Best Action Adventure

Grand Theft Auto IV: Grand Theft Auto is just a complete package. It has a great, memorable cast of characters, along with a great story that seriously makes the player think about their actions, and some killer, super-realistic gameplay mechanics. Who would of thought that a cell phone would have made a game all that more fun and realistic?

Best Driving

Burnout Paradise: Not only does the Burnout series return with its famous formula of high speed races and killer crashes, but it puts all of that in a completely open world with tons of quirks to find if you so chose. With the addition of a seamless online mode and some of the best free downloadable content to ever be released, Burnout Paradise is a racing fan's paradise.

Best Fighting

Soul Calibur IV: While it doesn't do anything amazing or special for the series (apart from the average online play), Soul Calibur IV is still an absolutely incredible fighting game. It's gorgeous to look at, and there's plenty of challenge for hardcore fighting fans along with a very accessable control scheme for newcomers to pick up and play. With a robust character creation system as well, Soul Calibur IV is hands down one of the best fighting games in recent time.

Best Platformer

Mirror's Edge: This is easily one of the most unique platformers of all time. Never has a game made me feel so immersed in the action and actually put me into the shoes of the character I've played as. Although the story is nothing to brag about, it is an interesting idea and also very thought-provoking. As for the gameplay, it's extremely fluid, and feels fast paced and action packed.

Best Rhythm/Music Game

Rock Band 2: From a hardware standpoint, Guitar Hero has Rock Band beat with it's realistic and fun peripherals. While most everything in Rock Band 2 is the same as the original, the amount of downloadable content and the amazing quality of music on the game disc itself is more than enough to put it above Guitar Hero. The additions of No Fail modes and Battle of the Bands make it accessable to newcomers and offer new challenges to hardcore players respectively, and it's just an overall great package. With new content always being released, Rock Band is a shoe-in for best Rhythm game.

Best Roleplaying Game

Fallout 3: While both this and Fable II boast the ability to do whatever you want, whenever you want, Fallout has an absolutely amazing amount of content to explore and play. With a vast amounts of weapons and perks, the combinations for your character are almost limitless, and you could easily spend hours doing simple side quests in the game.

Best Shooter

Call of Duty World At War: I was initially not excited about this game, but once I played the first 10 minutes of the campaign, I was sold. Not only does it replicate the intensity of its predacessor, but it has a great campaign and story filled with tons of surprises, epic moments, and lots of quick thinking. With a few great weapons like a flamethower, a great game mode in Nazi Zombie mode, and the same killer Call of Duty multiplayer, Call of Duty World at War is the model of a great shooter.

Best Sports Game

MLB 08: The Show: No other game have I played that was more fun and realistic than MLB 08. The graphics and presentation are phenomenal. Along with some stellar commentary, the game feels like a real game. Along with a great Road to the Show mode, this game is flat out addictive.