This week we hashed out our arguments for 2009’s Game of the Year and arrived at a semi-consensus on yours. A slew of other awards conferred by Kotaku staff also officially closed out the previous year in video games. The week that was in originals: Kotaku Talk Radio https://kotaku.com/biowares-greg-zeschuk-has-a-massive-effect-on-kotaku-ta-5453177(new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c&cid=872d12ce-453b-4870-845f-955919887e1b'; cnx.cmd.push(function() { cnx({ playerId: "995c4c7d-194f-4077-b0a0-7ad466eb737c" }).render("79703296e5134c75a2db6e1b64762017"); }); Game of the Year Game of the Year 2009: The Readers’ Choice Award 2009 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Assassin’s Creed II 2009 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Demon’s Souls 2009 Game of the Year Finalist Debate: Uncharted 2 How To Pick The Best Game of 2009 https://kotaku.com/game-of-the-year-2009-the-readers-choice-award-5454193 The Best of 2009 The Best Video Game Costume & Character Design Of 2009 The Best iPhone Games of 2009 The Best Role-Playing Games Of 2009 The Best PC Games Of 2009 My 10 Favorite Gaming Moments of 2009 The Best Digital Game of 2009 https://kotaku.com/the-best-video-game-costume-character-design-of-2009-5452405 Reviews, Previews, Hands-On and Impressions Serious Sam HD Review: This Time It’s Really Serious Frankenreview: Dark Void Dark Void Zero Micro-Review: Classic, Focused Fun Assassin’s Creed rummy star II Discovery iPhone Preview: Sonic-y Dark Void Review: Innovation In A Void Pocket God Micro-Review: Heaven or Hell? Castlevania: The Adventure ReBirth Micro-Review: Something M2 Whipped Up https://kotaku.com/serious-sam-hd-review-this-time-its-really-serious-5454525 News Why They Went With A Soundalike For Portable Ezio Mass Effect 2 Free And Paid Downloadable Content Plans Clarified Rock Band iPhone Store Not Dead When A Thumb Gets In An iPhone Gamer’s Way, More or Less The Lost Characters of Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom Capcom USA: PS3 Wand Delay Does Not Affect Resident Evil 5: Alternative Edition Which EA Games Can We Expect To See On Apple’s Tablet? Capcom rummy wealth Announcing Title For Xbox Japan? Killzone 2, Resistance 2 and Infamous Skins Coming To Uncharted 2 Capcom, Do Not Forsake 2D Fighting Games Dethklok Wants To See You Play Guitar Hero Why Apple’s Tablet Will Include Gaming Capcom To Adopt 2.5D For Future Fighters An Attempt To Solve The iPhone’s Joysticklessness, Radically Capcom May Announce New Versus Game This Year SNK Shoots Out New KOF Sky Stage Screens Japan Getting Uncharted Game Pack BioWare: There Will Be More Mass Effect After Trilogy Ends Speak-Up On Kotaku: 404 Errors, Campaigns, PC Cowboys, And Goodwill Towards Tony Hawk Getting Started With Global Agenda: A Visual Tour Ratchet And Clank Goes Vinyl How Cover Shaped Gaming’s Last Decade The Best-Selling Games In Australia For 2009 Were rummy win … Sony Delays Launch Of PS3 Motion Controller The Brink Character Customization Video That Almost Wasn’t The Avatar Video Game Disappointment Bioshock 2’s Chief Creator Against A Tide Of Skeptics Intern at Kotaku Vietnam Finally Gets The PlayStation 2 (And PS3, PSP) The Long Hello: Games ‘Arrive’ as a Threat to Network TV Rest In Peace, Taco Bell Guy God of War III’s Wildest Moment (So Far) Explained iPhone Chart Toppers: Doodle Jump Hops Onto the Charts The Best Games Of, Sort Of, The Decade Ready To Booze It Up With Yakuza 4? What To Do With Polyphony Digital? Mass Effect 2 “Super Elite” Console Bundle Announced Guess Who “Loved” Avatar? https://kotaku.com/why-they-went-with-a-soundalike-for-portable-ezio-5454610 Sports Tiger Woods Confirmed for Console Release as EA Opens Online Beta EA Sports Now Taking Nickname Suggestions for NCAA Football https://kotaku.com/tiger-woods-confirmed-for-console-release-as-ea-opens-o-5453992 Columns Stick Jockey: If It’s In the Name, It’s In the Game Well Played: Video Games Survive Recession, But At What Cost? https://kotaku.com/if-its-in-the-name-its-in-the-game-5449662