Ready Up Game Awards ‘08 – The Nominee

VOTING NOW CLOSED – RESULTS COMING SOON

UPDATE: Slight problem with the form this morning, now fixed. Sorry!

Put that controller down. Stop hammering the keys on that keyboard.

Yes, I know you were busy fighting off that zombie horde in Left 4 Dead, or perhaps you were fighting with the Horde in World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King, I don’t know. In all honesty, it doesn’t matter which game you were playing, because believe me, I’m in the same situation – in the last couple of months, we’ve been hit with such a barrage of high-quality gaming experiences that if you’re not working, you’re probably gaming to get through everything.

With that in mind, as we approach the end of what has been an exciting year both for games and Ready Up, I would like to commence voting for the Ready Up Game Awards 2008, in which our wonderful readers (that means you!) have the chance to narrow down the best of the best, and possibly win a cool prize along the way.

Just a selection of game highlights from this year

It’s difficult to summarise such a hectic year for gaming. Certainly, many of the landmark moments of the year have emerged in the form of sequels: Grand Theft Auto IV, Metal Gear Solid 4 and Fallout 3 are prime examples which demonstrate how developers are pushing forward franchises that millions love, surpassing their predecessors in many ways. Yet, reassuringly, we have also been introduced to many new IPs this year; innovative and perhaps risky titles like LittleBigPlanet, Mirror’s Edge and Spore have kept gamers guessing all year round, whereas more evolutionary titles such as Dead Space and Race Driver: GRID have refined their respective genres in interesting ways.

However, it would be criminal to ignore one of the fastest-evolving areas of game development: downloadable games. Fresh and fun games like puzzling mind-bender Braid, party beat-em-up Castle Crashers and the raucously entertaining Penny Arcade Adventures seek to remind us why we play video games in the first place; with the further expansion of services such as Xbox Live, WiiWare, Steam and the Playstation Network, this looks set to continue.

There’s just as much fun to be had through downloadable content

If you look at the launch of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as the beginning of the current gaming generation, this month marks the third year that developers have had to get comfortable with the new console and PC hardware on offer. The platforms have evolved: new functionality has been added to the Nintendo Wii through additional channels, Sony is looking to finally launch its social gaming hub Home, and Microsoft has revitalised the Xbox dashboard through The New Xbox Experience. There have certainly been challenges along the way, but it is clear that this year developers have got it right. Whatever your platform of choice and whatever your genre of preference, there’s something to celebrate.

And celebrate is what we want to do here at Ready Up. But we need your help!

Between the readers of the site and the Ready Up team, we have compiled together a number of categories and nominees for you all to vote on. From the best games of the year, to the most outrageous stories in gaming, and even your favourite gaming snacks, we want to know which nominees make the grade!

Best of all, by taking part, you will have a chance of winning one of 10 free, high quality gaming t-shirts from the always-awesome RetroGT. Voting commences now and we will announce the winners in two weeks, so get to it! Winners will be able to choose any T-Shirt from the fantastic RetroGT range.

Winners will be chosen at random from all entries; only one entry per email address will be counted. Ready Up staff members may vote but are not eligible for entry into any Ready Up competition. Winners will be notified by email and none of your details will be shared.


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18 responses to “Ready Up Game Awards ‘08 – The Nominee”

  1. arc14716 avatar
    arc14716

    I just tried to vote and when I went to log in, it said my username and password don’t match.

    I’m assuming that I use my username and password from the ready up forums to log in or do I need to do something else?

  2. Dan avatar

    Sorry Arc (and others), there was a small issue with the form requiring you to login. It’s fixed now and should work straight from the link, no login required.

  3. arc14716 avatar
    arc14716

    Thanks for the fix.

    Good job on the form.

  4. James avatar
    James

    Voted also! 😀

  5. NorfolkNChance avatar
    NorfolkNChance

    Done!

  6. Kate avatar
    Kate

    The 2nd link – “you can start voting here now” still leads you to a login page.

  7. Skill avatar
    Skill

    It wasn’t on the form, so for the record, I’d very much like to vote for ‘Pizza’ as ‘Best Gaming Snack’.

    Thankyou. 🙂 That was fun.

  8. Scott avatar
    Scott

    @ Kate: All three links should now go to the same form. Thanks for the heads-up.

    @ Skill: I’m afraid we had to cut out some categories to keep the number of awards manageable. Sorry!

  9. Skill avatar
    Skill

    These things happen. I think you did great. Good categories, with great nominees. Made me think just how great a year its been in gaming terms. 🙂

  10. Emily avatar
    Emily

    ‘fraid I had to pick random options for 5 of the categories as I hadn’t played any of the games in them. 🙁

  11. Sue Par Mario avatar
    Sue Par Mario

    Can I vote for Mario Kart on the SNES?

  12. Rik avatar
    Rik

    I want to vote HD Remix in almost every single category. No fair 🙁

  13. Nick avatar
    Nick

    I want to vote Jet Set Radio in almost every single category. No fair 🙁

  14. Lorna avatar
    Lorna

    Mainly randoms or guesses from me too, as I either hadn’t played the games, or didn’t care for them 🙁 That’s what I get for being a game slacker this year.

  15. Kat avatar
    Kat

    Considering how late it takes me to get around to just about everything, I want to vote “Metal Gear 2” in every category.

    Best game to feature a rainbow flamethrower?

    Hell yes.

  16. Anthony avatar
    Anthony

    I thousand pointed it.

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