Family Game of the Year -Boom Blox -LittleBigPlanet -Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party -Rock Band 2 -Wii Fit
Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year -Advance Wars: Days of Ruin -Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 -Sid Meier's Civilizations Revolution -Sins of a Solar Empire -Tom Clancy's EndWar
Outstanding Achievement in Animation -Castle Crashers -Gears of War 2 -Left 4 Dead -Metal Gear Solider 4: Guns of the Patriots -Prince of Persia
Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction -Dead Space -Fable II -LittleBigPlanet -Mirror's Edge -Prince of Persia
Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering -Gears of War -LittleBigPlanet -Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots -Resistance 2 -Tomb Raider: Underworld
Outstanding Achievement in Gameplay Engineering -Fable II -Fallout 3 -Left 4 Dead -Spore -Tom Clancy's EndWar
Outstanding Character Performance -Gears of War 2 - Dom -Gears of War 2 - Marcus -LittleBigPlanet - Sackboy -Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Old Snake -Tomb Raider: Underworld - Lara Croft
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Adapted Material -Lego Batman: The Videogame -Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe -Naruto: The Broken Bond -Quantum of Solace -Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
Outstanding Achievement in Story - Original -Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway -Fable II -Fallout 3 -Grand Theft Auto I -Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Role Playing Game of the Year -Fable II -Fallout 3 -Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time -Tales of Vesperia
Outstanding Innovation in Gaming -Braid -Left 4 Dead -LittleBigPlanet -Spore -Wii Fit
Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition -de Blob -Dead Space -Fable II -Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots -World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack -Guitar Hero: World Tour -LittleBigPlanet -MotorStorm: Pacific Rift -Rock Band 2 -Singstar PS3 Vol. 1
Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design -Dead Space -Gears of War 2 -LittleBigPlanet -Prince of Persia -Wipeout HD
Computer Game of the Year -Fallout 3 -Left 4 Dead -Mass Effect -Spore -World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Adventure Game of the Year -Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia -God of War: Chains of Olympus -Mirror's Edge -Naruto: The Broken Bond -Prince of Persia
Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year -EVE Online: Quantum Rise -Pirates of the Burning Sea -PMOG -Warhammer Online; Age of Reckoning -World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King
Sports Game of the Year -FIFA 09 -Madden NFL 09 -MLB 08: The Show -NBA 2K9 -NHL 09
Racing Game of the Year -Burnout Paradise -GRID -Mario Kart Wii -Motorstorm Pacific Rift -Pure
Fighting Game of the Year -Mortal Kombat Vs. DC Universe -Soul Calibur IV -Super Smash Bros. Brawl -Super Street Fighter II: Turbo HD Remix -WWE Smackdown Vs. Raw 2009
Outstanding Achievement in Online Gameplay -Call of Duty: World at War -Gears of War 2 -Left 4 Dead -NHL 09 -Rock Band 2
Action Game of the Year -Call of Duty: World at War -Dead Space -Far Cry 2 -Gears of War 2 -Grand Theft Auto IV
Handheld Game of the Year -Advance Wars: Days of Ruin -Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia -God of War: Chains of Olympus -Patapon -Professor Layton and the Curious Village
Cellphone Game of the Year -Reset Generation -Spore Origins -Trism
Casual Game of the Year -Braid -Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst -Patapon -Professor Layton and the Curious Village -World of Goo
Outstanding Achievement in Game Design -Fable II -Fallout 3 -Gears of War 2 -Left 4 Dead -World of Goo
Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction -Fallout 3 -Gears of War 2 -Left 4 Dead -LittleBigPlanet -Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
Console Game of the Year -Fallout 3 -Gears of War 2 -Grand Theft Auto IV -LittleBigPlanet -Metal Gear Solid 4: Gun of the Patriots
Overall Game of the Year -Fallout 3 -Grand Theft Auto IV -Left 4 Dead -LittleBigPlanet -Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
