Inside Gaming Awards 2010

Last night, in California, Machinima.com had their second annual Inside Gaming Awards (IGAs). The IGAs are a chance for Machinima to bring their experience to the global community. The event was live-streamed on Machinimas UStream channel for viewers in any corner of the world to watch. Viewers were also able to participate in the event, and submit their questiosn for the winners via the live chat feature on UStream. Nominees were interviewed and winners were announced live on the Stream.

INSIDE GAMING AWARD 2010 WINNERS

Game of the Year

Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games)

Best Trailer

Deus Ex Human Revolution E3 Trailer (Eidos Interactive, Square Enix)

Best Multiplayer

Call of Duty®: Black Ops (Trevarch, Activision)

Best Narrative

Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games)

Best Art Direction

Kirby’s Epic Yarn (Good Feel, Nintendo)

Best Animation

God of War® III (SCE Studios Santa Monica, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Game Cinematography

God of War® III (SCE Studios Santa Monica, Sony Computer Entertainment)

Best Indie Game

Minecraft (Mojang Specifications, Mojang Specifications)

Most Compelling Character

John Marston (Red Dead Redemption) (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games)

Best DLC

Lair of the Shadow Broker (Mass Effect 2) (BioWare, Electronic Arts)

Best Downloadable Game

Limbo (Playdead, Microsoft Game Studios)

Most Original Game

Minecraft (Mojang Specifications, Mojang Specifications)

Best Control

Call of Duty®: Black Ops (Trevarch, Activision)

Best Innovation in Game Design

Forge 2.0 (Halo: Reach) (Bungie, Microsoft Game Studios)

Best Original Score

Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games)

Best Weapon

Grappling Hook (Just Cause 2)

Best Sound Design

Red Dead Redemption (Rockstar San Diego, Rockstar Games)

No Fallout? I'm disgusted.

RDR sucked

Really? They gave Limbo best Downloadable game?

I still hate Machinima.

Limbo won because it's artsy fartsy and hipsters loved it.

Best DL game should have gone to SHANK or Pinball EFX2.


and..........RDR is pretty to look at, but boring as hell to play.

Black Ops is GOTY in my book

^^Of course it is.
It's good to see Minecraft up there. That game is incredible.
Limbo was good, but there was definitely better DL games this year. Umm, Super Meat Boy, anyone?
Deus Ex looks incredible. I'm stoked for it.

Why are these even relevant? Too me, awards like this are just for "gamers" that sit at home and play video games with one hand and jack off with the other at how many 360 no scopes they pulled off.

To be a real GOTY, you need to sell a shitload of copies of your game. But going by that logic, CoD is always GOTY, not content wise obviously since every "next gen CoD" is just a copy paste of CoD4 with "new" features.