The Daily Hotness: Who will win?

Our five nominees for Game of the Year 2009 have been revealed! Five great games, but only one will become the winner. Which game do you think will take home the award when we reveal the results on Monday?

Anthony brought us a bunch of new info on Mass Effect 2, we previewed Bad Company 2, Ben talked to Suda 51, go behind the scenes of the latest Once Upon a Pixel episode, PSN may be getting a premium service and more happened on 12/18/09.

Destructoid Originals:
READY TO FRIDAY: The Beedog cometh
Talking music, games, and a cultural split with Suda 51
Hey Ash, Whatcha Playin: preggers
BioWare co-founder: JRPGs suffer from ‘lack of evolution’
Interview: Casey Hudson, Mass Effect 2 project lead
The 5th nominee for Destructoid Game of the Year 2009
Friday Night Fights: Christmas break edition
Behind the scenes of Once Upon a Pixel: Silent Hill 2
Art Attack Friday: TheBourgyman

Community:
Love/Hate: Difficulty difficulties
Community blogs of 12/18/09
Forum of the day: It’s Christmas Time!

Previews:
Sharing the shadows: Splinter Cell: Conviction
Entering Mad Moxxi’s Underdome Riot, Borderlands’ DLC #2
Being more than modern with Battlefield: Bad Company 2

Contests:
Tweet to win a PS3 from GameStop

News:
Team Fortress 2 War Report: The Soldiers are victorious
Demon’s Souls gets a Pure White Christmas
Shocker: Final Fantasy XIII sells out in Japan
Captain Obvious: Mass Effect 3 will be the end of trilogy
Aliens vs. Predator unbanned in Australia
God of War: Ultimate Trilogy announced for Europe
Rock Band DLC: Weezer, Limp Bizkit, The Offspring
Persona 4 staff working on an ‘interesting’ new game
Dead or Alive Paradise gets shamelessly sexy box set
Heavy Rain Chronicles DLC announced with special edition
Mad Catz officially announces Tatsunoko vs. Capcom line
Sony reveals huge plans for potential PSN premium service
Adorable Bust-A-Move Christmas card, game sale
Uncharted 2 title update #3 hits today
LittleBigPlanet merchandise arrives a year too late
Namco’s Ridge Racer comes to iPhone
BioWare: We haven’t peaked on Xbox 360
Sony’s TV spokeswoman: Final Fantasy XIII’s Lightning
AAAaaAAaaAAAaaAAA!!! A price drop!
Torchlight gets Steam Achievements, price slash
Wii Remotes in Blue, Pink, coming soon
Time travel, boats, and other scrapped Burnout DLC ideas
Rumor: NHL 2K11 likely canceled, 2K Sports in trouble?
Trials HD ‘Big Pack’ DLC, free title update detailed
Playboy’s annual Girls of Videogames 2010 spread

Media:
Bayonetta’s luscious locks lash, lance and liquefy
Isaac and Dante are in Army of Two: The 40th Day for PSP
Here’s what the first stage of Rocket Knight looks like
What are Phoenix Wright and Ingrid doing in TvC?
Nice mustache! Greed Corp coming in 2010
NieR’s English teaser trailer is just a woman swearing
Lunar: Silver Star Harmony gets CD soundtrack, bonuses
New Just Cause 2 trailer reminds us the game has a story
2D zombeat-’em-up Twin Blades hitting Xbox Indie channel
Clash of the Titans looks like what you’d expect
New Hellion: Mystery of the Inquisition screens
DsiWare Dragon’s Lair trailer is totally retro

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