The Second Annual Arcade Award winner have been announced. With over over 185,000 Xbox LIVE members casting votes, the community has spoken and here are the winners for the best Arcade games of 2008:
Game of the Year:
Castle Crashers
Best Versus Mode:
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Best Single Player Game:
Portal: Still Alive
Best Remake:
Best Original Game:
Best Innovation:
Braid
Best Graphics:
Super Street Fight II Turbo HD Remix
Best Family Game:
A Kingdom for Keflings
Best Co-op Mode:
Want to give ‘em a try? Each one has a free demo that will give you a sample of the fun. Download one, or download ‘em all! Congrats to all the nominees and winners.
Damn right Braid got best innovation. :D
Still havent tried Castle Crashers, played Braid though and damn that game has a thing to suck you in >_<
I would give Braid the Best Game award.. But Castle Crashers is good too. And I'm glad that Street Fighter got recognition :)
Castle Crashers deserves all those awards. It's a fantastic game.
Congratulations Castle Crashers! And Way to go Capcom (for triple - the award for SSFIIHDR; RE5 and LP2)! Yes sir! Now are we going to get Dad n' Me on XBLA with two player co-op?
Portal over Braid for single player!? No problems with the other winners though; maybe Braid for GOTY but I loved CC too
Portal is great and all, but better than Braid? I think not...
I knew Braid was a lock for Best Innovation, but wow I really thought it would have won more than just one award!
Braid should NOT have won for Best Innovation. Rewinding time has been done before and therefore is NOT innovative. I would've given Braid best game overall though. Mainly because Castle Crashers was released with broken online support.
CC is the big winner, while I love Braid the most.
Sad that Geometry Wars 2 didnt make 1st in any of its listed categories. Congrats to the winners though.
Of course Braid wasn't the first game to use time rewinding, but the way it was used in this game was still a lot more innovative than any of the other nominees in that category.
Still not a fan of Castle Crashers...
Very good outcome =) Glad I got to vote!
Thats fucking bullshit. How Braid didnt get the game of the year, Ill never know.
That's pretty much how I voted!
Castle Crashers deserves those wins over Braid IMO... people like to play together online...simple as.
So you gonna drop the prices of any of these or what? Bit of a pointless exercise otherwise.
Castle Crashers was by far the best game released all year.
Braid got snubbed! Castle Crashers is amazing, but Braid is by far the best of the XBLA. Oh xbox live community, you failed me yet again.
I still don't know how Castle Crashers gets best coop, when it was broken for over 3 months.
Problem with the Street Fighter demo is it's only available for two players.
i have played the demo of braid but i dont understand why everyone is loving it...the graphics are crap...the gameplay is boring...and the style is like a kiddy game...sorry but thats what i think about this game