2009-pc-game-awards posts

As we enter into 2010 (where's that second Jupiter mission going to launch, by the way?) we figured it would be a good idea to go over all of Big Download's features that we have posted for the last half of December that not only looked back at 2009 but also looked back at the last decade in PC games along with our 2010 preview articles. So here are all the links in one place. Enjoy:

2009 in Review
The Top PC Game News Stories of 2009
Big Download's 2009 PC Game Awards
Big Download's 2009 PC Game Vaporware Awards
Best Indie PC Games Of 2009
Big Download's Top 10 Favorite PC Game Demos Of 2009

Decade in Review (2000-2009)
The Top PC Games of the Decade
The Top 10 Most Disappointing PC Games of the Decade
Top 10 PC Game Related Failures of the Decade

2010 Preview
Action-FPS Games of 2010 - Part 1
Action-FPS Games of 2010 - Part 2
RPG-MMO Games of 2010
RTS and Other Games of 2010
Big Download's Top 10 Most Anticipated Games of 2010
2010 PC Game Predictions
Top 10 2010 Console Games That Should Be PC Games
Big Download's 2010 PC Game Wishes

It's been a long 12 months. Not just for the PC gaming, but the world as a whole. The current economic situation has been brutal and the game industry has certainly been affected by it with delays and cancellations of games, mass layoffs of people in the industry and shutdowns of long time game development studios. Even a major publisher, Midway, effectively closed its doors in 2009. We know a lot of people personally who would love to kick 2009 to the curb.

But there was also a lot to celebrate in the past year in our little corner of the entertainment industry. PC gamers got to play a lot of game titles, including a great RPG, an excellent super hero action game, and scores of downloadable titles that came out of left field to surprise us. But which of them were the best of the best in 2009? Naturally we at Big Download have our own opinions. The results of our brainstorming is now before you: the 2009 edition of the annual Big Download PC Game Awards. Which games did we pick as runners-up and winners of our various categories (including some new ones we added this year)? And who won the big prize of the best PC game of 2009? The answers to those questions are just ahead:

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