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Calendar of Events

  • Monday
    • DEC 13
    • Awards Begin Categories Revealed
  • Monday
    • DEC 20
    • Editors' Choice Awards Special Achievements
  • Tuesday Dec 21 - Dubious Honors
  • Wednesday Dec 22 - Genre Awards
  • Thursday Dec 23 - Platform Awards
  • Friday Dec 24 - Game of the Year
  • Monday
    • JAN 10
    • Readers' Choice Awards Voting Ends

About the Awards

GameSpot's Best of 2010 awards cover special achievements in the field of advancements for games, dubious honors for less-than-admirable qualities, and full awards for individual genres and every major platform. Nominations and awards are the result of rigorous debate among GameSpot's editors, who select up to five finalists and one winner for almost every category (the Game of the Year category includes up to 10 finalists). To qualify for an editorial award, games must have been reviewed by GameSpot between January 1, 2010, and November 30, 2010.

Award categories are intended to call out those games that truly deserve the attention--therefore, while each award is meaningful, it's considered an honor simply to be nominated.

Special Achievement

Best Boss Fights

Boss fights have been part of computer and video games since the beginning. While they're not always fashionable, they can be a thing of beauty when they're done right. This award celebrates the very best climactic battles this year.

Watch the video below for more!

GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice WinnerAnd the winner is…

Bayonetta

Bayonetta's boss fights are action-packed, challenging, and totally bonkers crazy. In a year with tons of great boss fights, this incredible action-adventure game's climactic battles put Bayonetta over the top.

Readers' Choice Voting

  • Winner
  • Results
And the winner is…

God of War III

GameSpot's Best Games of 2010 Readers' Choice Winner

Set in the realm of brutal Greek mythology, God of War III is a single-player game that allows players to take on the climatic role of the ex-Spartan warrior, Kratos, as he scales through the intimidating heights of Mt. Olympus and the dark depths of Hell to seek revenge on those who have betrayed him. Armed with double-chained blades, and an array of new weapons and magic for this iteration of the trilogy, Kratos must take on mythology's darkest creatures while solving intricate puzzles throughout his merciless quest to destroy Olympus. Utilizing a new game engine built from the ground up and state-of-the-art visual technologies, the development team behind God of War III has made standard-setting strides in giving players the realistic feel of actually being on the battlegrounds. With texture resolutions quadrupling since God of War II on PlayStation 2 computer entertainment system, God of War III, in its debut on the PS3 system, will feature fluid, life-like characters, as well as dynamic lighting effects, a robust weapon system, and world-changing scenarios that will truly bring unmistakable realism to Kratos' fateful quest. Players will have a chance to join battles on a grand scale that is four times larger than its predecessor.

Title Vote Result Graph % of Votes # of Votes

Bayonetta

 
13% 3,973

Darksiders

 
9% 2,728

God of War III

 
55% 17,061

Resonance of Fate

 
2% 741

Super Mario Galaxy 2

 
13% 3,991

3D Dot Game Heroes

 
1% 174

Mega Man 10

 
1% 379

Metroid: Other M

 
2% 592

No More Heroes 2: Desperate Struggle

 
2% 477

Vanquish

 
2% 757
5 comments
ad0234
ad0234

Can't believe Super Mario Galaxy 2 was nominated, but that game did have some awesome boss battles, especially the Bowser battles.

nparks
nparks

Of course Bayonetta wins this award. She finishes every boss fight essentially naked. No brainer.

sick_dope_rad
sick_dope_rad

Yes it does, just beat Jubileous, I think that's how you spell it. Rediculous.

Lord_Pisces
Lord_Pisces

Excellent choice. Bayonetta deserves this award.

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