I nearly forgot to add: Desktop Defense.

Maybe not most addicting of all time, but right now I'm addicted. World of Warcraft should probably be on there, too.

Boz

Desktop Tower Defense is the free GotY. :)

appleater

I'm not sure how do you expect me to answer that. Obviously I don't know that, I don't work for Valve, but quite honestly, I don't see what it matters how it started, the important thing is how it ended. It's not one game, I'm not arguing that it's one game - it's three games that make up a larger, coherent whole. What I can tell you is that Valve is a rather small company which employs only 150 people. If you ever played a Valve game, you might have noticed in the credits that no positions are ever listed, just a list of names. They all pretty much work together on everything. I know for a fact that Valve's writers Marc Laidlaw and Erik Wolpaw worked on both Episode Two and Portal. Hell, the same exact woman lends her voice to GLaDOS in Portal, the Combine Overwatch in Half-Life 2 games and the announcer in Team Fortress 2. As for it being fair to other games, I really don't care. It's not Valve's fault no one managed to create such a fantastic and varied package. This is something that should be encouraged, not the other way around.UpInFlames

I know about the writers and for there had to be some overlap within the company to get these games done cause as you said its not that large. I am not saying we should not look at it as one package, in every way I think Orange Box should be praised for what it does, it should be reviewed as one product, but when you start doing awards it gets iffy to me. To me when I talk about game of the year its an award to give to a game, not a productand thats the one time you have to look at Orange box as a compilation.Awards have rules, it should be a level playing field, at least that how I see them. All sites need to make their own rules, but to me it should be one game never a compilation. Product of the year sure, it can win as many of those awards as it wants, but not all those games bunched together to tag team the game of the year awards.dvader654

As much as I'd love to see Oblivion win this one, I think it's painfully obvious it's most likely going to be Halo 3.Zanninsei

I have had just about enough of your faux-NiGHTS love. If you really loved the game you'd understand. AND I'll thank you to stay away from my Romulan Ale.Robio_basic

I'm trying to see something about the GotY's; have there been any others announced? If there's no link, I'm relying on a pm or post in response to another thread. X-Play's is tonight.

Super Mario Galaxy

1. Next Generation:

http://www.next-gen.biz/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=8357&Itemid=2&limit=1&limitstart=3

2. Edge

BioShock

1. BAFTA:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6181514.html?tag=result;title;0

2. VGA:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6183845.html?tag=result;title;0

3. Fox News:

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317000,00.html

4. Game Informer

Halo 3

1. Time Magazine:

http://www.gamespot.com/news/show_blog_entry.php?topic_id=26095409

CoD 4

1. Maxim:

http://www.maxim.com/Bestof2007entertainment/articles/2/10476.aspx

2. PC World:

http://www.pcworld.ca/news/column/b780f1330a01040800129dda7c84fd4e/pg1.htm

appleater

Where was Uncharted?Grizzly_7

Stuck at 55.31% at Level 21. Just an FYI, though it appears the staff is already well informed. ;)

Boz

It's going to come down to eitherA World in Conflictor Galaxy. The other main nominees just have a little bit too much in common with one another, being of the same genre. That just makesWiC and Galaxy stand out that much more. But if I had to say which one, I'd lean towards Galaxy. Conciously or not, Gamespot loves to give "GOTY" awards to Nintendo. Last year Oblivion grabbed the title so I don't see Nintendo getting locked out 2 years in a row.Robio_basic