Over one million of you voted, and now the results for the third annual Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards are in. To make this reveal a little more exciting, try to picture Mr. Destructoid heroically tearing open a massive envelope to unveil the winning games. Got it? Good -- here they are:
- Best Overall Arcade Game: Trials HD (Microsoft)
- Best Original Game: Splosion Man (Xbox LIVE Arcade)
- Best Family Game: Hasbro Family Game Night (Electronic Arts)
- Best Co-Operative Multiplayer: Battlefield 1943 (Electronic Arts)
- Best Competitive Multiplayer: Battlefield 1943 (Electronic Arts)
- Best Solo Game: Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment/Microsoft Corp.)
- Best Innovation: Trials HD (Microsoft)
- Best Graphics: Shadow Complex (Chair Entertainment/Microsoft Corp.)
- Best Classic/Remake: Banjo-Tooie (Microsoft Game Studios)
Why yes, MGS and EA know a thing or two about putting out a quality digital product on Xbox 360. In a way, I'm kind of surprised that Trials HD nabbed the top honors. Not because it's a bad game or anything -- it's actually quite phenomenal, in my eyes -- but because it's been billed as this underdog of sorts.
Nice going, everyone! Let's hope next year's list is more, uh, diverse.
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9:30 PM on 04.06.2010 | 
I remember having a shitload of excellent choices last year. I couldn't keep up.
"Umm... Battlefield 1943 has co-op?"
Sure it does. You cooperate with your team (US or Japan) to capture the points owned by the other team.
"Co-op" doesn't always mean "two-player split-screen".
"Trials HD was made purely to frustrate and piss me off I decided."
Well, it's made for people that don't get easily frustrated. Personally I love it. It's the best example of oldschool gameplay in a modern game.
Good game, but I'm still confused about how it won 'Most original' being an HD remake and all (even if it is massively improved, the concept is long past being original).
I would have given best co-op to Splosion Man too. Even though I agree it is co-op in many ways, it's a bit cheap giving it to an online shooter.
HASBRO FAMILY BULLSHIT!!!
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