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Second Annual Arcade Award Winners

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:

Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Best Original Game:

Castle Crashers

Best Innovation:

Braid

Best Graphics:

Super Street Fight II Turbo HD Remix

Best Family Game:

A Kingdom for Keflings

Best Co-op Mode:

Castle Crashers

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.

Posted: Mar 23 2009, 10:37 PM by Major Nelson | with 23 comment(s) |

Filed under: Arcade

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Vasilii Zaytsev

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Damn right Braid got best innovation. :D

# March 23, 2009 10:47 PM

Pastel360

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Still havent tried Castle Crashers, played Braid though and damn that game has a thing to suck you in >_<

# March 23, 2009 11:04 PM

Gam3r Evolved

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I would give Braid the Best Game award.. But Castle Crashers is good too. And I'm glad that Street Fighter got recognition :)

# March 23, 2009 11:04 PM

Teh Emo Penguin

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Castle Crashers deserves all those awards. It's a fantastic game.

# March 23, 2009 11:29 PM

Warrengonline

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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?

# March 23, 2009 11:33 PM

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Portal over Braid for single player!? No problems with the other winners though; maybe Braid for GOTY but I loved CC too

# March 23, 2009 11:38 PM

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Portal is great and all, but better than Braid? I think not...

# March 23, 2009 11:56 PM

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I knew Braid was a lock for Best Innovation, but wow I really thought it would have won more than just one award!

# March 23, 2009 11:57 PM

Doh Ray Egon

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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.

# March 24, 2009 12:05

Xbox Sonic

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CC is the big winner, while I love Braid the most.

# March 24, 2009 12:26

Captain Bluey

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Sad that Geometry Wars 2 didnt make 1st in any of its listed categories. Congrats to the winners though.

# March 24, 2009 12:28

MACPH1ST0

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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.

# March 24, 2009 12:33

X Ray Hamburger

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Still not a fan of Castle Crashers...

# March 24, 2009 12:55

Renown Recon

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Very good outcome =) Glad I got to vote!

# March 24, 2009 1:26

Mike0707

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Thats fucking bullshit. How Braid didnt get the game of the year, Ill never know.

# March 24, 2009 2:25

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That's pretty much how I voted!

Castle Crashers deserves those wins over Braid IMO... people like to play together online...simple as.

# March 24, 2009 3:30

Exu

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So you gonna drop the prices of any of these or what? Bit of a pointless exercise otherwise.

# March 24, 2009 5:59

Eviltattoo

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Castle Crashers was by far the best game released all year.

# March 24, 2009 7:54

SeeUInTheFuture

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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.

# March 24, 2009 2:38 PM

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I still don't know how Castle Crashers gets best coop, when it was broken for over 3 months.

# March 25, 2009 1:02

MSUHitman

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Problem with the Street Fighter demo is it's only available for two players.

# March 25, 2009 8:52

MeS FEAR

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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

# March 27, 2009 4:29 PM

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