic Games)
5. Grand Theft Auto IV – Expansions (Rockstar Games, Rockstar North)

Best Downloadable Game (games only available digitally for purchase or free download)
1. Battlefield 1943 (EA, DICE)
2. Fat Princess (Sony, Titan Studios)
3. Flower (Sony, thatgamecompany)
4. Plants vs. Zombies (PopCap)
5. Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment, Microsoft)

Best Control
1. Halo 3 ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
2. Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve, distributed by EA)
3. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
4. Red Faction: Guerrilla (THQ, Volition)
5. Street Fighter IV (Capcom)

Most Original Game
1. 1 vs. 100 (Microsoft)
2. Borderlands(2K Games, Gearbox Software)
3. Demon’s Souls (Atlus)
4. Plants vs. Zombies(PopCap)
5. Scribblenauts (Warner Bros, 5th Cell)

Best Game Innovation
1 vs. 100 ‐ Massively Multiplayer Online game show with real prizes (Microsoft)
1. Demon’s Souls ‐ Multiplayer integration (Atlus)
2. DJ Hero ‐ Turntable controller (Activision, FreeStyleGames)
3. Red Faction: Guerrilla ‐ Environmental destruction system (THQ, Volition)
4. Tony Hawk Ride – Experimentation with motion control (Activision, Robomodo)

Best Original Score
1. Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
2. Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
3. Halo 3: ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
4. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Uncharted 2: Among Thieves (Sony, Naughty Dog)

Best Weapon
1. Nano Rifle ‐ Red Faction: Guerrilla (THQ, Volition)
2. Silenced pistol ‐ Halo: ODST (Microsoft, Bungie)
3. Hidden gun ‐ Assassin’s Creed 2 (Ubisoft, Ubisoft Montreal)
4. AC ‐ 130 ‐ Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Clementine – Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)

Best Sound Design
1. Brutal Legend (EA, Double Fine)
2. Borderlands (2K Games, Gearbox Software)
3. Left 4 Dead 2 (Valve, distributed by EA)
4. Modern Warfare 2 (Activision, Infinity Ward)
5. Uncharted 2 (Sony, Naughty Dog)

….Who do you want to win?