Best Story
Read Dead Redemption
Other Nominees: Call of Duty: Black Ops / Castlevania: Lord of Shadows / Fallout: New Vegas / Heavy Rain
Reader's Choice 2010: Heavy Rain
Funniest Game
Costume Quest
Other Nominees: DeathSpank / Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare / Sam & Max: The Devil's Playhouse / The Sly Collection
Reader's Choice 2010: Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare
Best Competitive Multiplayer
Battlefield: Bad Company 2
Other Nominees: BlazBlue: Continuum Shift / Call of Duty: Black Ops / Hoard / ModNation Racers
Reader's Choice 2010: Call of Duty: Black Ops
Best Co-Op Game
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Other Nominees: Castle Crashers / Dead Nation / Final Fight: Double Impact / Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game
Reader's Choice 2010: Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light
Coolest Atmosphere
Castlevania: Lord of Shadows
Other Nominees: Enslaved / Fallout: New Vegas / Red Dead Redemption / Vanquish
Reader's Choice 2010: Red Dead Redemption
Most Addictive Game
Pac-Man Championship Edition DX
Other Nominees: DeathSpank / Fallout: New Vegas / Red Dead Redemption / Vanquish
Reader's Choice 2010: Red Dead Redemption
Most Innovative Gameplay
Heavy Rain
Other Nominees: Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves
Reader's Choice 2010: Heavy Rain
Best Character
Jonh Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
Other Nominees: Bayonetta (Bayonetta) / Joe (Mafia II) / Monkey (Enslaved) / Scott Shelby (Heavy Rain)
Reader's Choice 2010: Jonh Marston (Red Dead Redemption)
Best Visuals
God of War III
Other Nominees: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood / Castlevania: Lord of Shadows / Red Dead Redemption / Vanquish
Reader's Choice 2010: God of War III
Best Soundtrack
Mega Man 10
Other Nominees: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood / Castlevania: Lord of Shadows / DJ Hero 2 / Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The bigHead Game
Reader's Choice 2010: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood
Best Retro Design
3D Dot Game Heroes
Other Nominees: Castle Crashers / Mega Man 10 / Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game / Soldner X 2: Final Prototype
Reader's Choice 2010: 3D Dot Game Heroes
Most Bang for Your Buck
The Sly Collection
Other Nominees: Assassin's Creed Brotherhood / Fallout: New Vegas / Red Dead Redemption / Super Street Fighter IV
Reader's Choice 2010: Red Dead Redemption
Most Challenging
Mega Man 10
Other Nominees: Bayonetta / Dead Nation / Joe Danger / Vanquish
Reader's Choice 2010: Mega Man 10
Best Quick Fix
Hoard
Other Nominees: Joe Danger / LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 / ModNation Racers / Sports Champions
Reader's Choice 2010: ModNation Racers
Best Sci-Fi Game
Vanquish
Other Nominees: BioShock 2 / Final Fantasy XIII / Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions / Soldner X 2: Final Prototype
Reader's Choice 2010: BioShock 2
Best Horror Game
Heavy Rain
Other Nominees: Dead Nation / Dead Rising 2 / Undead Nightmare
Reader's Choice 2010: Heavy Rain
Best Fantasy Game
Darksiders
Other Nominees: Bayonetta / Castle Crashers / LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4 / Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands
Reader's Choice 2010: Darksiders
Best Sports Game
NBA 2K11
Other Nominees: Madden NFL 11 / NCAA College Football 11 / NHL 11 / Sports Champions / MLB '10: The Show
Reader's Choice 2010: NBA 2K11
Best Blockbuster Game
God of War III
Other Nominees: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood / Battlefield: Bad Compnay 2 / Call of Duty: Black Ops / Vanquish
Reader's Choice 2010: God of War III
Best PS3 Game of the Year
Heavy Rain
Other Nominees: Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood / Fallout: New Vegas / God of War III / Red Dead Redemption