1UP’s 2009 Readers’ Choice Awards

You voted, we counted! Now see what your favorite games from 2009 were (and ours, too)!

By 1UP Staff

Another year has come to an end, and 2010 is already off to an impressive start for new releases. Before we get wrapped up in the new year’s hottest games, it’s time look back at 2009 and the titles 1UP’s readers selected as their favorites. Votes were divided by Best of Platform, Best of Genre, and Game of the Year. After each category’s runners-up, you’ll notice that 1UP’s editors have also weighed in with their favorite picks for each category as well. Plus, we have a special section at the end of our listings dedicated to special staff awards for games that deserve extra mention for excellence.

We begin with the Best of Platform Awards, in which the best releases for all consoles, handhelds, and of course PC are singled out. Multiplatform titles were eligible too, because sometimes a game just feels better on one system than on another. So what did our readers and editors decide were the games that best exemplified their hardware? Read on….

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Genre Awards |
Game of the Year |
Editor Awards

Platform Awards

Downloadable Game of the Year

: Shadow Complex (24%)
Microsoft/Chair Entertainment

A love letter to Super Metroid that updated the structure of Nintendo’s classic exploratory shooter to incorporate the visual and control stylings of modern third-person shooters, Shadow Complex was as notable for the sociopolitical controversy it inspired as it was for raising the bar of quality for downloadable games. Mostly, though, 1UP’s editors and readers loved it for being damn fun.

Runners Up: Flower (14%), Torchlight (10%), Marvel vs Capcom 2 (10%)

Editor’s Pick: Shadow Complex