The votes have been counted and the results are in! A panel of industry experts nominated the top Xbox LIVE® Arcade games in nine separate categories for the 2008 Xbox LIVE Arcade Awards, but it was you, the gamer, who got to make the winning choice. And the winner of the 2008 Game of the Year is …

2008 Game of the Year
Castle Crashers®

Castle Crashers racked up some serious awards.

Other winners in the award categories include:

Best Co-op Mode
Castle Crashers

Best Family Game
A Kingdom for Keflings

Best Graphics
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

It does look nice, doesn't it?

Best Innovation
Braid

Best Original Game
Castle Crashers

Best Remake
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Best Single-Player Game
Portal™: Still Alive

Portal wins the cake, and gets to eat it, too.

Best Versus Mode
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix

Official Rules

Nominated Games

• A Kingdom for Keflings
• Portal
• Braid
• Castle Crashers
• Bionic Commando Rearmed
• Geometry Wars Retro Evolved 2
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
• N+
• Penny Arcade Episode 1
• Schizoid
• Age of Booty
• Boogie Bunnies
• Roogoo
• Meteos Wars
• Soul Calibur
• Mega Man 9
• Rez HD
• Fable II Pub Games
• Duke Nukem 3D
• Galaga Legions