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Last year, LittleBigPlanet invigorated interest in this all but forgotten genre. That’s why platformers are still relevant in 2009 and this list proves that, that honour is most deserved…

We’ve had rehashes, top quality releases, indie developers making their mark and some companies rethinking what the three letters represent. Here are our RPG picks from 2009.

One notable fact that links all of the action adventure nominees; all have received a coveted five star review from the staff at Nidzumi. Which one was the best, find out here…

Despite being the vaguest genre in our awards, they turned out surprisingly competitive. Here’s our picks for the best puzzle game of 2009.

Let’s face it, if 2009 told us anything, it’s that we’ve been getting way too many Guitar Hero and Rock Band games over the past few years. But we have seen loads of great rhythm releases outside of these franchises. Here are a handful of them…

The one genre you can depend on for innovation, from year to year, is the hyper-competitive world of sports. What game evolved the best in 2009, find out here…

The trend of way too many shooters has died down and now we are only left with the truly great FPS experiences. Find out which were out favourite from this year’s crop…

We had a tough time culling the list of twenty great downloadable releases in 2009 to just five, then to just one. Find out our final picks here.

Driving is easily the most competitive genre within our industry, read our picks and ultimate winner for the Best Racer of 2009.

Finally our belated end of year awards are here. Check out our picks in categories for each genre and platform along with a few extra awards between graphics and soundtracks and finally our game of the year award it’s self. This process took a lot longer than we expected but hopefully you enjoy what we had to say about the year that was 2008.