• Boom Blox - Electronic Arts - EA Los Angeles
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Rayman Raving Rabbids TV Party - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Paris
• Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
• Wii Fit - Nintendo - Nintendo

Strategy/Simulation Game of the Year

• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Nintendo - Intelligent Systems
• Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Electronic Arts - EA Los Angeles
• Sid Meier's Civilization Revolution - 2K Games - Firaxis
• Sins of a Solar Empire - Stardock Entertainment - Ironclad Games
• Tom Clancy's EndWar - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Shanghai

Outstanding Achievement in Animation

• Castle Crashers - Microsoft Game Studios - The Behemoth
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
• Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal

Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction

• Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Mirror's Edge - Electronic Arts - Digital Illusions
• Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal

Outstanding Achievement in Visual Engineering

• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
• Resistance 2 - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Insomniac Games
• Tomb Raider: Underworld - Eidos/Warner Bros. Interactive - Crystal Dynamics

Outstanding Achievement in Game Play Engineering

• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
• Tom Clancy's EndWar - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Shanghai

Outstanding Character Performance

• Gears of War 2 (Dom) - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Gears of War 2 (Marcus) - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• LittleBigPlanet (Sackboy) - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots (Old Snake) - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
• Tomb Raider: Underworld (Lara Croft) - Eidos/Warner Bros. Interactive - Crystal Dynamics

Outstanding Achievement in Adapted Story

• Lego Batman: The Videogame - Warner Bros. Interactive - TT Games
• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway - Midway
• Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft - Ubisoft
• Quantum of Solace - Activision - Treyarch
• Star Wars: The Force Unleashed - LucasArts - LucasArts

Outstanding Achievement in Original Story

• Brothers In Arms: Hell's Highway - Ubisoft - Gearbox Software
• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
• Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.

Role-Playing Game of the Year

• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time - Nintendo - Chunsoft
• Tales of Vesperia - Namco Bandai Games - Namco Bandai Games

Outstanding Innovation in Gaming

• Braid - Microsoft Game Studios - Number None
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
• Wii Fit - Nintendo - Nintendo

Outstanding Achievement in Original Music Composition

• de Blob - THQ - Blue Tongue
• Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment

Outstanding Achievement in Soundtrack

• Guitar Hero World Tour - Activision - Neversoft Entertainment
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Motorstorm Pacific Rift - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Evolution Studios
• Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.
• Singstar PS3 Vol. 1 - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE London Studio

Outstanding Achievement in Sound Design

• Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
• Wipeout HD - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE Studios Liverpool

Computer Game of the Year

• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• Mass Effect - Electronic Arts - Bioware
• Spore - Electronic Arts - Maxis
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment

Adventure Game of the Year

• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Konami
• God of War: Chains of Olympus - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Ready at Dawn
• Mirror's Edge - Electronic Arts - Digital Illusions
• Naruto: The Broken Bond - Ubisoft - Ubisoft
• Prince of Persia - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal

Massively Multiplayer Game of the Year

• EVE Online: Quantum Rise - CCP - CCP hf.
• Pirates of the Burning Sea - Sony Online Entertainment - Flying Lab Software
• PMOG - GameLayers - GameLayers
• Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning - Electronic Arts - Mythic Entertainment
• World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King - Blizzard Entertainment - Blizzard Entertainment

Sports Game of the Year

• FIFA 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada
• Madden NFL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Tiburon
• MLB 08: The Show - Sony Computer Entertainment America - SCE Studios San Diego
• NBA 2K9 - 2K Sports - Visual Concepts
• NHL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada

Racing Game of the Year

• Burnout Paradise - Electronic Arts - Critereon Games
• GRID - Codemasters - Codemasters
• Mario Kart Wii - Nintendo - Nintendo
• Motorstorm Pacific Rift - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Evolution Studios
• Pure - Disney Interactive Studios - Black Rock Studio

Fighting Game of the Year

• Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe - Midway - Midway
• Soul Calibur IV - Namco Bandai Games - Project Soul
• Super Smash Bros. Brawl - Nintendo - Nintendo, HAL Laboratory, Sora Ltd.
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix - Capcom - Backbone Entertainment
• WWE Smackdown vs. Raw 2009 - THQ - Yuke's Co., Ltd.

Outstanding Achievement in Online Game Play

• Call of Duty: World at War - Activision - Treyarch
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• NHL 09 - Electronic Arts - EA Canada
• Rock Band 2 - MTV Games - Harmonix Music Systems, Inc.

Action Game of the Year

• Call of Duty: World at War - Activision - Treyarch
• Dead Space - Electronic Arts - EA Redwood Shores
• Far Cry 2 - Ubisoft - Ubisoft Montreal
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North

Handheld Game of the Year

• Advance Wars: Days of Ruin - Nintendo - Intelligent Systems
• Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Konami
• God of War: Chains of Olympus - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Ready at Dawn
• Patapon - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Sony Computer Entertainment International
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.

Cellular Game of the Year

• Reset Generation - Nokia - RedLynx
• Spore Origins - Electronic Arts - Babaroga, Tricky Software
• Trism - Demiforce - Demiforce

Casual Game of the Year

• Braid - Microsoft Game Studios - Number None
• Mystery Case Files: Return to Ravenhurst - Big Fish Games - Big Fish Games
• Patapon - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Sony Computer Entertainment International
• Professor Layton and the Curious Village - Nintendo - Level 5, Inc.
• World of Goo - Nintendo - 2D Boy

Outstanding Achievement in Game Design

• Fable II - Microsoft Game Studios - Lionhead Studios
• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• World of Goo - Nintendo - 2D Boy

Outstanding Achievement in Game Direction

• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions

Console Game of the Year

• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Gears of War 2 - Microsoft Game Studios - Epic Games, Inc.
• Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions

Overall Game of the Year

• Fallout 3 - Bethesda Softworks - Bethesda Game Studios
  
• Grand Theft Auto IV - Rockstar Games - Rockstar North
• Left 4 Dead - Valve Software - Valve Software
  
• LittleBigPlanet - Sony Computer Entertainment America - Media Molecule
  
• Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots - Konami Digital Entertainment, Inc. - Kojima Productions