GameStooge Awards: Genre Awards

GameStooge announced the Technical Awards on January 1st, now comes the Genre Awards, in which they take a look at the best games of each genre category. GameStooge writer Jonathon Howard also chimes in with some of his own picks in categories he’s familiar with.

Winners:

BEST ACTION GAME OF 2008: Grand Theft Auto IV

BEST SHOOTER OF 2008: Gears of War 2

BEST PLATFORM GAME OF 2008: LittleBigPlanet

BEST RACING GAME OF 2008: GRID

BEST SPORTS GAME OF 2008: NHL 09

BEST STRATEGY GAME OF 2008: Civilization Revolution

BEST ROLEPLAYING GAME OF 2008: Fallout 3

BEST MMORPG OF 2008: Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning

BEST ADVENTURE GAME OF 2008: Professor Layton and the Curious Village

BEST PUZZLE GAME OF 2008: Braid

BEST DIGITAL GAME (ORIGINAL) OF 2008: Braid

BEST DIGITAL GAME (ADAPTATION) OF 2008: Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

The Awards will continue with the Platform Awards, including Best Game of the Year.